Girma Tefera

Girma Tefera serves as the Medical Director of Operation Giving Back at the American College of Surgeons since January 2015, overseeing global and domestic outreach programs. As a Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Girma Tefera specializes in vascular surgery, focusing on endovascular treatments for abdominal and thoracic aneurysms, including fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair and carotid angioplasty and stenting. Additionally, Girma Tefera holds the position of Chief of Vascular Surgery at W S Middleton VA Hospital and serves as the Vice Chair of the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Wisconsin's Department of Surgery. Educational background includes a medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Howard University Hospital, Krankenhause Dresden Friedrickstadt, and Università di Pisa.