Dr Daniel Meressa is the Medical Coordinator for the Global Health Committee MDR-TB Program in Ethiopia. He is a medical graduate of Gondar University and he completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Addis Ababa University (Black Lion Hospital). He has a long track-record of medical service at St. Peter's Hospital and is a member of the National Ethiopian MDR-TB technical working group, and has participated in the development of the national MDR-TB and TB infection control guidelines. He has significant clinical experience in the clinical and programmatic management of MDRTB and has been instrumental in the expansion of this program in Ethiopia.