Mikiyas Desta

Mikiyas Desta is a third year fellow in the Columbia University / NewYork-Presbyterian Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship. Hometown listed as Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Medical school: University of Kentucky; internal medicine residency: NYP/Weill Cornell. PubMed lists him at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine on a 2024 emergency-department chest-pain pathway study; OpenAlex records NewYork-Presbyterian/Cornell affiliations consistent with his residency. On the fellows page he highlights learning from leaders in transplant pulmonology, ILD, asthma and cystic fibrosis. On the fellows page, asked about favorite things about the fellowship, they wrote: "My favorite thing is working with and getting to learn from leaders in the field of transplant pulmonology, ILD, asthma and cystic fibrosis, and many others. We have great procedural training as well. And on top of all of that the very supportive and friendly culture makes everything enjoyable."