======================================================================== SAMUEL E. EDUSA, MD Internal Medicine Physician | Hospital Medicine ======================================================================== Valdosta, Georgia | samuel.edusa@protonmail.com | www.samueledusa.com ABIM Board-Eligible (June 2027) | Available July 2027 | U.S. Citizen | GA License #113025 (Unrestricted) | ECFMG Certified ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal medicine physician completing residency in June 2027 and board-eligible with the ABIM. Holds a full, unrestricted Georgia medical license and brings more than a decade of direct patient care across independent practice and U.S. residency training. Comfortable managing the full range of acute inpatient medicine, from undifferentiated admissions and multi-system chronic disease to critical care, and follows patients from admission through a safe discharge and handoff, using point-of-care ultrasound at the bedside. Serves as Chief Resident and co-chairs the American College of Physicians Georgia Chapter Resident Council. Named Intern of the Year and inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. Brings Epic physician-builder and clinical-informatics experience to quality and patient-safety work, and serves on the editorial board of The Hospitalist. Areas of focus: Acute inpatient medicine • Admissions & cross-coverage • Critical & step-down care • Rapid response & codes (ACLS) • Point-of-care ultrasound • Transitions of care • Quality improvement • Clinical informatics (Epic) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLINICAL EXPERIENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal Medicine Resident Physician (PGY-3, Chief Resident) SGMC Health, Valdosta, GA • Piedmont Athens Regional, Athens, GA July 2023 – Present - Admit and manage an inpatient census of 16 to 18 adults with undifferentiated and multi-system acute illness, from ED admission through daily management to safe discharge and handoff. - Provide critical and step-down care, and respond to rapid responses and codes as an ACLS provider. - Carry cross-cover and overnight responsibilities, triaging acute issues across services and ensuring clear, structured sign-outs. - Lead multidisciplinary rounds with nursing, pharmacy, case management, and consultants to coordinate care and transitions. - Perform point-of-care ultrasound and bedside procedures, including central and arterial lines, paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, and intubation. Physician (Moonlighting), In-Home Health Evaluations 2026 – Present Signify Health, a CVS Health Company | Field-Based - Independently perform comprehensive health evaluations for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial plan members, identifying chronic conditions and closing gaps in care. - Approved to moonlight in good standing during residency. Physician, Post-Graduate Clinical Practice 2012 – 2018 Ghana - Practiced as a licensed physician (Ghana Medical & Dental Council) following MBChB and housemanship. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEADERSHIP & COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chief Resident, SGMC Health, Valdosta, GA Dec 2025 – Present - Serve as liaison between residents and faculty, coordinate conferences and curriculum, mentor residents, and lead quality-improvement work. American College of Physicians, Georgia Chapter Resident Council Co-Chair 2026 – 2027 - Lead statewide resident engagement and advocacy initiatives. - Represent trainee perspectives in policy and professional-development discussions. Head of Social Media 2025 – 2026 - Ran the council's social media presence, promoting events, advocacy, and professional-development opportunities to residents across the state. Resident Representative, Medical Records Committee, SGMC Health Oct 2025 – Present - Develop order sets and protocols with hospital IT and EMR vendors, uphold documentation quality standards, and recommend policy to the Medical Executive Committee. Editorial Board Member, The Hospitalist (SHM), Remote Apr 2026 – Apr 2028 - Two-year term contributing content and editorial direction for a national hospital medicine audience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLINICAL INFORMATICS & EMR INNOVATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epic & Clinical Informatics, SGMC Health, Valdosta, GA - Implemented Epic's "Notify Me" result alerts, now adopted by every resident in the program, reducing missed follow-ups at sign-out and overnight. - Created a hospital-wide Physician Communication note type, streamlining inpatient documentation. - Optimized the tube-feed order set and built dietitian SmartPhrases, cutting ordering errors. - Built standardized Epic templates for H&Ps, progress notes, and discharge summaries across the residency program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LICENSURE & CREDENTIALS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Georgia Composite Medical Board, Full/Unrestricted License #113025 (May 2026) - ECFMG Certified, Oct 2021 (ID# 08258618) - NPI: 1710664198 - U.S. Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen (no visa sponsorship required) - Ghana Medical & Dental Council, Permanent Registration MDC/RN/07145 (since Jun 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CERTIFICATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ACLS & BLS, Aug 2025 - ACP POCUS 2: DVT, Oct 2025 - Chest, Abdomen & OB-GYN Ultrasound, 2012 - Epic Physician Builder (Analytics), 2025 - ACGME Chief Resident Leadership, 2026 - HIPAA for Health Providers, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDUCATION & TRAINING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SGMC Health, Internal Medicine Residency Valdosta, GA | July 2024 – Present (Anticipated completion: June 2027) Piedmont Athens Regional, Internal Medicine Residency (PGY-1) Athens, GA | July 2023 – July 2024 University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana | Sept 2003 – Mar 2010 Mount Allison University B.Sc. Biology/Biochemistry (Minor in Computer Science), First Class Honors Sackville, NB, Canada | Sept 1999 – May 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESEARCH & SCHOLARLY WORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Edusa S, Heron M, Yakubu E, et al. Nudging Toward High-Value Care: Reducing Low-Value Inpatient Laboratory Testing Through Cost Awareness and Behavioral Design. Inpatient quality-improvement project, SGMC Health, 2026 (ongoing). - Joseph P, Salih R, Edusa S, Zaw T. Recurrent Hyponatremia Unmasking Adrenal Insufficiency: Diagnostic Pitfalls in Distinguishing SIADH from Hypocortisolism. Am J Kidney Dis, 2026 (National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings). - Heron M, Edusa S, Munoz G, Baah-Sackey R. Vitamin B12 as a Prognostic Biomarker in Liver Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review of the Paradox of Elevation. Abstract, ACP Georgia Chapter Resident/Fellow Competition, 2026. - Edusa S. ConsultChain: Progressive Context Distillation Across Heterogeneous LLM Fleets for Token-Optimal Inference. Preprint, Research Square, 2026. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9368244/v1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONORS & AWARDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA), inducted 2026 - Intern of the Year, SGMC Health GME, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TECHNOLOGY BACKGROUND ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Software engineer for 8+ years before medicine (Cognizant Softvision / NCR and Tin Roof Software, 2018-2023), now applied to Epic physician-builder work and 15+ clinical tools used in residency training. - Co-founder, Super Genius Labs, building AI tools for healthcare operations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), since Dec 2025 - Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), since 2026 - American College of Physicians (ACP), since Mar 2022 - American Medical Association (AMA), since Mar 2022 - American Heart Association (AHA), since Feb 2022 - Ghana Medical Association (GMA), since Apr 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SKILLS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Clinical: acute inpatient management, critical & step-down care, transitions of care, quality improvement - Procedures: central and arterial lines, paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, and intubation, plus point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS, incl. DVT) and chest, abdomen & OB/GYN ultrasound - Resuscitation: ACLS and BLS, plus rapid response and code-team participation - EMR and informatics: Epic (Physician Builder, Analytics, order sets, SmartPhrases, templates) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMUNITY SERVICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Volunteer health screener, Sunbelt Ag Expo (SGMC Health / PCOM Georgia), Moultrie, GA, 2024 and 2025: skin-cancer screening, blood-pressure checks, and preventive-health counseling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LANGUAGES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ English (native) | Russian (proficient) | French (basic) ========================================================================