UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Yemiserach Kifle, M.D. 3/01/09
Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
Place of birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citizenship: USA
Foreign language: Amharic
Home address: 8454 55th Ave South
Seattle, Washington 98118
Professional Address Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Mail stop A-5937
4800 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, Washington 98105
Phone: (206) 987 2174, fax: (206) 987 2639
Education
1969-1971 Pre-Medical Training, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1971- 1976 MD, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Postgraduate Training
1980 Internship Anesthesiology (Quedlinburg), Germany
(Aug-Dec)
82. German language study
1982-84 Preparation and execution of requisite residency exams – ECFMG and FLEX
87. Externship in Pediatrics, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
89. Internship in Pediatrics, Staten Island Hospital, Staten Island, NY
91. Residency in Pediatrics, SUNY Health Science Center, Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
95. Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology, Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Faculty Positions Held
1991-1992: Assistant Attending, Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
2000. Clinical Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Florida, Gainesvill, FL
2001-2005 Acting Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of
Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2005-present Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Hospital Positions Held
78. General Practice, Debra Berhan Hospital, Debra Berhan, Ethiopia
80. House Medical Officer, St. Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
86. Researcher, Department of Pathology and Hematology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
1987-88 Quality Assurance Monitor, Astoria General Hospital, Queens, NY
92. Assistant Attending, Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
2000. Attending Physician, Pulmonology Division, Shands Children’s Hospital,
Gainesville, FL
2001-Present Medical Director, Pediatric Sleep Disorders Program, Division of Pulmonary
Medicine, Department of Medicine, Seattle Children’s, Seattle, WA
Honors
1995. Crystal Apple Teaching Award, awarded by pediatric residents to pediatric pulmonary division faculty, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
95. Clinical Fellowship Training Award, American Lung Association
1992-95 Pediatric Department Fellowship Training award
Board Certifications,
1982 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
1983 Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX)
1991-98 American Board of Pediatrics
1998-2005 American Board of Pediatrics (Recertification)
1998-2005 Pediatric Pulmonology Subspecialty Board
2006-2012 Pediatric Pulmonology Subspecialty Board (Recertification, # 00566)
2004 American Academy of Sleep Medicine, board certification (# 2441)
2007- 2017 ABIM /ABP, Sleep Medicine, board certification (#31).
Licensure:
1998-Present License # 00035838, Physician and Surgeon, State of Washington
1992- 2002 License # ME 63137, Physician and Surgeon, State of Florida
1991-1993 Physician and Surgeon, State of New York
Professional Organizations
95. American Medical Association
96. American Academy of Pediatrics
95. American College of Chest Physicians
1993-Present American Thoracic Society
2001-Present American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Directorship:
Medical Director, Sleep Disorder Center, Seattle Children’s 2001-present
Associate Director of the Pediatric Pulmonary grant
Teaching Responsibilities
Residents and medical students
Pulmonary fellows
Adult Sleep Medicine fellows at the UW/Seep Disorders Program (Pediatric rotation 4-5 months)
Sue Mystowski, MD, Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine, ABSM, (2006-2007)
Sina Gharib, MD, (adult pulmonary fellow, sleep fellow from 2007-2008, board eligible)
Mari Viola Salzman (adult sleep fellow 2008- 2009, board eligible)
Graduate school committee member; Yona Cloonan, PhD, Department of Biostatstics, UW (2007)
Developed curriculum of the pediatric component of the sleep fellowship program at the University of Washington (ACGME accredited 2008)
Mentored UW, UDOC high school students summer of 2008 through the office of multicultural affairs
Nurse Practitioners:
- Amber McAfee
- Lisa Musso
- Shay Jackman
Scheduled Lecture series:
Pediatric House Staff Conference; 2002-present
Nurse practitioners lecture; 2004-present
Orthodontic students lecture; 2005-present
UW Sleep Disorder Center; 2002-present
Psychiatry academic presentation 2007-present
Editorial Responsibilities
No editorial activities at this time.
Special National Responsibilities
Associate Director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Center (PPC) grant
Sub committee member (sleep disorders) of the Autism Treatment Network (multi center)
Cultural Competency Program of the Pediatric Pulmonary Centers
Special Local Responsibilities
Member of the Minority Mentorship Program – University of Washington Multi-cultural Office (since 2005)
Consultant of Blue Nile Children’s Organization (NGO in Ethiopia, since2006)
Member of the Ethiopian Community Organization
Research Funding
None
Manuscripts in Refereed Journals
Davenport P, Kifle Y. Inspiratory resistive load detection in children with life-threatening asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol 2001; 32:44-8.
Davenport PW, Cruz M, Stecenko A, Kifle Y. Respiratory related evoked potential in children with life-threatening asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161(6):1830-5.
Kifle Y, Seng V, Davenport P. Magnitude estimation of inspiratory resistive loads in children with life-threatening asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997 Nov; 156(5):1530-5.
Kifle Y, Monnier J, Chesrown SE, Raizada MK, Nick HS. Regulation of the manganese superoxide dismutase and inducible nitric oxide synthase gene in rat neuronal and glial cells. J Neurochem 1996; 66:2128-35
Hendeles L, Marshik P, Ahrens R, Kifle Y, and Shuster J. Response to nonprescription epinephrine inhaler during nocturnal asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005; 95: 530-4.
Heike C. Avellino A., Mirza A., Kifle Y, Perkins J, Sze R, Egbert M and Hing Anne. Sleep Disturbance in 22q 11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Case with Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea. Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. 2007 May; 44 (3):340-6.
Tauyee Hsieh, MD, Maida Chen, MD, Amber McAfee, MN, Y. Kifle, MD. Sleep Related Breathing Disorders in Children with Vagal Nerve Stimulators. Pediatric Neurology 2008 Feb;38: 99-103.
Tauyee Hsieh, MD, Maida Chen, MD, Amber McAfee, MS, Y.Kifle, MD Sleep-related breathing disorder in children with vagal nerve stimulators: Pediatric Neurol.2008 Aug; 39(2): 142; author’s reply, 142
Yona Cloonan, PhD, Yemi Kifle, MD, et. al., Pediatric electronic “Sleep Outcome in Children with and without Hemifacial Microsomia” (Accepted with minor revisions) 2009
Abstracts
Gaeta H, Kifle Y, Davenport P. Scalp distribution of the respiratory related evoked potential in asthmatic children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153(4):A569.
Kifle Y, Gaeta H, Smith-Hammond C, Danziel D, Davenport P. The effect of externally added graded inspiratory loads on the Nf peak of the respiratory related evoked potential (RREP). Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153(4):A569.
Cloonan YK, Kifle Y, Davis S, Speltz ML, Werler MM, Starr JR. Sleep Outcome in Children with craniofacial microsomia and controls. (Abstract presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, Boston, June 18th 2007)
Strigel A., Chen, M, Kifle Y., Song Kit, Redding, Gregory. Sleep related abnormalities in children with thoracic insufficiency syndrome. ATS meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2008
ML Chen, FB Lynn, SC Casey, A. McAfee, Y. Kifle. Obesity: the New Standard in Pediatric Sleep Center. ATS meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2008
Archbold KH, Kifle Y, McAfee, A, Chen ML “Patterns of at-home positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment parameters and adherence patterns in children with obstructive sleep apnea: preliminary results. APSS (national sleep meeting), Baltimore, Maryland, June 2008
Archbold KH, Kifle Y, McAfee A, Chen ML. “ Behavioral and cognitive patterns in children with OSA following 3 months of positive airway pressure therapy. APSS (national sleep meeting) Baltimore, Maryland, June 2008
Andrea Landis, PhD, RN, FNP: Eleanor Bond, PhD, RN: Yemiserach Kifle, MD; Maida Chen, MD. “A retrospective Look at Relationships among Sleep Variables and Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents”. Accepted at APSS (national sleep meeting) Seattle, June 2009
Invitational Lectures (national and international)
Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing, Addis Ababa University, AA, Ethiopia, April 2007
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea, October 7th 2008, Great Falls, Montana
Behavioral Insomnia of Childhood, October 6th 2008, Great Falls, Montana
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