Valerie Osasu Osula, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Valerie Osasu Osula
Professional Titles
- Assistant Director, Center for Global Emergency Care
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Background
Valerie Osula, M.D., M.P.H, is an assistant professor in the department of Emergency Medicine and works clinically at both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center. She also serves as the assistant director of the Center for Global Emergency Care.
Dr. Osula completed her medical training at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and her Emergency Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins. She is also a graduate from the International Emergency Medicine and Public Health fellowship at Johns Hopkins and she completed her Master's in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
She is primarily interested in service delivery of Emergency care, training of healthcare workers and implementation of clinical best practices in LMICs, with a focus on Africa.
Selected Publications
Osula V., Patino G., Mi, M, et al. Content Evaluation of a Neuroscience Course in an Integrated Systems-Based Curriculum. Med. Sci. Educ. 27, 63-73 (2017)
Osula VO., Sander JE., Chakare T, et al. COVID-19 Advance Respiratory Care Educational Training Program for Healthcare Workers in Lesotho: An Observational Study.medRxiv 2021.10.22.21265385; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.22.21265385
Shannon KL, Osula VO, Shaw-Saliba K, et al. Viral co-infections are associated with increased rates of hospitalization in those with influenza. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2022;1-9. doi:10.1111/irv.12967
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, MPH, 2022The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship, International Emergency Medicine & Public Health, 2022Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Emergency Medicine, 2021Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2017Board Certifications
Emergency Medicine
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2022Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)