Team
CORE TEAM
Kassa Darge, MD, PhD, FSAR
Radiologist-in-Chief & Chair, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Professor of Radiology & Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Tegbar Yigzaw, MD, MPH, PhD
President of Ethiopian Medical Association, Chief of Party, Health Workforce Improvement Program
Workeabeba Abebe, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Tigist Mekonnen, BSc, MPH, CIPM
Executive Director, Ethiopian Medical Association
Tigist Hailu, MPH
Clinical Research Program Manager, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, MPH Teaching Faculty, University of Pennsylvania
Meskerem Aleka, MD
Executive Board Member of Ethiopian Medical Association, Youth advisory panel for the Government of UK in Ethiopia
Bekure Ledet, BSC
IT, Ethiopian Medical Association
START-UP KIT
Kassa Darge, MD, PhD, FSAR
Radiologist-in-Chief & Chair, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Professor of Radiology & Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Meskerem Aleka, MD
Executive Board Member of Ethiopian Medical Association, Youth advisory panel for the Government of UK in Ethiopia
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Enawgaw Mehari, MD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Pikeville, Medical Director – Stroke, Tristar Horizon Medical Center, Dickson / Nashville
Tegbar Yigzaw Sendekie, MD, MPH, PhD
President of Ethiopian Medical Association, Chief of Party, Health Workforce Improvement Program
PROTOCOLS
Elias S. Siraj, MD, Dr. Med., FACP, FACE
Professor of Medicine, Chief Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Makeda Semret, MD, MSc, FRCP
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University Health Center
Tewodros Haile, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Workeabeba Abebe, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
CLINICAL
Anesthesiology
Betelehem Asnake, MS, MD
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco
Rediet Shimeles, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Addis Ababa University
Cardiology
Senbeta Guteta, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Internist and Cardiology, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Emergency Medicine
Ayalew Zewde, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, St Paul’s Hospital Millenium Medical College
Hematology
Kebede Begna, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Seifu Kebede, MD
Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Intensive Care Medicine
Seife Yohannes, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University, Vice Chair, Department of Critical Care, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Hanan Yusuf, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Internal Medicine
Eyesusawit Shewangizaw, MD, MPH
Expert Medical Specialist Internal Medicine, Deputy Medical Director, United Nations Health Care Center, UN Economic Commission For Africa
Kalkidan Alachew, MD
Consultant Internist, Endocrinology Fellow, Secretary of Ethiopia Medical Women’s Association
Tinsaye Woreta, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Neurology
Enawgaw Mehari, MD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Pikeville, Medical Director – Stroke, Tristar Horizon Medical Center, Dickson / Nashville
Obstetrics
Mekdes Daba, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College
Palliative Medicine
Anteneh Habte, MD
Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Pulmonology
Mesfin Seifu, MD
Avita Healthcare System
Tewodros Haile, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Head of Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Pathology
Melisachew Mulatu, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Mekelle University
Primary Health Care/Family Medicine
Yohannes Yimer, MD
Senior Medical Specialist in Family Medicine, President – Ethiopian Society of Family Physicians
Pediatrics
Hilina Tsehay Kassa, MD, MHS
Attending Physician, Treatment Area and Urgent Care, Division of Emergency Medicine Nemours/ Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Workeabeba Abebe, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Solomie Jebessa, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College
Radiology
Assefa Getachew, MD
Associate Professor, Consultant Radiologist and Subspecialist in Body Imaging, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Kassa Darge, MD, PhD, FSAR
Radiologist-in-Chief & Chair, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Surgery
Amezene Tadesse, MD, MSc, FCS-ECSA, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Consultant General and Pediatric Surgeon, Vice President of Ethiopian Medical Association, Department of Surgery – Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Girma Tefera, MD, FACS
Vice Chair for Global Surgery-Dept of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Treatment
Dawd Siraj, MD, MPH, TM, FIDSA
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Hanan Yusuf, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Makeda Semret, MD, MSc, FRCP
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
Tewodros Haile, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Head of Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
PUBLIC HEALTH
Epidemiology
Demisse Alemayehu, PhD
Columbia University
Negussie Deyessa, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health at Addis Ababa University
Infection Prevention & Control
Alemayehu Haddis Getahun, PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Health, President – Environmental Health Professionals Association of Ethiopia, Jimma University
Dawd Siraj, MD, MPH, TM, FIDSA
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Mental Health
Azeb Asaminew, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University
Yonas Geda, MD, MSc
Professor and Director, Global Neuroscience and Mental Health Program – Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute
Modelling
Alemayehu Worku, PhD
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University
Amir Siraj, MA, PhD
University of Notre Dame
Dawd Siraj, MD, MPH, TM, FIDSA
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Pharmaceuticals
Bisrat Hailemeskel, PharmD, RPh
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Vice Chair, Howard University College of Pharmacy
Ephraim Engidawork, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy – Addis Ababa University College of Health Science
Hailu Tadeg, BPharm, MSc, MPH
Chief of Party, Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus (PQM+) Program of USAID
PPE
Dejen Kumela, BSc, MPH
Environmental Health Specialist, WASH Capacity building Adviser, SNV Ethiopia, USAID-Transform WASH project, Vis-President-Ethiopian Environmental Health Professional Association
Testing
Tadesse Wuhib, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Public Health Informatics
Tamrat Abebe, PhD & Bilal Shikur, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University
Vaccination
Aberra Molla, DVM, MS
ABSHA/ECS
Telahun Teka Wolde, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health and Bioethics, CHS,AAU & SPMMC (Adjunct)
NURSING
Tafesse Bekele, Bsc, MSc
President of Ethiopian Nurses Association
WEBINARS
Girma Tefera, MD
Vice Chair for Global Surgery-Dept of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Meskerem Aleka, MD
Executive Committee Member – Ethiopian Medical Association, Addis Ababa University