Adesuwa I. Akhetuamhen, MD

Dr. Adesuwa “Ade” Akhetuamhen is an emergency medicine physician, educator, and research scientist at Emory University and Grady Hospital. Her work focuses on improving healthcare systems to better serve marginalized patients, particularly those who rely on the emergency department as their primary source of care. As a Neuro-EM K12 Scholar, her research—“Health Informatics and Design Thinking to Improve Emergency Department-Based Prevention of Stroke in Populations with Hypertension”—leverages health informatics to enhance stroke prevention in high-risk populations. Dr. Akhetuamhen envisions an emergency department that not only treats acute conditions but also plays a proactive role in disease prevention.