Shitaye Alemu
{{Short description|Ethiopian physician and academic}}
Shitaye Alemu Balcha is an Ethiopian physician and academic, "a venerated local internist who pioneered diabetes care in northern Ethiopia".Ora Paltiel, [https://bd886b6f-1e0d-4d3a-bd94-4aea6270e735.filesusr.com/ugd/50405f_be29cb0bdd0346a6ab799588235970b4.pdf On Being a Doctor: Succor], Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 171, 2019, p. 141. {{doi|10.7326/M19-0313}} An expert in non-communicable diseases,Geoff Watts, [https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(19)30900-6.pdf Shitaye Alemu Balcha: committed to rural health care in Ethiopia], The Lancet, 4 May 2019. {{doi|10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30900-6}} she has published on diabetes, epilepsy and HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia.[https://eas-et.org/user/134 Shitaye Alemu], Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. Accessed 11 July 2020. She is Professor of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.[https://www.addisinsight.net/dr-shitaye-alemu-promoted-to-professor/ Dr. Shitaye Alemu Promoted to Professor], Addis Insight, 17 May 2019. Accessed 11 July 2020.
Life
Shitaye Alemu gained her Doctor of Medicine degree from Addis Ababa University in 1982, and a speciality certificate in internal medicine in 1988.{{cite book | editor1=Enawgaw Mehari | editor2=Kinfe Gebeyehu | editor3=Zergabachew Asfaw | title=The Manual of Ethiopian Medical History | author1=Senay Aregawi | author2=Bezawit Tekola | author3=Kinfe Gebeyehu | chapter=The Contribution of Women in the Fields of Medical Science and Medical Care in Ethiopia | publisher=People To People | year=2012 | pages=52-56 | url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/53864582/the-manual-of-ethiopian-medical-history-people-to-people }} She began her teaching career at the University of Gondar in 1984. In January 2001 she became chair of the university's Anti-HIV/AIDS project. In May 2019 she was promoted to full professorship.
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