Hassan Tetteh, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.A., M.S.

Health Mission Chief
Department of Defense

Fellowship Profile

Fellowship Year: 2012-2013
Fellowship Placement: Congressional Budget Office
Sponsoring Institution: United States Navy
Discipline / Profession: Surgery

Biography

Hassan A. Tetteh, MD, MBA, MPA, MS, FACS, FAMIA CEO of Human Care Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Hassan A. Tetteh is a retired US Navy Captain and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and adjunct faculty at Howard University College of Medicine. He was selected an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and served on the Strategic Planning Committee for the NAM Strategic Plan 2024-2028.

Currently, Tetteh is a Thoracic Surgeon for Inova Health and Howard University Hospital, and CEO of Human Care Technologies, Inc. He founded and previously led a Specialized Thoracic Adapted Recovery (STAR) Team in Washington, DC, and his research in organ transplantation aims to save lives.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Tetteh received his BS from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh, his MD from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, his MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, an MBA from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, and an MS in National Security Strategy with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence from the National War College.

Tetteh received two Doctor of Science (honoris causa) degrees from the Maharishi International University and SUNY Board of Trustees respectively. He completed his thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota and advanced cardiac surgery fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Tetteh is the founder and principal of Tetteh Consulting Group (TCG), creator of The Art of Human Care® book series, and a best-selling author of several books, including Gifts of the Heart, Star Patrol, and The Art of Human Care. Tetteh is board certified in thoracic surgery, general surgery, and clinical informatics, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association, and a Patron Member of the Academy of American Poets.

Tetteh received the Alley Sheridan Award by the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education, was named a TEDMED Front Line Scholar, and is a TEDx speaker. He’s an alumnus of the Harvard Medical School Writers’ Workshop and Yale Writers’ Conference and lives near Washington, DC, with his wife, son, and daughter.