Location information
Hospital address
Black lion Hospital Churchill road Addis Ababa Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia
Hospital type
Public
Hospital description
Third-Level Hospital (Referral)
This is a teaching hospital
Description
Abenezer Tirsit MD,FCS-ECSA
Associate professor of Neurosurgery
Immediate past President of Society of Ethiopian Neurological surgery professionals
Member information
Name
Abenezer Tirsit Aklilu
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
Neurosurgeon
Subspecialties
- Neurosurgeon with paediatric interest
Languages spoken
- English
Professional affiliations / memberships
- ISPN
- Other
- CAANS
- EANS
- WFNS
Other membership organisations
Ethiopian Medical Assocaition, Society of Ethiopian neurological surgery professtionals
Social profiles
Current and past partnerships
Has current partners or past partnership experience in these countries
- India
- Norway
- United States of America
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- Malawi
- United Arab Emirates
- Italy
- Pakistan
- Israel
The neurosurgery residency program was establish in 2006 at Addis Ababa University in collaboration with international partners including University of Bergen, Norway and FINS group mainly volunteers coming from USA and Canada
This was the first training program in the country and contribute the most to development of Neurosurgery
Personally, a Clinical P.hD fellow at university of Bergen, Norway since 2017. Thesis topic on "Neural tube defect among children in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Epidemiological pattern and treatment outcome". This program is supported by University of Bergen.
Research collaboration with University of Cambridge, NIHR global heath research group since 2017
Conditions treated
- Hydrocephalus
- Neurotrauma
- Spine
- Spinal dysraphism
- Tumor
- Craniofacial
- Epilepsy
- Skull Base
Equipment used
- Drill
- Microinstruments
- Microscope
- Neuroendoscope Flexible
- Neuroendoscope Rigid
- Spinal instrumentation
- MRI
- Angiography
- CT