Cardiac Surgeon, Congenital Heart Diseases

Biography

Professional Experience 

  • 2018 – present: Jerarsi Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia. Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon. Head of the Department of Surgery for Congenital Heart Diseases.
  • 1997-2018: Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Moscow, Russia), Head of the Emergency Cardiac Surgery Department and the Intensive Care Unit for Newborns and Children with Congenital Heart Diseases. Specialist doctor, private surgical practice.
  • 1995 – 1997: Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Moscow, Russia), Residency in cardiac surgery/Intensive Care Unit. Doctor, assistant.
  • 1988 – 1989: Scientific Center for Experimental Pathology Research and Therapy (Sukhumi, Georgia), Laboratory of Immunology and Biotechnology. Assistant.


Education and Academic Degrees

  • 1989 – 1995: Tbilisi Medical University (Tbilisi, Georgia), Faculty of Medicine (Russian sector). Higher education diploma.
  • 2010: Doctor of Medical Sciences at Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery. PhD thesis: Palliative operations without the use of extracorporeal circulation as a rescue measure for newborns with congenital heart defects.
  • 2002: Doctor of Medical Sciences degree (from the same institute).
  • PhD thesis: Complete repair of multiple ventricular septal defects in infants.


Other Achievements

  • Participant and speaker at international conferences and symposiums: Izmir, Barcelona, Lisbon, Geneva, Moscow, and others.
  • Over 125 scientific publications.
  • Two doctoral theses.
  • Co-author of a book on congenital heart defects (edited by Leo Bokeria).
  • Over 4000-4500 surgeries and over 2500-3000 surgeries as an assistant