Chidiebere Akusobi

About Chidiebere Akusobi

Dr. Chidi Akusobi is a physician-scientist and clinical informatician exploring how technology and AI-enabled tools can make medicine smarter, safer, and more humane, with a particular focus on infectious diseases. Raised in New York City, he discovered his love of science studying microbial evolution at Yale University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He went on to earn an MPhil in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, then completed his MD-PhD at Harvard Medical School. With support from the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, his doctoral research examined the genetics of antibiotic resistance in mycobacteria.

During his Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, his focus widened from the microbe to the systems that shape patient care. He is now a dual fellow in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Informatics at Stanford, where he studies how AI can be effectively incorporated into clinical workflows. He leads a study testing whether an AI assistant built into Stanford's electronic health record can reduce the cognitive workload of inpatient consults. He is also part of a team evaluating AI agents that support antibiotic dosing decisions. His national research on technology for preventing hospital infections earned recognition at the 2026 SHEA Spring Conference.

Dr. Akusobi is also a committed science communicator. He has worked on vaccine outreach and shares accessible perspectives on infectious disease, clinical informatics, and AI in medicine with audiences online. Outside the hospital, he can be found watching science fiction, discussing pop culture, reading about astrobiology, and exploring new city neighborhoods.