Fekede A. Debel

Adult and pediatric cardiac surgeon at the cardiac center of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

After attending the undergraduate program at Gonder University and general surgery at Addis Ababa University, Black Lion Hospital went to Narayan Institute of Cardiac Science, Bangalore, India, and studied cardiac surgery. I become the first cardiac surgeon in the country after a decade-old missionary-based activity. Since then I performed close to 400 heart surgeries by leading the local team.

I performed cardiac surgeries from pediatric to adult from a 6-month-old baby to a record 90 years old geriatric patient in our country. I performed coronary artery bypass surgery from single to a record four-graft surgery successfully. In our country, I also become the first to perform a beating heart bypass surgery. Among others; successful Button- Bentall procedure, re-do valve surgeries, left maze procedures, mitral valve repairs, multi-valve surgeries, and AV canal defect with cor tri- atrium are a few.