Based on my conversations with multiple surgeons as well as with ministry officials, there appears to be a great opportunity to enhance the training of Ethiopian orthopedic surgeons and residents by inviting them for US observerships. Foreign trainined physicians are not allowed to practice in the US without passing all three USMLE exams and obtaining …
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St. Paul AaBET Hospital, Feb 19, 2019
AaBET Hospital On my second day I visited AaBET hospital, which is part of St Paul University and located just behind Yohannes church, a short distance from the main St Paul campus in Gulele. The initials stand for “Addis Ababa Burns, Emergency and Trauma”. As the main trauma hospital in Addis Ababa, it is overflowing …
Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Feb 18, 2019
During a one week stay in Addis, I visited three hospitals and met health care NGOs and Ministry of Health officials. The goal of this trip was to discover avenues where diaspora orthopedic surgeons can provide durable support for Ethiopian orthopedics. In my job, I work as an Orthopedic Oncologist in Fairfax, Virginia. Resident Report …
Drs. Addisu Mesfin and Fasil Mesfin at AaBET Hospital, January 2019
Drs Addisu and Fasil traveled to Addis Ababa for two weeks in January and worked with the orthopedic and neurosurgery departments at AaBET hospital. Dr Addisu Mesfin is an orthopedic spine surgeon in Rochester NY, Dr Fasil Mesfin is a neurosurgeon in St. Louis, Missouri. AaBET hospital is part of St Paul University and located …
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Ethiopian Diaspora Surgery Network 