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Office
34515 9th Ave S
Federal Way, WA 98003Phone+1 253-426-6341Fax+1 253-426-6344
Summary
- Dr. Berhane Asfaw, MD is a board certified internist in Federal Way, Washington. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Washington and Georgia. He is affiliated with St. Francis Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center, and St. Clare Hospital.
Education & Training
- BronxCare Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
- Addis Ababa University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
- WA State Medical License 2008 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 2006 - 2011
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 26 citationsNew geological and palaeontological age constraint for the gorilla–human lineage splitShigehiro Katoh, Yonas Beyene, Tetsumaru Itaya, Hironobu Hyodo, Masayuki Hyodo
Nature. 2016-02-11 - 111 citationsNeither chimpanzee nor human, Ardipithecus reveals the surprising ancestry of bothTim D. White, C. Owen Lovejoy, Berhane Asfaw, Joshua P. Carlson, Gen Suwa
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015-04-21 - 35 citationsArdipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial baseWilliam H. Kimbel, Gen Suwa, Berhane Asfaw, Yoel Rak, Tim D. White
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014-01-21
Press Mentions
- It’s Time to Bust the Myth That Africa Doesn’t Produce Scientific InnovatorsMay 10th, 2016