Demisew Amenu Sori

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Demisew Amenu Sori

Dr.

Faculty of Medical Science, Gynecology/Obstetrics

Full Name: Demisew Amenu Sori
Nationality: Ethiopian
Academic Rank: Associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Current Post: Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
College/institute: Institute of Health
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field of specialization: Obstetrics and Gynecology-Urogynaecology and Reconstructive pelvic surgery
Research interest: Maternal health, Pelvic floor disorders, Obstetrics fistula, Cervical cancer prevention, quality of care
Email: demisame5@gmail.com or demisew.amenu@ju.edu.et
Tel: +251 911 81 14 68-
+251 471 11 8242-Office

  1. Personal information

 

  • Full Name: DEMISEW AMENU SORI
  • Title: Medical doctor
  • Head, Jimma University Clinical and Nutrition Research Center (JUCAN)
  • Acc. Status: MD, specialty in obstetrics and gynecology, Subspecialty in urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery.
  • Acc. rank: Professor of obstetrics and gynecology

 

  1. Publications:
  2. Abdissa HG, Duguma GB, Gerbaba M, Noll J, Sori DA, Koricha ZB. Acceptability , Feasibility , and Appropriateness of Mobile Phone Messaging-Based Message-Framing Intervention for Promoting Maternal and Newborn Care Practices. 2025;
  3. Abdissa HG, Duguma GB, Noll J, Sori DA, Koricha ZB. Development and testing of mobile phone text messages for improving maternal and newborn care practice in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. A user-centered design approach. Pilot Feasibility Stud [Internet]. 2024; Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-025-01632-6
  4. Jibat N, Ali R, Adissu W, Buruh G, Abdissa A, Goba GK, et al. Less known but greatly feared: Cervical cancer in Ethiopia community awareness. Heliyon [Internet]. 2024;10(7):e28328. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28328
  5. Bulcha G, Gutema H, Amenu D, Birhanu Z. Maternal health service utilization in the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: results from a baseline study for mobile phone messaging interventions. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth [Internet]. 2024;24(1):1–16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06683-w
  6. Tesemma MG, Sori DA, Hajito KW. Prevalence of urinary incontinence and associated factors, its impact on quality of life among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Asella teaching and referral hospital. BMC Urol. 2024;24(1).
  7. Bulcha G, Abdissa HG, Noll J, Sori DA, Koricha ZB. Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Messaging–Based Message Framing Intervention for Improving Maternal Health Service Uptake and Newborn Care Practice in Rural Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:1–11.
  8. Asefa Z. Continuous quality improvement strategy for increasing immediate acting reversible postpartum long- ­ contraceptive use at Jimma University. 2023;1–8.
  9. Sori DA, Bretones S, Mellier G, de Rochambeau B. Prevalence and surgical outcomes of stage 3 and 4 pelvic organs prolapse in Jimma university medical center, south west Ethiopia. BMC Womens Health [Internet]. 2022;22(1):1–10. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01992-8
  10. Mihretie GS, Abebe SM, Abebaw Y, Gedefa L, Gure T, Alemayehu BA, et al. Factors associated with discontinuation among long-acting reversible contraceptive users: a multisite prospective cohort study in urban public health facilities in Ethiopia. BMJ Open. 2022;12(8).
  11. Geneti SA, Dimsu GG, Sori DA, Amente LD, Kurmane ZM. Prevalence and patterns of birth defects among newborns in southwestern Ethiopia: a retrospective study. Pan Afr Med J. 2021;40.
  12. Tegenaw GS, Amenu D, Ketema G, Verbeke F, Cornelis J, Jansen B. Design Approaches for Executable Clinical Pathways at the Point of Care in Limited Resource Settings to Support the Clinical Decision Process: Review of the State of the Art. Lect Notes Inst Comput Sci Soc Telecommun Eng LNICST. 2022;440 LNICST:186–203.
  13. Amenu D, Asmare A, Siraj A. Congenital ureterovaginal fistula: a rare case of single-system ectopic ureter with ipsilateral ectopic kidney managed by vaginal approach: a case report. J Med Case Rep [Internet]. 2021;15(1):1–7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-03157-x
  14. Tegenaw GS, Amenu D, Ketema G, Verbeke F, Cornelis J, Jansen B. A Hybrid Approach for Designing Dynamic and Data-Driven Clinical Pathways Point of Care Instruments in Low Resource Settings. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022;290:316–20.
  15. Tegenaw GS, Amenu D, Ketema G, Verbeke F, Cornelis J, Jansen B. Analysis of low resource setting referral pathways to improve coordination and evidence-based services for maternal and child health in Ethiopia. PLoS One [Internet]. 2022;17(8):e0273436. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273436
  16. Dabi BK, Sori DA, Disasa FA. Uterovaginal prolapse in a primigravida presenting in active first stage of labor: a case report. J Med Case Rep [Internet]. 2022;16(1):1–5. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03358-y
  17. Amenu D, Beyene H. Case Report: Vaginal Bleeding in a Child Due To Vaginal Leech Infestation. Ethiop J Reprod Heal. 2021;13(4):48–53.
  18. Tesemma MG, Sori DA, Gemeda DH. Perinatal outcomes of high dose versus low dose oxytocin regimen used for labor induction and factors associated with adverse perinatal outcome in four hospitals of Ethiopia : a multicenter comparative study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021;5:1–6.
  19. Girma L, Geteneh A, Amenu D, Kassa T. Isolation and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes among women attending Southwest Ethiopia. 2021;1–6.
  20. Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Outcome and predictors of surgical repair of obstetric vesicovaginal fistula in a teaching hospital in ethiopia : retrospective cohort study. 2020;(January 2011):1–4.
  21. Debela TF, Hordofa ZA, Aregawi AB, Sori DA. Quality of life of obstetrics fistula patients before and after surgical repair in the Jimma University Medical Center , Southwest Ethiopia. BMC Womens Health [Internet]. 2021;1–8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01360-y
  22. Id SA, Gebru G, Amenu D, Mekonnen Z. Risk factors associated with congenital anomalies among newborns in southwestern Ethiopia : A case-control study. 2021;1–16. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245915
  23. Forrester JA, Koritsanszky LA, Amenu D, Haynes AB, Berry WR, Alemu S, et al. Developing Process Maps as a Tool for a Surgical Infection Prevention Quality Improvement Initiative in Resource-Constrained Settings. J Am Coll Surg [Internet]. 2018;226(6):1103-1116.e3. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.020
  24. Forrester JA, Starr N, Negussie T, Schaps D, Adem M, Alemu S, et al. Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low-resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study. Br J Surg. 2020;
  25. Tesemma MG, Sori DA, Gemeda DH. High dose and low dose oxytocin regimens as determinants of successful labor induction: A multicenter comparative study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020;20(1):4–11.
  26. Forrester J, Koritsanszky L. Development of a Surgical Infection Surveillance Program at a Tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia : Lessons Learned from … 2017;(November).
  27. Woldeyes WS, Amenu D, Segni H. Case Report Uterine Rupture in Pregnancy following Fall from a Motorcycle : A Horrid Accident in Pregnancy — A Case Report and Review of the Literature. 2015;2015.
  28. Sori DA, Azale AW, Gemeda DH. Characteristics and repair outcome of patients with Vesicovaginal fistula managed in Jimma University teaching. BMC Urol [Internet]. 2016;1–6. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-016-0152-8
  29. Sori DA et al. SURGICAL SITE INFECTION RATE AND RISK FACTORS AMONG OBSTETRIC CASES OF JIMMA UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL , SOUTHWEST ETHIOPIA. :91–100.
  30. Demisew A. ORIGINAL ARTICLE SEXUAL ASSAULT : PATTERN AND RELATED COMPLICATIONS AMONG CASES MANAGED IN JIMMA UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL. (1).
  31. Amenu D. Rectovaginal Fistula in a Newly Married Woman. 2015;5(6):5–6.
  32. Kumela K, Amenu D, Chelkeba L. Comparison of anti-retroviral therapy treatment strategies in prevention of mother-to-child transmission in a teaching hospital in Ethiopia. 2015;13(2):1–10.

 

 

 

  1. Research Interest:
  • Cervical cancer screening
  • HPV epidemiology
  • HPV vaccination
  • Urogynecology
  • Maternal health and neonatal health
  • Reproductive health
  • Public health
  1. Contact Details
  • Email: demisame5@gmail.com
  • Email: demisew.amenu@ju.edu.et
  • Tel: +251911811468

Contact

Phone: +251 911 81 14 68 or  +251 471 11 8242

Email: demisame5@gmail.com or demisew.amenu@ju.edu.et