Dr. Wondwossen Amogne Degu

Dr. Wondwossen Amogne Degu is an internal medicine doctor and an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Addis Ababa University. He works in the Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Degu is also affiliated with Hallelujah General Hospital and is a visiting internist there. He has over 20 years of experience in treating patients with highly infectious diseases like Tuberculosis and viral infections like  HIV, hepatitis, and SARS-CoV-2.

As an infectious disease expert, Dr. Degu routinely executes procedures such as blood cultures, lumbar punctures, and antimicrobial therapy. He also performs post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV to prevent infection post-exposure. Dr. Degu is one of the leading infectious disease specialists in Ethiopia. He has been entitled to many grants by the government to study infectious diseases in Ethiopia. Chief among them are an NIH research grant as a principal investigator, an NIHR grant to study the hepatitis C virus, and a thematic research grant from Addis Ababa University to study urinary tract infections among pregnant women. In addition, Dr. Degu is a part of DESTINE, a partnership project between Ethiopian, Israeli Universities, and U.K. Universities to study the scale of HCV infections in Ethiopia.

Education

• MBBS from Addis Ababa
• M.D. in Infectious Diseases from Karolinska Institute, Sweden – 2008 to 2015

Experience

• Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Addis Ababa University – presently working
• Consultant internist at Hallelujah General Hospital – currently working

Achievements

• Received the title of Professor in Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, in March 2022
• Fellow Ethiopian Academy of Sciences
• Published two clinical trials as a principal investigator and co-investigator.
• Won NIH research grant as principal investigator in 2014
• Won NIHR grant to study hepatitis C virus in Ethiopia
• Won a thematic research grant from Addis Ababa University to examine urinary tract infections in pregnant mothers.

Memberships

• Ethiopian Society of Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine
• Ethiopian Society of Internal Medicine
• Ethiopian Public Health Association
• Ethiopian Medical Association

Phone Number

Contact Dr. Degu at +25114704243.

Consultation Fees

Dr. Degu’s consultation charges are between 1200 and 1600 ETB.