Bedri Yusuf
Internal Medicine physician
Duluth, Georgia
About Bedri Yusuf
Bedri Yusuf is a physician executive and board-certified Internal Medicine physician based in Duluth, Georgia. He brings more than 25 years of clinical and organizational leadership experience across health systems and large medical group practices.
Yusuf most recently served as a Chief Physician Executive from 2019 to 2025, where he led a $380 million employed physician group comprising more than 700 providers across 96 acute care and ambulatory practices. During his tenure, he expanded the provider workforce by more than 80 percent, improved patient satisfaction scores to the 99th percentile in urgent care, and developed a Care Traffic Control Center that reduced length-of-stay variance by 22 percent and improved systemwide throughput by 30 percent.
Prior to that role, Yusuf served as Vice President and Chief Physician Executive of Gwinnett Medical Group within Gwinnett Health System from 2015 to 2019. He began his career in Georgia at Atlanta Medical Center, where he served as a faculty physician and received the Most Valuable Physician Award in 2002.
Yusuf earned his Doctor of Medicine from Addis Ababa University, Gondar Medical College in Ethiopia. He completed a Dermatology residency at the University of Leipzig in Germany and an Internal Medicine residency at Atlanta Medical Center in Georgia. He holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
He is a Fellow of the American Association for Physician Leadership, a Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He currently practices Internal Medicine at Tanner Health System.
Areas of Focus
Career Background
Education
Media
Press
Awards & Recognition
Outstanding House Officer Award, Atlanta Medical Center
Attending Physician of the Year Award, Atlanta Medical Center, 1999 to 2000
Most Valuable Physician Award, Atlanta Medical Center, 2002 (first recipient; portrait placed on AMC Wall of Fame)
Best Team Player Physician of the Year, Gwinnett Medical Center, 2007
Patient Safety Champion Physician of the Year, Gwinnett Medical Center, 2014
Top Doctor and Best Team Player Physician of the Year, Gwinnett Medical Center, 2015
Licenses & Certifications
Georgia Medical License, Georgia Composite Medical Board, issued July 1999
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1999
Certified in Hospital Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2011
Certified Physician Executive (CPE), American Association for Physician Leadership, 2012
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
Charities & Volunteering
Supporting Member, Association for Women Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD), Ethiopia. Nonprofit organization led by his older sister Maria Munir.
Boards & Memberships
Board Member, Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce, January 2024 to September 2025
Board Member, Greater Hall County Chamber of Commerce, January 2024 to September 2025
Health System Advisory and Nominating Committees, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), January 2024 to present
Fellow, American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL), April 2016 to present
Senior Fellow, Society of Hospital Medicine, May 2014 to present
Fellow, American College of Physicians, July 2002 to present
Class of 2017, Leadership Gwinnett and Glance Gwinnett, August 2017 to present
Class of 2025, Hall County Leadership Unlimited Inc, January 2024 to September 2025
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Bedri Yusuf do?
Bedri Yusuf is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and physician executive with more than 25 years of clinical and organizational leadership experience across health systems and large medical group practices. He currently practices Internal Medicine at Tanner Health System.
What is Bedri Yusuf known for?
Yusuf is known for his work as a Chief Physician Executive, where he led a $380 million employed physician group of more than 700 providers, expanded the workforce by over 80 percent, and developed a Care Traffic Control Center that improved systemwide throughput by 30 percent. He has been featured in press coverage discussing the physician workforce crisis and building smarter healthcare systems.
Where is Bedri Yusuf based?
Bedri Yusuf is based in Duluth, Georgia.
Where did Bedri Yusuf study?
Yusuf earned his Doctor of Medicine from Addis Ababa University, Gondar Medical College in Ethiopia, completed residencies at the University of Leipzig (Dermatology) and Atlanta Medical Center (Internal Medicine), and holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Who does Bedri Yusuf work for?
Bedri Yusuf currently practices Internal Medicine at Tanner Health System.
Last updated April 8, 2026