Atalel Fentahun Awedew, MD, MPH
Ass. Prof of Surgery, at Debre Tabor University, Department of Surgery.
Dr. Atalel holds a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Jimma University, specializing in General Surgery at Addis Ababa University, and also earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Addis Ababa Medical and Business College. His research interests primarily focus on Evidence-based Medicine, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Global Surgery, Global Public Health, and Clinical Research. In addition to his academic pursuits, He is actively involved in editorial roles within the scientific community. He serves as an Academic Editor for prestigious journals such as PLOS One and BMC Surgery, as well as an Associate Editor for Visceral Frontier. Furthermore, he contributes as a peer reviewer for numerous esteemed international journals, providing valuable insights and feedback on a wide range of research topics.
Dr. Meheret Befekadu Demmissie
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at ALERT Comprehensive Specialized Hospital
Dr. Meheret is a young, female plastic and reconstructive surgeon from Ethiopia who has been in the medical field for the past 14 years. She earned a subspecialty certificate in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from Addis Ababa University & earned a General Surgery Specialty Certificate from Mekelle University. She recently completed a fellowship in Microsurgery and Reconstructive surgery from the Canton Hospital Aarau in Switzerland. She is the youngest and first female President of the Ethiopian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons(ESPRS). She is also the CEO and cofounder of Easy-MED digital health P.L.C., a start-up company aiming to digitalize the Ethiopian Health care field.
In addition to the ESPRS, Dr. Meheret is an active member of the Ethiopian Medical Association (EMA), Surgical Society of Ethiopia(SSE) and Women in Surgery Ethiopia(WISE).
Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH, CPH, MBA
PhD Candidate in Health Systems Research - Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
MSt Candidate in Practical Ethics - University of Oxford
Dr. Dominique Vervoort is a PhD Candidate in Health Systems Research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, focusing on Health Technology Assessment in cardiac surgery, and concurrently pursuing an MSt in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. He previously completed his MD at the KU Leuven and his MPH/MBA dual degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School as a Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation, and was inducted into the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health in recognition of his global and public health work throughout the pandemic. Dominique completed the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, working with Ministries of Health on National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anaesthesia Plans (NSOAPs) in Pakistan and West Africa, and studying access to cardiac surgical care around the world.
He has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications in leading cardiovascular, surgical, and global health journals, and serves on the Editorial Board of multiple high-impact cardiovascular and health services research journals.
