Shitaye Alemu Balcha is an Ethiopian physician and academic, "a venerated local internist who pioneered diabetes care in northern Ethiopia". An expert in non-communicable diseases, she has published on diabetes, epilepsy and HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. She is Professor of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.
Life
Shitaye Alemu gained her Doctor of Medicine degree from Addis Ababa University in 1982, and a speciality certificate in internal medicine in 1988. She began her teaching career at the University of Gondar in 1984. In January 2001 she became chair of the university's Anti-HIV/AIDS project. In May 2019 she was promoted to full professorship.
References
- Ora Paltiel, On Being a Doctor: Succor, Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 171, 2019, p. 141. doi:10.7326/M19-0313
- Geoff Watts, Shitaye Alemu Balcha: committed to rural health care in Ethiopia, The Lancet, 4 May 2019. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30900-6
- Shitaye Alemu, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. Accessed 11 July 2020.
- ^ Dr. Shitaye Alemu Promoted to Professor, Addis Insight, 17 May 2019. Accessed 11 July 2020.
- Senay Aregawi; Bezawit Tekola; Kinfe Gebeyehu (2012). "The Contribution of Women in the Fields of Medical Science and Medical Care in Ethiopia". In Enawgaw Mehari; Kinfe Gebeyehu; Zergabachew Asfaw (eds.). The Manual of Ethiopian Medical History. People To People. pp. 52–56.
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