38 years of independent medical practice.
Certificates confirming the right to medical practice:
Specialty – Infectious Diseases, No. 011203, Series II A 08.
Specialty – Pediatric Infectious Diseases, No. 000005, Series III A 42.
Specialty – Pediatrics, No. 04899, Series I A 45.
Candidate of Medical Sciences – 1992.
Doctor of Medical Sciences – 2004.
Author of 144 scientific publications (including works published in peer-reviewed and impact-factor journals).
Author of 2 monographs.
Supervisor of 1 defended doctoral dissertation and currently supervising 3 PhD students.
Associate Professor at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Tbilisi State Medical University.
35 years of teaching experience (training both students and physicians).
Head of 2 residency programs: Infectious Diseases; Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
Expert in the field of infectious diseases at the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia.
Member of the National Coordinating Council for Infection Control and Antimicrobial Resistance.
Author and reviewer of national standards, protocols, and guidelines in infectious diseases.
Head and implementer of 16 postgraduate and continuing medical education programs.
Consultant for the 46th (2016) and 48th (2018) editions of the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy.
Author of “Modern Recommendations of Antimicrobial Therapy in Children.”
Member of the editorial board of the Great Family Medical Encyclopedia.
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Membership ID 4582.
European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), member since 2006.
Member of the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) since 2005.
Co-founder and board member of the Doctors’ Association “Sepsis.”
Member of the Georgian Association of Infectious and Tropical Diseases since 2010.
In 1987, graduated with honors from the Tbilisi State Medical Institute.
In 1988–1990, served as a Clinical Resident at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Tbilisi Medical Academy.
For exceptional contribution in the fight against the pandemic – awarded by the founder of the clinic.
Awarded by the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia, the Minister of Health, and the Rector of TSMU for significant contribution to the medical, organizational, and social activities related to the management and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia.
Georgia Health Service Management Training Programme.
Program duration: 100+ hours.
Awarded on 22 September 2008.
Certificate No. NB080047684609.
Institute of Leadership & Management.
Completed five modules of “Clinical Training in Especially Dangerous Infections”, including Teacher of Teaching, under the program of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and USAMRIID DTRA TADR program.