Gersam Abera Mulugeta

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Gersam Abera Mulugeta

Dr

Faculty of Medical Science, Surgery

  1. Personal Information
  • Full Name: Gersam Abera Mulugeta
  • Title: Doctor
  • status: MD, Consultant General and Pediatric Surgeon
  • rank: Associate Professor
  • Department: Surgery, Pediatric Surgery unit
  1. Publications: 19

Research publications:
1. Habtamu Sime, Gersam Abera, Abera Mengistu, Sabona Lamessa. Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM): A Case Report, Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2021;31 (4):907. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v31i4.27
2. MelkamuBerhane, Gersam Abera, Seifu Alemu, BezaEshetu. Aphalia: An Extremely Rare Congenital Genitourinary Malformation – A Case Report. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2019;29(3):409. J doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ ejhs. v29i3.13
3. Hubertus, J.; Abera, G.; Haileamlak, A.; Siebeck, M.; von Schweinitz, D.; Wagner, F.; Eckle, R.; Wessel, L.; Ritz, L.; Ardelean, M.A.; et al. Establishment of a Pediatric Surgical Unit at a University Hospital in Eastern Africa. Children 2021, 8, 244. https://doi.org/10.3390/ children8030244
4. Mulugeta GA, Awlachew S. Retrospective study on pattern and outcome of management of sigmoid volvulus at district hospital in Ethiopia. BMC Surg. 2019 Aug 9;19(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s12893-019-0561-1. PMID: 31399131; PMCID: PMC6688328.
5. Daba KT, Weldemichael DK, Mulugeta GA. Bilateral hypocalcemic cataract after total thyroidectomy in a young woman: case report. BMC Ophthalmol. 2019 Nov 21;19(1):233. doi: 10.1186/s12886-019-1224-9. PMID: 31752761; PMCID: PMC6873460.
6. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. Br J Surg. 2021 Sep 27;108(9):1056-1063. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101. PMID: 33761533; PMCID: PMC7995808.
7. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Jun;76(6):748-758. doi: 10.1111/anae.15458. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PMID: 33690889; PMCID: PMC8206995.
8. Appeadu-Mensah W, Mdoka C, Alemu S, Yifieyeh A, Kaplamula T, Oyania F, Chagaluka G, Mulugeta GA, Kudowa E, Yimer M, Renner LA, Paintsil V, Chitsike I, Molyneux E, Atwiine B, Kouya F, Pritchard-Jones K, Abdelhafeez H, Dessalegne A, Mbuwayesango B, Georges N, Israels T, Borgstein E. Surgical aspects and outcomes after nephrectomy for Wilms tumour in sub-Saharan Africa: A report from Wilms Africa Phase II-CANCaRe Africa. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Jan;72(1):e31134. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31134. Epub 2024 Jun 19. PMID: 38896023.
9. Birara, M., Messele, G., Abera, G. and Fufa, D. (2023) Survival Outcome of Wilms Tumor with Multi-Modality Treatment at Jimma Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia. Open Journal of Urology, 13, 185-193. https://doi.org/10.4236/oju.2023.136023
10. Tirkaso BH, Mulugeta GA, Belete TD, Melak MM. Papillary thyroid carcinoma in an 8-year-old Ethiopian child: A case report with literature review. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2024 Apr 25; 12:2050313X241248392. doi: 10.1177/2050313X241248392. PMID: 38680599; PMCID: PMC11047237.
11. ASOS-Paeds Investigators. Outcomes after surgery for children in Africa (ASOS-Paeds): a 14-day prospective observational cohort study. Lancet. 2024 Apr 13;403(10435):1482-1492. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00103-X. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38527482.
12. Negash S, Jembere T, Abera G, Kedir E, Eshetu B. Gastric outlet obstruction due to peptic ulcer disease in a 5 years-old female child. Case report. June 23, 2022. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Apr; 105:108086. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108086. Epub 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 37018952; PMCID: PMC10112143.
13. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan;77(1):28-39. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34428858; PMCID: PMC8652887.
14. NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery; COVIDSurg Collaborative. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries. Lancet. 2022 Nov 5;400(10363):1607-1617. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01846-3. Epub 2022 Oct 31. PMID: 36328042; PMCID: PMC9621702.
15. Beshir M, Tilahun T, Hordofa DF, Abera G, Tesfaye W, Daba KT, Workineh N, Woldeyesus SN, Debela TF, Yesuf EA. Caregiver satisfaction and its associated factors in pediatric wards of Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Aug 19;22(1):1058. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08459-4. PMID: 35982435; PMCID: PMC9389722.
16. ASOS-2 Investigators. Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Oct;9(10):e1391-e1401. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00291-6. Epub 2021 Aug 19. PMID: 34418380; PMCID: PMC8440223.
17. Vickery N, Stephens T, du Toit L, van Straaten D, Pearse R, Torborg A, Rolt L, Puchert M, Martin G, Biccard B; ASOS-2 Investigators. Understanding the performance of a pan-African intervention to reduce postoperative mortality: a mixed-methods process evaluation of the ASOS-2 trial. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Nov;127(5):778-788. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.07.001. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34446223.
18. Netsanet Workneh Gidi, Basazin Tasew, Gersam Abera. A Case Report of Huge Lymphangioma over the Chest Wall: A Rare Presentation of a Newborn.  Ethiop J Health Sci. 2022;32 (1): 209.doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejh s. v32i1.22
19. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 Nov;76(11):1454-1464. doi: 10.1111/anae.15560. Epub 2021 Aug 9. PMID: 34371522.

  1. Research Interest: Surgical quality improvement, Global collaborative researches, Neonatal surgery
  2. Contact Details

Contact

Phone: +251911110077

Email: abera@ju.edu.et