Dr. Fesaha Gebrehiwot
Born in a village in Eritrea. Engineer, dentist, husband, father, healer, and now, author.
He came with little more than ambition and a belief in education.
Dr. Fesaha Gebrehiwot grew up in a small village in Eritrea, in a stone house with no electricity or plumbing. He and his eight siblings walked six miles a day to school, and water for cooking and cleaning came from a well two miles away.
In 1997 he was selected in the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery. He came to America, learned English, and earned an electrical engineering degree from Arizona State University. He went on to work as a product engineer at Motorola.
Then he made the rare and difficult decision to start over. He enrolled at the University of Washington School of Dentistry, earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery in 2012, and practiced in Arizona before choosing North Texas. In October 2018 he opened Trusted Dental Care in Wylie.
"Once I moved to Wylie, I fell in love with this place," he told The Wylie News.
The long road, stop by stop.
A village, a well
A stone house with no electricity or plumbing. Water carried from a well two miles away, and a six-mile walk to school.
The visa lottery
Selected in the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery, he leaves for America and learns a new language.
Electrical engineer
An engineering degree from Arizona State University, then work as a product engineer at Motorola.
Doctor of Dental Surgery
He starts over, earning his DDS from the University of Washington School of Dentistry.
Trusted Dental Care
He opens his own practice in Wylie, Texas, in October 2018.
FAGD
Earns Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry.
FICD
Inducted as a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, by invitation only.
Author
Relentless is published, and the story is told in his own words.
Honored by his profession.
Fellowship in the International College of Dentists cannot be applied for. It is offered by invitation only.
Trusted Dental Care, Wylie, Texas
Dr. Gebrehiwot founded Trusted Dental Care in 2018 and continues to see patients there, with more than 1,300 hours of continuing education behind his care.
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