Education :

• 1978-1984 – Tbilisi State Medical Institute.

• 1984-1988 – Moscow, Bakulev Heart and Vascular Center, USSR.

• 1989-1990 – Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey, USA.

Work Experience:

• 2002-Present – Head of Anesthesia and Intensive care Department.
– Cardiac Surgery Clinic ,, Open Heart’’.

• 1997-2002 – Head of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department.
– Eristavi National Center of Surgery.

• 1991-2002 – Head Of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care
– Eristavi National Center of Surgery

Professional Qualifications:

• 1997 – Mechanical Ventilation.
– Draeger Center, Lubeck, Germany.

• 2004 – Off Pump cardiac surgery.
– Lucern, University Clinic, Switzerland.

• 2009 – Transoesophageal Echo.
– San Diego, California, USA.

• 2010 – Miniinvasive cardiac surgery.
– Shaare Cedek, Ierusalem, Israel.

• 2016 – Anesthesia for Laparascopic surgery.
– Geneva, La Tour Clinic, Switzerland.

Associations Membership:

• Head of Georgian School of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care

• Full Member of European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists (EACTA)

• Representative from Georgia to EACTA

• Full Member of European Society of Anesthesiologists (ESA)

Articles/Studies:

• One Monography and 95 Scientific Articles