John Edwin Sia MD

International Health, Travel & Tropical

Physician

Summary

John Edwin Sia, MD, is an Infectious Disease specialist based in Tampa, FL, with subspecialties in International Health, Travel, and Tropical Medicine. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Florida State University College of Medicine in Sarasota (2020-2023) and is currently undertaking a fellowship in Infectious Disease at the University of South Florida Morsani (2023-2025). Dr. Sia earned his medical degree from the American University of Antigua College of Medicine in 2019, following a BS in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida. His research contributions include several publications in notable journals, focusing on topics like culture-negative endocarditis, COVID-19 clinical traits, and diagnostic parameters.

University of South Florida MorsaniFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2023 - 2025
Florida State University College of Medicine (Sarasota)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2020 - 2023
American University of Antigua College of MedicineClass of 2019
University of South FloridaBS, Biomedical Sciences, 2010 - 2014

PubMed

2 citations
Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis Causing Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a Traveler.
Ian K Motie, John Sia, Katherine Burns, Natan Kraitman, Roberto Mercado
Cureus. 2022-07-01
Not Your Usual Case of Culture-Negative Endocarditis: A Case Report of Bartonella Endocarditis.
Ricardo J Villasmil, John Sia, Ian Motie, Lisette Rodriguez, Natan Kraitman
Cureus. 2022-05-01

Journal Articles

Longitudinal Characterization of Presentation Clinical Traits in Patients during Index and at Least One Readmission Post-Acute COVID-19 Hospitalization
Sia, J.E., Idogun, P., Patel, D., Hamad, K., & Wiese-Rometsch, W., Journal of General Internal Medicine, 37(2), S296., 6/17/2022
COVID-19 Patients Expressed Distinct Clinical Trait Signatures at Index Hospitalization Across the Four SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves in Florida
J.E. Sia, P. Idogun, D. Patel, I. Motie, K. Hamad, M. Geary, J. Seaman, W. Wiese-Rometsch, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 205(2022), A3698., 5/1/2022
Complete Blood Count Parameters Outperform Putative Inflammatory Markers in Predicting COVID-19 Mortality: A Multimodal Machine Learning Model
Idogun, P., Sia, J., Ward, M., Patel, D., Wiese-Rometsch, W., & Patel, A.J, Blood, 138(1), 2967., 11/23/2021
Direct versus indirect admission of COVID-19 patients to intensive care from emergency department
George, J., Alkayali, T., Dawkins, K., Burns, K., Williams, S., Sia, J., Hamad, K., Wiese-Rometsch, W., Voelker, K., & Seaman, J., Critical Care Medicine, 49(1), 94., 1/15/2021
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Abstracts/Posters

To Tat or Not To Tat? A Case of Mycobacterium abscessus Skin & Soft Tissue Infection after Tattooing
John Edwin D. Sia, MD &amp; Shylah M. Moore Pardo, MD, USF Health Research Day 2025, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, 2/28/2025