Leadership Team

Dr. Julianne Adams Birt was born and raised in Harrisburg PA. She received her B.S. degree from Clark Atlanta University where she majored in Biology, Pre-Med. She then taught Health and Science in the Atlanta Public Schools before deciding to go to medical school. Dr. Birt received her M.D. degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2001. In 2005 she completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. where she was the first Black female to graduate from that program.

Dr. Birt is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and she is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She founded and owns Radiant Women’s Health in 2011. Her drive became to serve the women of metro Atlanta on her terms to provide healthcare on a personal level and to educate them in the process. She founded Dr. Ju Delivers where she continues to educate and speak to women to enhance health literacy. Most notably, Dr. Birt has become an advisor for national pharmaceutical companies and is an enthusiastic proponent of advancing female sexual health speaking to lay women locally but also at national conferences to physicians and other health care professionals.

In her leadership roles, she has previously served as Chief of the Obstetrics & Gynecology Departments at DeKalb Medical Hillandale and Rockdale Medical Centers. Since 2013, she is the medical director at the Refuge Pregnancy Center in Conyers, GA. A past president and chairman of the board for the Atlanta Medical Association, current executive board member of the Georgia State Medical Association and selected to the Council on Concerns of Women Physicians of the National Medical Association, her engagement is evident. She has recently been nominated and selected to the Georgia Physician Leadership Academy in Class XII in the Medical Association of Georgia. Recognized by the Atlanta Medical Association for her contributions in 2015, she was named Young Physician of the Year and received an honorable President’s Citation Award for her community service involvement.

Dr. Birt continues to inspire the next generation of physicians. Many young, impressionable patients who share their dreams of medicine have seized the opportunity to shadow her in her office. She can be found at Career Day programs seeking to encourage middle school and high school students interested in medicine. She is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Community Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine and mentors with the Atlanta Medical Association’s S.H.A.D.O.W. (See How a Doctor Organizes their Work) program. Speaking life into the future is Dr. Birt’s repayment to those who paved the way in medicine before her.