Tewodros W. Teketel

540 Callan Ave, Apt 310, San Leandro, CA, 94577  (510) 258-7081

Permanently Work Authorized  No Visa Sponsorship Required.

OBJECTIVE

Medical Doctor with 11 years of clinical leadership in innovative public health management of infectious diseases (HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria) and Malnutrition seeks next role Non-Profit sector working with HIV + population.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

  • Clinical management of infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and malnutrition
  • Health program management in project proposal writing, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
  • Health data management including data collection and analysis.
  • Report writing and scientific documentation for professional use, project evaluation, and project funding
  • Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and statistical software (S-Plus-6)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Special consultant- Treatment adherence/health Education for12/2008-

Black Coalition on AIDSSan Francisco, CA

Prepare, organize and present group health education sessions and individual one to one adherence support for HIV positive , MSM( Men having Sex with Men), African American clients to improve their adherence to anti HIV treatment and care services.

ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) Decentralization Officer03/2007-02/2008

Doctors without Borders (DWB) - Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), Zimbabwe

Leading international humanitarian medical non-governmental organization (NGO)

Introduced strategic decentralization of services and task shifting intreatment project for HIV+ patients with goal of increasing access to Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART)

Managed 50+ medical staff to decentralize HIV/AIDS treatment of central hospital to 20+ clinics in a rural district of 200,000 people

  • Prepared and implemented project proposal document and technical guidelines
  • Recruited and trained the DWB staff and partners on technical skills needed to achieve project targets
  • Designed and implemented decentralized treatment delivery plan for 2000 patients
  • Analyzed and reported monthly project outcomes and challenges
  • Treated average of 20+ patients a day with ART
  • Coached national doctors and nurses in managing complicated drug-resistant cases of HIV/AIDS and TB.
  • Planned, monitored and evaluated the project progress using Log-frame matrix strategy.

Medical Officer06/2005 - 01/2007

Doctors without Borders (DWB)Mumbai, India

Care and treatment project for high risk and underserved HIV+ population in Mumbai

  • Led 20+ medical team to implement comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment program with local NGOs
  • Recruited and trained staff, organized project resources including drug procurement.
  • Prepared working guidelines and operational manuals, including technical documents for Anti-Retroviral Treatment
  • Organized referral system of high-risk groups for treatment, including sex workers and men having sex with men
  • Organized patient referral system for laboratory and hospitalization
  • Organized data management and reported on outcomes of project which treated 500+ patients
  • Organized and lead clinical consultations on complex referred cases through telemedicine, with Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium.
  • Planned, monitored and evaluated the project progress using Log-frame matrix strategy
  • Implemented emergency post-flood medical relief program in Mumbai reaching ~50,000 from July-September 2005; Lead 20+ medical staff to provide mobile medical treatment to 5000 patients

Medical Officer04/2004 - 06/2005

Doctors without Borders (DWB)Mumbai, India

Managed and supervised 15 medical and psychosocial staff, in collaboration with the government, to implement TB control for zone with of 1.4 million people in collaboration with the government

  • Managed 10+ TB patients daily with various complications including multi-drug resistance
  • Developed system of tracing defaulter patients in public health system and achieved tracking of 50% lost patients
  • Transferred 20% of patients in public system to community-based treatment supervision and patient referral with private practitioners through World Health Organization-funded project
  • Compiled and documented DWB ‘s six year TB program in Mumbai
  • Managed program and technical assistance during tsunami in January 2005

Medical Coordinator 09/2000-09/2002

Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA) Ethiopia

Health and Nutrition Programs for 26,000 Somali refugees in the camps of Eastern Ethiopia (UNHCR funded programs)

  • Managed 60-bed hospital with three wards, including pediatrics, and clinics with ~60 in-/out-patients per day
  • Supervised 25 medical and nutrition staff to provide basic health and nutrition care
  • Implemented preventive health care services, including nutritional support, reproductive health, vaccines, TB/leprosy and water and sanitation to 100% of the target population
  • Managed feeding program for ~1200 malnourished children/day, achieving close to 75% cure rates

Travel Clinical Doctor 11/1999-08/2000

Various Private clinics Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Managed common medical ailments at outpatient departments in various clinics
  • Treated 30+ patients for common illnesses daily
  • Referred 10+ patients for hospitalization and further investigation
  • Wrote monthly epidemiologic reports
  • Managed monthly drug orders

General Practitioner 05/1996-10/1999

Rural Health Centers, Ministry of Health (MoH), Ethiopia

  • Supervised 15+ medical staff to implement preventive health activities (sanitation, vaccination, reproductive health, TB/leprosy control) and out-patient clinic (average 60 patients/day) in a remote and Malaria/TB-prone area with population of >100,000

EDUCATION

Diploma of Public Health Nutrition & Food Science (one year program)2003

University of Gent, Belgium

Medical Doctor 1996

Gondar College of Medical Science

Ethiopia’s second highest ranked medical school

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certificate of Basic and Advanced levels of October 2008

The California State Treatment Education Program (CSTEP)-.

Certificate, Master of Public Health course September 2007

Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa

Wrote a project proposal for developing models of comprehensive HIV/AIDS services
within primary health care

Certificate, Tuberculosis workshop

Doctors Without Borders (DWB) March 2007

Short Course for Anti-Retroviral Therapy (SCART) Certificate September 2006

Tropical Medicine Institute (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium

Ninth International HIV/AIDS conference participant September 2004

Bangkok, Thailand

Field training on HIV/AIDS care and treatmentApril 2004

DWB, Cambodia,

COMMUNITY SERVICES

January 2007; Provided professional assistance to NGOs in Ethiopia, Sara Canizarro Street Children’s Association, Abebech Gobena Children Home, and in Zimbabwe, Dananai Home-based Care organization for HIV/AIDS patients

February 2008; Assisted in professional consultation of local voluntary organization, Christian Compassion and Care Association Ethiopia, providing home-based care for AIDS patients

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

Teketel, T. (2007). Comprehensive OI/Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Care and Treatment Project, Zimbabwe, Annual Report.

Teketel, T. (2007), Project Proposal for Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Project, Zimbabwe.

Teketel, T. (2005). Doctor’s Without Borders Tuberculosis Projects, 1999-2005, Mumbai, India.,.

Teketel, T. (2005). Emergency Medical Response to Floods, Mumbai, India,.

Teketel, T. (2006). The Spectrum of Opportunistic Infections amongst HIV/AIDS Patients, Mumbai, India.

  • I am alsocurrently volunteering in editing and rewriting medical books with Hesperian Foundation in California and writing medical articles for Medical Journal of Therapeutics for Africa(MJOTA).

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