Edemariam Tsega Explained

Native Name:እደማርያም ፀጋ
Native Name Lang:amh
Birth Place:Gondar, Occupied Ethiopia, Italian East Africa
Birth Date:7 July 1938
Death Place:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Physician and educator
Honorific Suffix:FAAS FTWAS
Birth Name:Edemariam Tsega Teshale
Children:4, including Aida Edemariam

Edemariam Tsega (; 7 July 1938 – 1 January 2018) was an Ethiopian physician and educator credited with introducing the post-graduate program in internal medicine in Ethiopia.

Life and career

Early life and education

Edemariam Tsega Teshale was born on 7 July 1938, in Gondar, Ethiopia[1] to Aleqa Tsega Teshalé, an Ethiopian Orthodox Church scholar and chief priest (Liqe Kahinat in Amharic) of Begemdir and Simien regions,[2] and Yètèmegnu Mekonnen (1919–2013).[3] He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961 from Addis Ababa University and a Doctor of Medicine (MDCM) in 1965 from McGill University.[4] [5] He then travelled to the UK to study and graduate from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1969. Prior to 1971, he underwent a rotating internship in internal medicine, and Gastroenterology rotation training at the Montreal General Hospital.[6]

Career

Returning to Ethiopia

In 1971, Tsega went back to Ethiopia and worked at the Faculty of Medicine at Addis Ababa University (AAU) as a Medical Director and Internist at Leul Mekonnen and Haile Selassie I hospitals. Later, in 1974–91, he became Head of 's Department of Internal Medicine, and joined the Faculty of Medicine at in 1972, becoming a full Professor in 1981, making him the first Ethiopian to achieve that.

During his tenure, Tsega was appointed as Chairman of the Faculty of Medicine Graduate Commission and a member of many committees of and the Ministry of Health. He was the president of the Confederation of African Medical Associations and Societies between 1989 and 1990, and also served as the President of the Ethiopian Medical Association from 1990 to 1993.[7] In 1991, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Virology from Lund University, and was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation's Research Fellowship as Visiting Professor at McGill University. He also became a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Between 1992 and 1994, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, .

Tsega also had several appointments and memberships to the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, the Science and Technology Commission of Ethiopia, Ethiopia's Commission for Higher Education, and academic and professional associations. For 23 years, Tsega worked as an internist and gastroenterologist conducting clinical research with grants from Swedish Development Cooperation Agency, Department for Research and Addis Ababa University with a focus on viral hepatitis,[8] [9] acute[10] and chronic liver disease. He also taught clinical medicine, endoscopic and laparoscopic to residents students and doctors. Tsega is credited with introducing the post-graduate program in Internal Medicine in Ethiopia. He pioneered in Ethiopia's medical education and trained generations of medical professionals in the country. He made significant contributions to the university, including teaching and mentoring medical students and conducting research in hepatology, gastroenterology, and tropical medicine. He also established the Tsega Endowment Fund to support the training of Ethiopian physicians in Internal Medicine at and Ethiopian hospitals.[11]

Moving to Canada

After moving to Canada in 1994, Professor Edemariam served as a clinical professor of medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and was later appointed Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University. He worked as a general internist from 1994 until 2001 in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, and from 2001 until retirement in 2014 with Hamilton Health Sciences/McMaster University. He visited Ethiopia several times for periods of one month to teach at the Gondar Faculty of Medicine between 1999 and 2008. Tsega was also the author of a book titled The Life History & Qineis of Liqe Kahnat Aleqa Tsega Teshale (Tsega's father) in 2018,[12] and a guide to writing medical case reports titled A Guide to Writing Medical Case Reports (Green Book).[13] [14]

Personal life and death

Tsega was married in 1972 to Frances Lester, a distinguished doctor herself. Together they had four children, Aida, Naomi, Yohannes and Yodit.[15] His daughter Aida Edemariam, editor and writer at The Guardian,[16] published The Wife's Tale: A Personal History in 2018,[17] which is the story of Tsega's mother, Yètèmegnu.[18] Tsega died on 1 January 2018 in Hamilton, Canada.[19] Tsega was described by the Ethiopian Observer as "a light in the darkness" that will be always remembered.

Awards and honours

Tsega received several honours and awards throughout his life, including the Distinguished Scientist Award from, the Order of the Blue Nile for scientific achievement from the government of Ethiopia, the President's Award for distinguished services from the Medical Staff Association, the P2P Annual Award in 2004,[20] Hamilton Health Sciences, and the Bikila Award in 2017.[21] [22] Tsega was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1971, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 1987,[23] and a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 1988.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edemariam Tsega Obituary - Hamilton, ON . 4 January 2018 . 4 April 2023 . Dignity Memorial . en . 4 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404151114/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/hamilton-on/edemariam-tsega-7704798 . live .
  2. Web site: The Life History & Qineis of Liqe Kahnat Aleqa Tsega Teshale - 978-1-59-907131-2 - Biographies & Memoirs - Book Subjects - by Dr Edemariam Tsega . 7 April 2023 . www.store.tsehaipublishers.com . 15 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210615232000/https://www.store.tsehaipublishers.com/product_info.php/biographies-memoirs/the-life-history-qineis-of-liqe-kahnat-aleqa-tsega-teshale-p-187 . live .
  3. News: Mohamed . Nadifa . 23 February 2018 . The Wife's Tale by Aida Edemariam review – portrait of a mother goddess . en-GB . The Guardian . 6 April 2023 . 0261-3077 . 19 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230319201355/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/the-wifes-tale-aida-edemariam . live .
  4. Web site: Edemarim Tsega Pioneer in Medicine . 4 April 2023 . Ethiopian Doctors . en . 7 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407135445/https://www.ethiopiandoctors.org/articles/edemarim-tsega-pioneer-in-medicine . live .
  5. Web site: Tsega Edemariam The AAS . 4 April 2023 . www.aasciences.africa . 4 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404151118/https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/tsega-edemariam . live .
  6. Siraj . Elias S. . Darge . Kassa . Tadesse . Yewondwossen . 2018 . Edemariam Tsega (1938 – 2018) . International Journal of Ethiopian Studies . 12 . 1 . 133–136 . 27026542 . 1543-4133 . 6 April 2023 . 6 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406194638/https://www.jstor.org/stable/27026542 . live .
  7. Web site: Prof. Edemariam Tsega . 4 April 2023 . Ethiopian Medical Association . en . 4 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404185655/https://www.ethiopianmedicalass.org/team-members/prof-edemariam-tsega/ . live .
  8. Book: Parry . Eldryd . Principles of Medicine in Africa . Godfrey . Richard . Mabey . David . Gill . Geoffrey . 25 March 2004 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-80616-9 . en . 6 April 2023 . 7 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407135457/https://books.google.com/books?id=iKX-ZXNlNgcC&dq=%22Edemariam+Tsega%22+-wikipedia&pg=PR8 . live .
  9. Tsega . Edemariam . Nordenfelt . Erik . Mengesha . Biru . Hansson . Bengt Göran . Tsega . Molla . Lindberg . Johan . January 1990 . Age-specific Prevalence of Hepatitis A Virus Antibody in Ethiopian Children . Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases . en . 22 . 2 . 145–148 . 10.3109/00365549009037894 . 2356438 . 0036-5548 . 6 April 2023 . 7 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407140755/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00365549009037894 . live .
  10. Tsega . Edemariam . Krawczynski . K. . Hansson . B.-G. . Nordenfelt . E. . Negusse . Y. . Alemu . W. . Bahru . Y. . August 1991 . Outbreak of acute hepatitis E virus infection among military personnel in northern Ethiopia . Journal of Medical Virology . en . 34 . 4 . 232–236 . 10.1002/jmv.1890340407. 1940876 . 22415896 .
  11. Web site: Observer . Ethiopia . 5 January 2018 . A prominent physician and educator, Prof. Edemarim Tsega . 4 April 2023 . Ethiopia Observer . en-US . 4 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404151114/https://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2018/01/05/a-prominent-physican-and-educator-prof-edemarim-tsega-passed-away/ . live .
  12. Web site: The Life History & Qineis of Liqe Kahnat Aleqa Tsega Te… . 6 April 2023 . Goodreads . en . 7 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407135506/https://www.goodreads.com/user/new . live .
  13. Web site: Biniyam L . 25 August 2018 . A guide to writing medical case reports (Green book) by Edemariam Tsega . slideshare.net . 4 April 2023 . 4 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404151114/https://www.slideshare.net/biniyamlikinaw/a-guide-to-writing-medical-case-reports-green-book-by-edemariam-tsega-professor . live .
  14. Book: A guide to writing medical case reports . 1978 . Addis Ababa University Press . 6 April 2023 . 6 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406195357/https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/71329 . live .
  15. Web site: Professor Edemariam Tsega Passed Away . 4 January 2018 . 6 April 2023 . www.bikilaaward.org . 23 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123015305/http://bikilaaward.org/news_events/news/more_news/news_2018/news_01-05-2018.html . live .
  16. Web site: Aida Edemariam The Guardian . 7 April 2023 . the Guardian . en.
  17. Web site: The Wife's Tale by Aida Edemariam - 9781538502471 . 7 April 2023 . www.bookdepository.com.
  18. News: Mohamed . Nadifa . 23 February 2018 . The Wife's Tale by Aida Edemariam review – portrait of a mother goddess . en-GB . The Guardian . 7 April 2023 . 0261-3077.
  19. Web site: Edemariam Tsega AddisNews.net . 6 April 2023 . en-US . 7 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707153455/https://addisnews.net/tag/edemariam-tsega/ . live .
  20. Web site: 6 February 2022 . Awards - People to People . 6 April 2023 . en-US . 21 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230121121723/https://p2pbridge.org/awards/ . live .
  21. Web site: Bikila Award: Events . 6 April 2023 . www.bikilaaward.org . 9 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509021530/http://bikilaaward.org/news_events/award_winners/2017/index.html . live .
  22. Web site: Bikila Awards for Ethiopian achievers . 4 October 2017 . 6 April 2023 . Ron Fanfair . en-US . 4 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404151115/https://www.ronfanfair.com/home/2017/10/4/bikila-awards-for-ethiopian-achievers . live .
  23. Web site: Sciences (TWAS) . The World Academy of . Edemariam Tsega . 6 April 2023 . TWAS . en . 6 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706130727/https://twas.org/directory/edemariam-tsega . live .

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