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About Getu Assefa, MD
Biography
Getu Assefa, MD, is a fellowship-trained and board-certified interventional cardiologist practicing at Centennial Heart at Summit in Hermitage, Tennessee. He earned his medical degree from the Medical Academy of Sofia in Bulgaria before completing a residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Program at DC General Hospital and a fellowship in cardiology at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he served as Chief Cardiology Fellow.
After practicing for fiv
After practicing for fiv
Procedures and Conditions Treated
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Angina
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac CT
- Cardiac CT Angiography
- Cardiovascular Stress Tests
- Carotid Artery Angioplasty / Stenting
- Clotting Disorders
- Coronary Angiography
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- Heart Arrhythmia
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Artery Atherectomy
- Peripheral And Visceral Vascular Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Disorders
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Venous Catheterization
Specialties
- Interventional Cardiology - Board Certified
Affiliations
- TriStar Summit Medical Center
Credentials and Education
Medical Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria
Medical School
Internal Medicine at Georgetown University Program at DC General Hospital
Residency
Cardiology at Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C. & Interventional Cardiology at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia and LSU Health Shreveport
Fellowship