Prof. Dr. Merab Kiladze

Merab Kiladze MD., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S – is Professor of Surgery, heading departments of Surgery at Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgian National University SEU and at American Hospital Tbilisi. He has worked in general and oncological surgery for more than forty years. He continuously advanced skills and qualifications to master evidence-based, modern approaches in the USA, Japan, Germany, Russia, and Israel.

Experience

2021 – present

American Hospital Tbilisi, Chief of Surgery Department

2023 - present

Georgian National University SEU, Head of Surgery Department

1995 - present

Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Head of Surgery department

2016 – 2017

Chairman of the Mukhadze Georgian Society of Surgeons;

2011 - 2021

Georgia - Israel Joint Clinic "Gidmedi" - Head of Surgical Service;

2003 – 2011

Ghudushauri National Medical Center (Tbilisi) - Head of the Surgical Department;

1996 – 2003

S / C Institute of Surgery (Tbilisi) - Head of the Surgical Department;

1987 – 1996

S / C Institute of Surgery - Junior Researcher, Department of Surgery;

1984 – 1986

Institute of Surgery - Doctor Resuscitator;

1980 – 1984

Tbilisi State Institute of Physicians - Postgraduate Studies, Surgery;

Education

2018

Visiting Professorship Programme (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Sheba Medical Center;

2013

Educational Meeting of 130th German Society of Surgery Congress, Munich, Germany;

2012

5th International Hernia Congress, New – York, USA;

2012

Workshop of Colon & Rectum Surgery, Tbilisi, Georgia;

2010

GI – Functioncourse, Frankfurt, Germany;

2008

European NOTES Workshop, Hamburg, Germany;

2008

Emergency Medical Care Seminar, Tbilisi, Georgia;

2008

Educational Meeting of XXXVI World Congress of ICS, Vienna, Austria;

2008

NOTES – Endoscopy Course, Frankfurt, Germany;

2005

SABIT Healthcare Administration Programme, Washington DC. (USA);

2003 - 2005

Marcus Krankenkhaus clinic, Frankfurt, Germany;

2001 - 2002

University Clinic of Surgery, Wurzburg (German);

1989 - 1992

Scientific Oncology Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia;

1992

Technical University Medical Center, Munich ( German );

1992

National Oncology Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan;

1989-1992

All-Union Research Center of Surgery of the ALL-Union Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia;

1988-1989

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA;

1987

Mechary Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee (USA);

1980 – 1984

Postgraduate Course, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Surgery, Tbilisi, Georgia.