Paata Abesadze MD
Senior researcher, Department of Cellular Technologies and Therapy
Work experience:
– 1982 – 1988 – Tbilisi State Medical University
– 1991 – 1993 – Department of Neurological Diseases, Faculty of Pediatrics, Tbilisi State University, Leading Specialist.
– 1993 – 2000 – Zhvania Pediatric clinic, pediatric neurologist, leading specialist.
– 1996 – 1997 – Goethe Institute, Tbilisi (graduation with certificate).
– 1997 – 1999 – Jefferson Ultrasound Research Institute, the graduate of the study program.
– 2002 – 2005 – Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Protection of Georgia, member of the National Council on Bioethics.
– 2002 – The holder of the honorary diploma and medal of the World Health Organization.
– 2006 – Authentication of Doctor Degree by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.
– 2007 – State Certificate for Laboratory Medicine.
– 2008 – until now – Member of Biomedical Ethics Research Committee at the Tbilisi State Medical University.
– 2008 – 2012 – Specialist of the Rare Diseases Service in Georgia.
– 2010 – until now – Scientific and Research Centre of Oncology (Clinic named after Mardaleishvili), Department of Cell Technologies and Therapy, Senior Researcher.
– 2014 – until today – Member of Board of Transplantation of Georgia.
– 2014 – until today – Member of the European Pediatric Neurology Society.
Participation in international scientific conferences:
– 1997 – Delegate of the World Congress of Immunologists (Israel, Eilat)
– 2001 – European committee conference: “Stem cells therapy: the future of medicine“ (Belgium, Brussels)
– 2007 – International scientific and practical conference (Turkey, Ankara)
– 2009 – International conference of neurology (Germany, Stuttgart)
– 2011 – Delegate of the European Federation: immunogenetics and tissue compatibility (Armenia, Yerevan)
– 2011 – Third World Cord Blood Congress. (Italy Rome)
– 2012 – International medical conference (Turkey, Belek)
– 2014 – World Conference of Scientists and Specialists in Child Neurology (Turkey, Kemer)
– 2016 – Cord Blood World – European 2016 Congress (UK, London)
– 2017 – The 9th National Congress of Georgia on allergy, asthma and immunology.
– 2017 – Future of Regenerative Medicine Congress – Extending and Improving Life with Perinatal, Adipose and Bone Marrow Cellular Therapy (USA, Teaneck)
Publications:
– 1996 – Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and its treatment in childhood.
– 1999 – Absence epilepsy and its diagnosis in children.
– 2003 – Fundamental features of pediatric neurology.
– 2005 – The use of Depakine in childhood in the treatment of tics.
– 2011 – The role of gamalate B6 in the regulation of sleep disorders in children.
– 2012 – West syndrome in childhood.
– 2018 – Correction of childhood autism and cerebral palsy with the stem cells.