Dagne Assefa, MD

Languages:
English, Amharic, German
Service: Pulmonary Medicine
Specialty/Profession:
Pediatric Pulmonology
Areas of Clinical Interest:
Asthma, cystic fibrosis, exercise-related breathing disorders, sleep disorders, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary diseases related to prematurity
Education:

Medical School: Addis Ababa University, Gondar College of Medical Sciences

Residency: the University of Leipzig, Children Hospital of Leipzig Wayne State University, Children Hospital of Michigan

Fellowship: New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center

Awards & Recognition:

Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors: 1st Edition

Top Doctors, Richmond Magazine (2017)

Clinic Locations: Fairfax

Keystone Publications:

Natural history of incidental pulmonary nodules in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2015. Assefa D, Atlas AB.

Three faces of costal exostoses: case series and review of literature. Assefa D, Murphy RC, Bergman K, Atlas AB. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011

Attenuated interleukin-8/leukocyte immunoresponse in preterm infants compared with term infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a pilot study.  Assefa D, Amin N, Dozor AJ, Parton LA.Hum Immunol. 2011 

Use of decubitus radiographs in the diagnosis of foreign body aspiration in young children. Assefa D, Amin N, Stringel G, Dozor AJ. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 

Effect of deep inspiration on airway caliber in children with asthma.  Assefa D, Amin N, Dozor AJ.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2004