Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor; Deputy Dean of the TSU Faculty of Medicine; Head of the Department of Human Anatomy, Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery; Co-head of the PhD program at the Faculty of Medicine; Research Fellow at the Alexander Natishvili Institute of Morphology; Chairman of the Board of the Georgian National Association for Palliative Care; Member of the International College of Surgeons and the European Society of Surgery.  He is the manager and participant of approximately 10 national and international scientific and practical grants; author, co-author and editor of over 130 academic papers, including monographs and textbooks;  Chevalier of the Order of Honor.