Kebede H Begna, MD, MSc.

Dr. Kebede Begna is a Professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota. He is a consultant in hematology and clinical investigator focusing on myeloid neoplasm specifically on acute myeloid and lymphoblastic leukemia, myeloproliferative neoplasm including CML. He is the PI and co-PI of multiple phase I-III clinical trials focusing on acute and chronic myeloid neoplasms including acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His research focus is ontranslational research through multiple ongoing clinical trials. He is instrumental in establishing CML follow-up clinic at Mayo Clinic. He represents Mayo Clinic in the NCCN CML expert guideline committee. Dr. Begna has published more than 140 peer-reviewed papers; and is in the editorial board of hematology journals. He is vice president of education, “people to people” a nongovernmental organization which works as a bridge between African educational institutions mainly Ethiopia with other institutions of higher learning in the west. He is the course director of a newly started Mayo Clinic Hematology & Medical Oncology Practice update and Board revew. He is instrumental for the establishment of the first Hematology/Medical oncology fellowship program at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.