Tobi Yerokun, MD, MPH, CWSP

Clinical Director @ WorkPartners USA

About

I am a hard-working and passionate physician, board-certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. I am also a Certified Wound Specialist with 4+ years of experience as a Medical Director of wound care and hyperbaric medicine practices. I have 6+ years of public health experience, working on a variety of successful local, federal and international projects. I am adept in healthcare quality infrastructure improvement, specifically in vulnerable and underserved communities across the globe. I have extensive experience applying advance wound management and public health expertise to neglected populations with minimal resources. I have had a significant amount of success building healthcare delivery capacity quality and capacity. I helped develop a new wound care practice as a Medical director at Mercy hospital in Joplin, MO. Under my leadership, the practice grew from 1-2 patients daily to 15-20 in less than 2 years with a <30 days wound heal time, and >85% heal rate. I also was the founder of the first multidisciplinary Limb salvage board in the Mercy Hospital system, with a 90% lower extremity amputation prevention rate in the first year. Throughout my career, I have been dedicated to quality improvement, understanding that high functioning healthcare systems can optimize quality of care. I practiced this by serving on several committees including Medicine Quality Improvement, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality, and Science and Translation. This has allowed me to become a knowledgeable leader in quality improvement projects, multidisciplinary collaboration, medical education, utilization management, pharmacovigilance and budget management.

Country

United States

City

New York

Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Skill

Injury Prevention, Employee Health, Workplace Safety, Patient Safety, Support Workers, Employer Engagement, Employer Relations, Relationship Building, Program Management, Resource Planning, Delegation, Executive-level Communication, Communication, Alternative Solutions, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacovigilance, International Health, burn care, International Development, Research

Experience

Clinical Director

WorkPartners USA

2024-2 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Direct and organize medical services by panel providers. Guide workplace injury prevention programs. Provide medical consultation for acute workplace injuries. Establish and coordinate interdisciplinary partnerships that improve workplace injury care.

Medical Consultant

MTF Biologics

2022-8 - 2025-12 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Medical Director

Saint Agnes Hospital

2020-9 - 2022-9 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Provided advanced wound healing services such as sharp debridements, I&Ds, and bioengineered tissue placement • Led and Managed staff and providers, including RNs, LPNs, and podiatrists. • Analyzed budget, clinic and staff performance to optimize patient care • Coordinated clinic operations with hospital staff and administration to ensure continuity of care • Served on the Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Committee as hospital-acquired pressure injury prevention expert • Provided wound care-related educational lectures to medical students, residents, and nursing staff

Medical Director

Mercy

2018 - 2020-9 · 2 yrs

Joplin, Missouri Area

• Provided advanced wound healing services such as sharp debridements, I&Ds, and bioengineered tissue placement • Monitored patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound healing • Provided Administrative support for clinic operations and staffing • Participated in staff education on basic wound care • Served as a member of Medicine Quality Improvement Committee • Served as a member of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

Wound/Burn physician

Ohana One International

2019-5 - 2019-5 · 1 mo

Maputo, Mozambique

• Surgical education mission trip in Mozambique (formerly with Mending Kids) • Developed burn prevention program and educated local teachers on how to teach their classroom students basic burn prevention techniques • Assisted in burn surgery and wound management education of surgeons, surgical trainees, nurses and staff in Maputo, Mozambique

General Preventive Medicine Resident

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2016-7 - 2018-6 · 2 yrs

Training program in various aspects of general preventive medicine and public health. Key learning material included the following - Public health delivery and policy - Local, state, and federal healthcare systems - Healthcare related problem solving - Emergency preparedness - Alternative medicine - Grant writing

Global Health Fellow, Office of Global Aid- Prevention, Care & Treatment Division

USAID

2018-1 - 2018-4 · 4 mos

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Participated in Development of a PrEP implementation program for South Sudan that is receiving funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) • Traveled to the USAID Office in Maputo, Mozambique to assist in developing a HIV/AIDS treatment retention and adherence evaluation tool to assess partner treatment sites

Assistant Medical Director

Synergy Immediate Care

2015-2 - 2017-12 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Provide both primary care and urgent medical needs in a community based clinic Oversee all providing clinicians in all medical and clinical affairs.

Global Health Fellow

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2017-6 - 2017-8 · 3 mos

St Croix, US Virgin Islands

• Participated in Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey • Compiled Zika epidemiologic data for the USVI with the epidemiology team at the USVI Department of Health • Presented CASPER and epidemiologic data to health care providers throughout St. Croix. • Created marketing campaigns to educate Virgin Islanders on the possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus