President of the Georgian Academy of Preventive Medicine Sciences, Active Member of the Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences, Co-chair person of Qualification Board “Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health” (TSMU), Member of the Council of Awarding the Scientific Degrees (Oncology, Radiology) of Tbilisi State Medical University, member of the “Title Awarding Board of Professors” at Tbilisi State Medical University, Member of the Editorial of the Journal “Sakartvelos samedicino moambe”, member of Editorial Board of Scientific Periodicals of Georgian Academy of Sciences – “Radiation researches ”, Honorary Member of the Professional Women’s Advisory Board (American Biographical Institute).
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION:
High, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
1948-1954 Student of Tbilisi State Medical Institute
1956-1960 Post-graduate studentship at the Tbilisi Doctors Post-diploma Training Institute Tranings – “Rentgenology”, “Radiology” (Moscow, Obninsk, Leningrad- in various times); “Procedures for Medical Response during Radiation Emergency”, “Medical Education for Radiation Emergencies Preparedness”, Tbilisi, Georgia (organized by IAEA) 2002. Expert - Radiation Safety (Participant of Tele-bridge Georgai-USA, 2001). Scientific Supervisor of the 5 candidate dissertations.
EXPERIENCE:
1955-1969 - Post-graduate studentship, assistant, docent at the Department of Rentgenology and Radiology of Tbilisi Doctors Post-diploma Training Institute
1969-1981 - Docent, Professor of the Chair of Hygiene of Tbilisi State Medical University
1981-1986 – Professor of the Chair of Community and Radiation Hygiene of Tbilisi State Medical University
1986-2001 - The Head of the Chair of Community and Radiation Hygiene of Tbilisi State Medical University
2002-2005 - Full Professor of the Chair of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine of Tbilisi State Medical University
PUBLICATIONS:
184 articles. Among them 3 Text-books - Radiation Hygiene, 2 monographs and legislation documents (the first Georgian standard “Radiation Safety Norms - 2000”,), co-author of the following laws: “Nuclear and Radiation Safety”, “Georgian law for Health Protection”, “Sanitation Codex”.
HONORS:
Honor Award Holder, Great Gold Medal of the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Protection.