An Amharic-speaking pulmonary, critical care, and sleep specialist — Stanford- and Northwestern-fellowship-trained, former Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at Suburban/Johns Hopkins, and a Georgetown associate professor — who directs the Premier Sleep Center in Rockville.
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Amharic-speaking Doctors in Bethesda & Montgomery County (2026)
The Washington area is home to the largest Ethiopian community in the United States, concentrated in Silver Spring and along the Rockville corridor. We list 8 Amharic-speaking providers — 6% of the 139 doctors in our registry — across 5 specialties and 4 areas.
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An Amharic-speaking gastroenterologist and hepatologist, board certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine, with fellowship training at Howard and focused liver training at Johns Hopkins.
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An Amharic-speaking internist and hospital-medicine physician with more than 20 years of experience, trained at Addis Ababa University and affiliated with Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center.
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An Amharic-speaking osteopathic family physician at CCI Health Services in Silver Spring, fluent in English, Amharic, and medical Spanish with a whole-person approach to care.
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A trilingual (English/Amharic/Spanish) internist with four decades of experience, a longtime primary-care doctor for Silver Spring's Ethiopian community.
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An Ethiopian, Amharic-speaking pediatrician in Silver Spring with more than two decades of experience, a trusted choice for Ethiopian families seeking a doctor who shares their language.
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An Ethiopian, Amharic-speaking internist in downtown Silver Spring with more than three decades of experience in adult primary care — a familiar, trusted name for the area's Ethiopian community.
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An Amharic-speaking family physician in downtown Silver Spring with a public-health background, caring for patients of all ages with a prevention-first approach.
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By the numbers
- 8
- Amharic-speaking doctors in our registry — 6% of all 139
- 1
- further languages spoken by this group — Spanish
- 2
- countries of medical training across 4 schools
- 7
- confirmed accepting new patients (of 7 we checked)
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of July 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where they trained
The 8 Amharic-speaking doctors whose medical school we could place studied at 4 institutions in 2 countries — 7 (88%) trained outside the United States.
- 7Ethiopia
- 1United States
All 4 schools
- Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences — Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa (4 doctors)
- University of Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences — Gondar, Amhara (2 doctors)
- Jimma University — Jimma, Oromia
- Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine — New York, NY
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of July 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 8 of 8 profiles whose medical school we could place on the map; 0 record none. How we build this list.