Edemariam Tsega

Edemariam Tsega (Amharic: እደማርያም ፀጋ; 7 July 1938 – 1 January 2018) was an Ethiopian physician and educator credited with introducing the post-graduate program in internal medicine in Ethiopia. Born in Gondar, he was the son of a respected Ethiopian Orthodox Church priest.

Tsega joined the Faculty of Medicine at Addis Ababa University (AAU) in 1971, serving as a medical director and internist at Leul Mekonnen and Haile Selassie I hospitals. By 1981, he became the first Ethiopian to be appointed as a full professor of Medicine at AAU. He was instrumental in establishing Ethiopia's first postgraduate program in internal medicine during his tenure. Tsega's research primarily focused on liver diseases, especially viral hepatitis, in Ethiopia, and his dedication to medical education and research earned him numerous accolades, including the Order of the Blue Nile and the Distinguished Scientist Award from AAU.

After more than two decades of service in Ethiopia, Tsega moved to Canada in 1994. He practised and taught general internal medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and later at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where he retired as professor emeritus in 2014.