WGO Addis Ababa Training Center

Introduction:

The Addis Ababa Training Center at Black Lion Hospital was inaugurated as a World Gastroenterology (WGO) Training Center on April 18, 2015. The center was developed in partnership with the University of Toronto, the Ethiopian Society of Gastroenterology, and the University of Ethiopia. It is located at the Tikur Anbessa (Black Lion) Hospital in Addis. 

Areas of Training:

The Addis Ababa Training Center offers Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Training. They preform around 1,000 upper and 500 GI endoscopies yearly. The University of Toronto has been working with the University in Addis Ababa for many years, not just in gastroenterology (GI), but also across the medicine faculty. A residency-training program has been developed which has recently graduated its first GI specialists.

Contact:

Center Director: Dr. Amir Sultan

For information on courses, national and international trainees should contact:

Dr. Amir Sultan
Email: amirs0844@yahoo.com

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Professor Desmond Leddin (WGO Training Center Director) at the launch of the Addis Ababa Training Center.

Abebe Bekele (Black Lion Hospital CEO), Ara Sarkissian (Storz), James Toouli (then WGO President), Nagi Checri (Storz), and Desmond Leddin (WGO Training Center Director).

Louis Liu (University of Toronto), James Toouli (then WGO President), Desmond Leddin (WGO Training Center Director), Abate Shewaye (University of Ethiopia), Ara Sakissian (Storz), Nagi Checri (Storz), Abdelmounem Abdo (Training Center director Khartoum) and Tiruwork Fikadu (Inaugurate GI graduate, current Ethiopian Association of Gastroenterology Vice President).