Professional Experience

• 1996 – 2019 – Head of the Medical Genetics Department, Gagua Clinic; Doctor of Medical Sciences (MD, PhD).

• 1987 – 1995 – Head of the Medical Genetics Center, Iashvili Republican Children's Hospital.

• 1980 – 1986 – Research Scientist, Genetics Laboratory, Academician K. V. Chachava Research Institute of Perinatal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology.

• 1978 – 1979 – Junior Research Scientist, Institute of Occupational Diseases and Occupational Hygiene.

Education

• 1973 – 1978 – MD, Faculty of Sanitary Hygiene (Preventive Medicine), Tbilisi State Medical Institute.

• 1983 – 1986 – Advanced Training in Biochemical Genetics, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia.

• 1991 – Training in Cytogenetics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA.

• 1992 – Training in Prenatal Diagnosis, Medical Genetics Center, Minsk, Belarus.

Academic & Scientific Activities

• Author of scientific publications.

• Participant in national and international seminars and scientific conferences.