Lekidelu Tadesse, MD
VP OF ACCREDITATION
Lekidelu Taddesse, MD is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Hematopathology
at Howard University College of Medicine and Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Dr. Leki is an academic educator, provides pathology diagnostic services and serves in several
leadership roles. Dr. Leki’s passion is in education and mentoring and implementing quality
systems. Dr. Leki has volunteered in various capacity in Ethiopia. She provided technical
assistance to the HIV Laboratory at the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institution
(EHNRI) implementing laboratory quality assurance systems. She provided resources for the
Department of Pathology, Addis Ababa University School of Medicine. She led Howard
University medical students’ global health experience trips to Gondar University Hospital for
many years. She provides pathology lectures to medical students and pathology residents and
supports pathology diagnostic services through capacity building and consultations to the
Department of Pathology at Gondar University. She is currently leading an Accreditation
Collaboration Task Force, a joint effort between the key accrediting institutions and medical
schools in Ethiopia as part of a triangular partnership fostered by People to People Inc.to provide
assistance for accreditation processes of medical schools. Dr. Taddesse-Heath has also published
several articles and serves on national committees including Liaison Committee for Medical
Education (LCME) as a medical school inspection team member and is a member of the United
States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Test Material Development Committee and
quality review committees of the National Board of Medicine (NBME). In recognition of her
excellence in teaching, compassionate mentorship, and role model, she received over thirty
outstanding teaching awards and was the honored faculty by twelve graduating medical classes 4
at Howard University College of Medicine. For her academic achievement and excellence in
mentorship, she was inducted to the national Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the
national Gold humanism Honor Society.