Dr. Tesfaye Taye Gelaw

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+251920127582

tesfaye.taye@bdu.edu.et 

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Academic Degree

MD, Specialty Pediatric and Child Health, Pediatric cardiology

Academic Rank

Associate Professor

At Bahir Dar University Since

November 06, 2010

School

Medicine

Department

Pediatrics and Child Health

Field of Specialization

Pediatrics and child health and pediatric cardiology

Research Interest

Pediatrics, cardiology, Neonatology, infectious

Publications

• Tesfaye Taye Gelaw, Amha Mekasha Wondemagegn. Response to Conventional Nutritional Treatment of Severely Malnourished Hospitalized Children in the Context of HIV Infection at Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Science Journal of Clinical Medicine. Vol. 2, No. 6, 2013, pp. 176-182. doi: 10.11648/j.sjcm.20130206.16
•  Abay Sefene, Dereje Birhanu, Worku Awoke, Tesfaye Taye. Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice among Mothers of Children Age Less Than 6 Month in Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia; A Community Based Cross-Sectional Survey. Science Journal of Clinical Medicine. Vol. 2, No. 6, 2013, pp. 153-159. doi: 10.11648/j.sjcm.20130206.12
• Problem Based Learning: A practical Approach to Solving Clinical Care and Health System Challenges in Resource Limited Settings.
• . Habtamu Bayih Engida, Meseret Adugna Mamuye, Yohannes Tekleab Yehun, Abel Girma Guadie, Yinager Agdie Dagnew, Tesfaye Taye Gelaw, Gizachew Tadesse Wassie, Zelalem Alamrew Anteneh; Patterns of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Cardiac Disease Suspected Patients in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia; Ethiop Med J, 2022, Vol. 60 No. 1
• Gelaw TT, Yehuala AA, Mengste SZ, Yimer YA, Engida HB, Alem AT (2024) Two–Dimensional and Doppler trans-thoracic echocardiographic patterns of suspected pediatric heart diseases at Tibebe—Ghion specialized Teaching Hospital and Adinas General Hospital, Bahir Dar, North-west Ethiopia: –An experience from an LMIC. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0292694. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292694
• . Gelaw TT, Gessesse AA, Yehuala AA, Belay YG, Tilahun SF, et al. (2023) Reducing Health Care Associated Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit through Quality Improvement Approach, Tibebe Ghion Specialized Teaching Hospital, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia-Mirror of the Health Care Quality. Qual Prim Care. 31:37.
• Intervention needs assessment in children with heart diseases presenting to  Tibebe-Ghion Specialized Teaching Hospital, Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia – Tip of the iceberg of the intervention gap in Low-and-middle-income Countries (LMICs) Tesfaye Taye Gelaw *, Yalemwork Anteneh Yimer, Alamirew Alebachew Gesesse , Belete Sewasew Firew , Mastewal Ambaw Ayalew , Yiheyis Genetu Belay; International Journal of Cardiology, Volume 412, 4 July 2024, 132324; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132324.
• Consequences and complications of un-intervened congenital heart defects in children: A retrospective cross-sectional study Tesfaye Taye Gelaw * , Belaynew Zemed Alebachew; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 76 (2025) 101776; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppedcard.2024.101776.
• Gelaw TT, Getahun MA, Bayih AM, Hailu KG, Tadesse GA, Adamu GL, et al. (2025) The impact of civil unrest on child health care: Evidenced by acute medical complications at presentation – A retrospective comparative study. PLoS ONE 20(4): e0320902. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320902.
• Risk of neurodevelopmental delay in children with congenital heart defects: Hospital based prospective cross-sectional study. Tesfaye Taye Gelaw, Shitahun Fentie Tilahun; Progress in pediatric cardiology; April 2025, 101832; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppedcard.2025.101832.