DagnachewAssefaMD

Pediatric Pulmonology • Fairfax, VA

Pediatric Sleep Medicine

Physician

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Office
3023 Hamaker Ct
300
Fairfax, VA 22031
Phone+1 703-876-2788

Fax+1 571-464-0584

Summary

Dr. Dagnachew Assefa is a pediatric pulmonologist in Fairfax, VA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Inova Fairfax Hospital and Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital. He received his medical degree from Gondar College of Medical Sciences and has been in practice 29 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Amharic and German. He specializes in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine.

Education & Training

Westchester Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Pulmonology, 2000 - 2003
New York Medical College (Metropolitan)Chief Residency, Pediatrics, 1999 - 2000
Children's Hospital of MichiganResidency, Pediatrics, 1996 - 1999
University of LeipzigDr. med, Research, Pediatrics, Magna Cum Laude, 1990 - 1995
Gondar College of Medical SciencesClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2024 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2015 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2006 - 2017
FL State Medical License 2003 - 2007
NY State Medical License 2000 - 2005
CT State Medical License 2001 - 2003
MI State Medical License 1999 - 2000
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Pulmonology
American Board of Pediatrics Sleep Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Natural history of incidental pulmonary nodules in children
Dagnachew Assefa, Arthur B. Atlas
Pediatric Pulmonology. 2015-05-01
22 citations
Three faces of costal exostoses: case series and review of literature.
Dagnachew Assefa, Robyn Murphy, Kerry S. Bergman, Arthur B. Atlas
Pediatric Emergency Care. 2011-12-01
17 citations
Attenuated interleukin-8/leukocyte immunoresponse in preterm infants compared with term infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a pilot st...
Dagnachew Assefa, Nikhil Amin, Allen J. Dozor, Lance A. Parton
Human Immunology. 2011-09-01

Journal Articles

Neisseria subflava Septicemia and Meningitis
Walid M. Abuhammour, Dagnachew Assefa, Basim I Asmar, William J. Brown, Int Pediatr 2003;18(2):100-102., 2003

Abstracts/Posters

A comparison of cytokine response in preterm (PT) and full term (FT) infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis
Assefa D, Doshi N, Godi I, Amin N, Dozor AJ, Parton LA, Ped Res 2004;55(4):597A., Presented at the SPR, May 2004, San Francisco, CA
Cytokine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and disease severity in infants with Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis
Welter JJ, Assefa D, Godi I, Strassberg SS, Amin N, Dozor AJ, Parton LA, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 169(7): A141, Presented at the American Thoracic Society, May 2004, Orlando, FL
Exhaled Nitric Oxide And Airway Caliber In Children With Asthma.
Assefa, D., Breitwieser, P., Atlas, AB, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 185;2012:A4312, presented at the American Thoracic Society, May 2012, San Francisco, CA, 2012
American College Of Chest Physicians (ACCP)/Fleischner Society Algorithms For The Diagnosis And Management Of Pulmonary Nodules In Pediatric Patients. Do They Really A...
Assefa, D., Atlas, A., Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183;2011:A4937, Presented at the American Thoracic Society, May 2011, Denver, CO, 2011
Defining non-classic cystic fibrosis: Variability in presentation of the 5T variant in association with a mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance reg...
Shah, A.R., Assefa D, Pediatric Pulmonology 2009, Volume 44, Issue S32. p 273, Presented at the 23rd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference , October 2009, Minneapolis,, 2009
Interleukin 8 (IL-8) Airway Levels and IL-8 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) in Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Bronchiolitis.
J.J. Welter, MD, D. Assefa, MD, I. Godi, MD, S.S., Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Apr 2005;171, Presented at the American Thoracic Society, May 2005, SanDiego, CA, 2005
Interleukin 8 (IL-8) Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in Infants with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Bronchiolitis: A Comparison of Full Term (FT) and Preterm...
John J. Welter, Dagne Assefa, Ioana A. Godi, Thomas Do, Sonya S. Strassberg, Nikhil Amin, Allen J Dozor, Lance A. Parton, Presented at the 2005 Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting. March 4 – 6, 2005, Old, 2005
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Other

Assefa D, Atlas AB. Pediatric Pleural Effusion. Medscape Reference. Updated August 14, 2013. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1003121-overview.
Assefa D, Atlas AB