Dr. Tseganesh Selameab, MD
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Minneapolis, MN
Tseganesh Selameab is an internal medicine doctor at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis who also teaches medical students at the University of Minnesota. She has served as the Minnesota governor for the American College of Physicians and hosts a health information podcast.
About Dr. Tseganesh Selameab, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Tseganesh Selameab is an internal medicine doctor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She earned her MD from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2004 and completed her internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center from 2004 to 2007. Directory data lists her as a board-certified internist, and she is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP).
A University of Minnesota faculty page lists her as an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center, with primary care work split between the medicine clinic and the international medicine clinic, plus inpatient attending duties and a role as Associate Program Director of the internal medicine residency. That page says she grew up in Ethiopia, has lived in Minnesota since middle school, and focuses her practice on refugee, immigrant, and urban underserved communities. Directories list hospital affiliations including Hennepin Healthcare and Regions Hospital.
Outside of clinical work, she serves as Governor of the Minnesota Chapter of the American College of Physicians, where she writes the chapter's Governor's Newsletter. She co-hosts a podcast called "Doctor+" and is active on X (Twitter). She co-authored a 2023 Annals of Internal Medicine graphic medicine piece, "Advocating for Diastole."
In the CMS Open Payments database, she has $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records for 2021-2025.
- Medical school and residency
- MD from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2004, followed by internal medicine residency at Boston University/Boston Medical Center from 2004 to 2007. doximity.com
- Board certification
- Listed as a board-certified internist on Doximity, which sources certification data from ABMS. doximity.com
- ACP Minnesota Governor
- Serves as Governor of the Minnesota Chapter of the American College of Physicians, the chapter's official representative to national leadership. acponline.org
- Teaching and residency role
- University of Minnesota faculty profile lists her as Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center and Associate Program Director of the internal medicine residency. med.umn.edu
- Care for immigrant communities
- Her faculty profile describes primary care split between the medicine clinic and the international medicine clinic, with a focus on refugee, immigrant, and urban underserved patients. med.umn.edu
- Co-hosts Doctor+ podcast
- She co-hosts the podcast "Doctor+" with Dr. David Hilden, available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. podcasts.apple.com
- Published in Annals
- Co-author of "Annals Graphic Medicine — Advocating for Diastole," published in Annals of Internal Medicine in April 2023. doximity.com
- No industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 in industry payments across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. Industry payments are common and legal; she has none reported. insiderx.com
Worth knowing
- Directory listings disagree on her training. Healthgrades lists a 2007 medical school date at the University of Minnesota/Saint Paul Campus, while her university faculty profile and Doximity list an MD in 2004. Directory data is often out of date. healthgrades.com
- Her University of Minnesota faculty profile may not reflect her current titles, and different directories list different hospital affiliations, including North Memorial Health Hospital and Phillips Eye Institute alongside Hennepin Healthcare and Regions Hospital. doctor.webmd.com
- The research for this profile could not directly reach the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice license lookup or court and federal exclusion databases, so licensure history and any legal records were not verified either way. insiderx.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
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Practice location
Hennepin Healthcare / University of Minnesota Medical School
701 Park Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55415
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