CURRICULUM VITAE
Rahel A. Teferra, M.D.
[email protected]
CURRENT POSITION:
August 2014 - Current:
Kentuckiana Pulmonary Associates, PLLC
100 W. Market Street Suite#2
Louisville, KY 40202
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
EDUCATION:
1993 - 1999: Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Ethiopia
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
1990 - 1993: Nazareth Secondary School, Ethiopia
Secondary School
TRAINING:
July 2013 - July 2014:
University of Louisville Medical Center
Sleep Fellowship
July 2010 - June 2013:
The Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
October 2009:
George Washington University
Health Policy Fellowship
July 2007 - June 2010:
Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Internal Medicine Residency
Assistant Chief Resident
Jan 2005 - March 2005:
Addis Ababa University Medical Faculty, Ethiopia
Pediatrics Residency
WORK EXPERIENCE: Jan 2004 - Dec 2004: Yirgalem Hospital
General medical practitioner
Nov 2000 - Jan 2004: Bushulo Major Health Centre (Ethiopia)
General medical practitioner
Diagnosis and management of outpatient cases
Inpatient care of patients
Coordinator of HIV/AIDS/STIs program
Supervisor : Nutritional Rehabilitation Unit
Trainer: Essential Health services Package in S. Ethiopia
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
ICU outcomes during several house staffing models over a 2
year period (OSUWMC 2013)
OSUNet: An Artificial Neural Network Sleep Apnea
Prediction Tool for In-Home and In-Lab Polysomnography
(OSUWMC 2012-2013)
Cardiac function and insulin resistance and CPAP treatment in
OSA (OSUWMC 2012)
Dental devise for OSA and effects on metabolic abnormalities
(OSUWMC 2012)
Predictors of mortality in COPD patients ( HUH-2008)
Incidence of measles in Loke town (Southern Ethiopia)-2002
Community diagnosis of major health problems in
Chilomariam town (Northern Ethiopia)-1998
Prevalence of Chlamydia Urethritis in males in Chuahit town
(Northern Ethiopia)-1998
PRESENTATIONS:
ICU outcomes during several housestaff staffing models over a
2 year period (OSUWMC 2013)
Likelihood ratios of clinical prediction rules for OSA using the
new AASM scoring rules (ATS 2012)
Effective management of diaphragmatic sarcoidosis using
Adalimumab (ATS 2012)
Organizing pneumonia in a young patient being treated with
Ustekinumab (ATS 2012)
Journal club-Dabigatran versus warfarin for VTE treatment
(HUH 2010)
Case presentation-Cavitary lung lesions (Feb 2010)
Health care reform- GW hospital (Nov 2009)
Pandemic H1N1 Influenza- Howard University Hospital
(Dec 2009)
Journal club- Thrombolytic therapy in elderly patients with PE
(July 2009)
Mortality report- (May 2009)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease- Howard University
Hospital (Jan 2009)
Case presentation- Eosinophilic esophagitis (Dec 2008)
Pulmonary arterial hypertension- Howard University Hospital
(July 2008)
Case presentation-undiagnosed pleural effusions
Howard University Hospital (July 2008)
Interpretation of Pulmonary function tests
Howard University Hospital (July 2008)
Quality improvement project- Howard University Hospital
(Sept. 2007)
PUBLICATIONS:
Diagnosis and Management of Concomitant Cystic Fibrosis in
Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Clinical
Pulmonary Medicine. May 2013; 20(3): 113-116
Obstructive sleep apnea in bariatric surgery patients. Chest
physician: Sept 2012 – P16
A community based study of urogenital chlamydia trachomatis
in males aged fifteen years and above, Dembia District,
northwest Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J. 2002 Jul; 40(3):251-7
CERTIFICATES:
Internal Medicine –ABIM 2010
Pulmonary Medicine – ABIM 2012
AWARDS:
Best resident academic performance award (HUH 2010)
ATS travel award (ATS 2012)
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
HOBBIES:
Swimming, reading and traveling

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