Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages & Interests
Interests
Publications
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Birhane Desta

Birhane Desta

Monaca,PA

Summary

Family medicine resident with diverse clinical experience, passionate about medical education and collaborative teaching. Experienced in tutoring and teaching since high school, with a strong commitment to mentoring trainees, streamlining documentation, and supporting resident needs.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Family Medicine Resident (PGY2)

Heritage Valley Family Medicine Residency Program
Beaver Falls, PA
06.2025 - Current
  • Achieved all the required milestones of PGY1 and now Promoted to PGY2

Physician Shadow

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
08.2023 - 09.2023
  • Exposure to common Infectious Disease problems
  • ECMO/LVAD observation;
  • EMR documentation.

Primary Care Physician

Ethiopian Family Guidance Association
Ethiopia
01.2018 - 08.2019

- HIV counseling and community health education. Evaluated up to 5 prenatal care per day in addition to medical problems in pregnancy

Physician With Limited Permit

Meadowbrook Healthcare
Plattsburgh, NY
06.2024 - 04.2025
  • Clinical management of complex long-term care patients; multidisciplinary collaboration; ~20 daily encounters.
  • Hands on clinical work involving geriatric patients and related pathologies.
  • Gained extensive knowledge and experience

Medical Assistant in Family Medicine/Urgent Care

Aspire Health Concepts
11.2023 - 05.2024
  • Phlebotomy, EKGs, vaccines.
  • Understood what Family Medicine looks like in the real world before starting residency

Physician Shadow

UPMC Harrisburg Hospital
Harrisburg, PA
08.2023 - 09.2024
  • Inpatient rounds with internist; cardiac risk assessment; literature presentations.

General Practitioner & Lecturer

Mekelle University / Ayder Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2021
  • Inpatient/outpatient/emergency care. Especially Primary care
  • procedures including but not limited to Pleural and peritoneal taps, IVs.

Physician Intern

Sisli Etfal Hospital, Turkey
Turkey
12.2016 - 04.2017
  • emergency plastic surgery patient management along with residents and wound care;
  • Assisting Plastic surgery operations
  • Gained essential surgical skills such as different types of suturing and wound management.

Medical Internship

Mekelle University
Ethiopia
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Rotations across major departments
  • refugee care
  • wound care management in resource-limited environment

Education

M.D. -

Mekelle University College of Health Sciences
Ethiopia
01-2015

Skills

    Clinical Skills

  • Procedural skills
  • Medical documentation
  • Patient communication
  • Clinical adaptability
  • Professional Skills

  • Empathy
  • Self-motivation
  • Team collaboration
  • Teaching and mentoring
  • Additional Strengths

  • Multilingual communication
  • Fast learner

Certification

  • NY Medical Limited Permit: #207604 (Exp. 2026)
  • DEA Registration: #FD4275118
  • NREMT, ACLS, BLS, Systematic Review Certificate

Languages & Interests

English (Proficient), Amharic (Native), Turkish (Conversational).
Tigrigna
Native or Bilingual

Interests

medical education content, public health advocacy, language learning

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles in Infection and Drug Resistance; Contributed Book chapters such as electrolyte abnormalities and blood transfusion in local text book of surgery in Mekelle University, Ethiopia. 

Timeline

Family Medicine Resident (PGY2)

Heritage Valley Family Medicine Residency Program
06.2025 - Current

Physician With Limited Permit

Meadowbrook Healthcare
06.2024 - 04.2025

Medical Assistant in Family Medicine/Urgent Care

Aspire Health Concepts
11.2023 - 05.2024

Physician Shadow

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
08.2023 - 09.2023

Physician Shadow

UPMC Harrisburg Hospital
08.2023 - 09.2024

Primary Care Physician

Ethiopian Family Guidance Association
01.2018 - 08.2019

Physician Intern

Sisli Etfal Hospital, Turkey
12.2016 - 04.2017

General Practitioner & Lecturer

Mekelle University / Ayder Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2021

Medical Internship

Mekelle University
01.2014 - 01.2015

M.D. -

Mekelle University College of Health Sciences