Kanno, Mettassebia, M.D.
Medical School: Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Ethiopia
Residency training: Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York Medical College
Fellowship training: Detroit Medical Center Wayne State University
Dr. Mettassebia Kanno is the Medical Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases (CID), which is the outpatient infectious disease practice of Boston Medical Center. She oversees clinical activity within the CID, including the STD program, the HIV clinic, and the ID clinic. Dr. Kanno brings over 8 years of clinic STD and STD/public health administrative expertise to the CID. She provides primary care to persons living with HIV, infectious diseases outpatient consultations, and STD care. She also attends on the inpatient medical service and provides infectious diseases consultative services at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Kanno is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She is interested in the epidemiology of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the STD and HIV clinics. Dr. Kanno’s other research interests include management of anal HPV infections (pre-malignant and anal cancers) and HPV vaccinology and therapeutics.
