Full Name

Father’s Name: Eshete

Grand father’s name: Abebe

·         Specialty Certificate in General Surgery, AAU, July 2000

·         Subspecialty Certificate in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, AAU, 2007

• Special trainee from 12/12/05-10/05/06, Institute for Research and Rehabilitation of hand and Department of Plastic Surgery , Stanley Hospital, Chennai, India
• Canniesburn practical course on the use of flaps in reconstructive plastic surgery 26^th march -30^th march 2007
• Basic course on microsurgical techniques at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai India , July 2006
• Epidemiology, University of Bergen, Norway, Autumn 2003
• Basic course in research tools and theory, University of Bergen, Norway, Autumn 2003

• Acting Head, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit , 2013-2014
• Leader, Cleft Lip and Palate Program Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit since 2007
• Health Manager and Physician, Konso Health Center, SNNPR, Ethiopia (November 1991 to October 1992)
• Surgical Department Head, Arba Minch Hospital, (November 2000 to July 2003)
• Financial Secretary of Pan-African Cleft Lip and Palate Association, 2007-2011.

Recognitions, memberships of international bodies/ journals – editorial roles/ initiatives etc

• Award For the best Scientific Paper (The Prevention of Traditional Bone Setters Gangrene), Ethiopian Medical Association, 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Award For the best poster presentation (Incidence of Cleft lip and Palate in Addis Ababa) Pan African Cleft Lip and Palate Association, Ibadan, Nigerian, 2006
• Recognition by The Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation and the Smile Train as an Educational Affiliate Providing compassionate care to the world’s citizens
• The American Cleft Plate Craniofacial Association Recognizes as a member in good standing for the year of 2013.
• Recognition by the Partners in African Cleft Training for serving as site director of the Cleft Speech Pathology Program.
• The 2013 International scholar, plastic surgery foundation and Smile Train
•  Accredited COSECSA Trainer

Membership of international bodies/journals/editorial roles

• Member, the Ethiopian Medical Association
• Member, the Ethiopian Surgical Society
• Member, the Association of Surgeons of East Africa.
• Member, Pan-African Cleft Lip and Palate Association
• Member, the Journal of American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
• Lifelong member of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

Campus: School of Medicine

Building: Tikur Anbessa

Floor number: 4th

Office tel.: +251115152753

Mobile: +251 911 25 41 70

Alternative email ID: mekonene@yahoo.com

Clinical and community based

• The Prevention of Traditional Bone Setter’s Gangrene. J Bone and Joint Surg [Br] 2005; 87-B: 102-3.
• Chest injuries in Tikur Anbessa hospital, Addis Ababa: A three year experience, East and Central African Journal of Surgery, vol.6 no.1
• Extra cranial meningioma of the scalp. Case report, Ethiopian Medical Journal, 2005, 43, 2:119-122.
• Acute Isovolemic Haemodilution in Elective Prostetectomy: An Ethiopian Study. East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol.10, No. 2, December 2005, pp. 15-18.
• Popliteal Pterygium Syndrome. Case Report, Ethiopian Medical Journal Jan 2009, 47, 2; 175-177.
• Early Outcome of facial reconstructive surgery abroad: a comparative study. Eur J Plast surg DOI 10, 2007/s00238-010-0409-5.
• The incidence of Cleft Lip and Palate in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2011, Ethiop Med J. Vol 49,  No 1