Befekadu Makonnen

Background

Makonnen, Befekadu was born on September 18, 1952 in Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia. Son of Wagtira and Negera (Alemitu) Makonnen.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Public Health, U. Addis-Abeba, 1973; Doctor of Medicine, U. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1979; diploma in pediatrics, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1984; diploma in maternity and child health, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1984; Master in Public Health, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1986.

Career

Medical practitioner, General Hospital, Osijek, Yugoslavia, 1980-1981, 83; medical practitioner, Djakovo (Yugoslavia) Health Center, 1982-1983; pediatrician, Djakovo (Yugoslavia) Health Center, 1985-1986; resident practitioner, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1984; chief of pediatrics department, General Hospital, Nasice, Yugoslavia, 1987-1988; laboratory researcher, Swiss Institute for Allergy and Asthma, Davos, Switzerland, 1990-1991; with lung function department, Davos-Wolfgang Hospital, since 1991; consultant, pediatrician, Münster Lingens Kantons Hospital, since 1991; assistant Doctor of Medicine, lung function, Thurgau-Schaffhausen Höcher-Klinik, Davos, 1992; pediatrician, research project leader, Ostschweizerisches Kinderspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland, since 1993.

Achievements

• Befekadu Makonnen has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant Ethiopian Army, 1973. Member Ethiopian Medical Association, Croatian Medical Association, Zimbabwe Medical Association, Davos Medical Association, Swiss Pediatrician Medical Association.

Interests

• Avocations: skating, playing tennis, mountaineering, bicycle riding, reading.

Connections

Married Violetta Gashi, June 5, 1977 (divorced December 1987). Married Tina Müller-Rittinghaus, January 10, 1991. Children: Judy, Saba.

Father:

Wagtira Makonnen

Mother:

Negera (Alemitu) Makonnen

Spouse:

Violetta Gashi

Spouse:

Tina Müller-Rittinghaus

child:

Judy Makonnen

child:

Saba Makonnen