David Nikoleishvili MD. Ph.D.

• 1993-2000 – Tbilisi State Medical University
• 2001-2004 – Residency program, Urology National Center

• 2004-2006 – Junior doctor, Urology National Center;
• 2006 – Employee of the Urology National Center, Candidate of Medicine Sciences;
• 2011 – Head of Laparoscopy Service;
• 2015-2016 – Head of Urological Department. Clinic SofieMedGroup, Aktau, Kazakhstan;
• 2016 – Head of Urological Laparoscopy Department. Clinic “MediClubGeorgia”;
• 2016 – Head of International Laparoscopy Training Center, Clinic “MediClubGeorgia”;
• 2017 – Employee of David Tvildiani Medical University. Assistant Professor of Urology.
• 2022-2024 – American Hospital Tbilisi. Deputy CMO & Chief of Urology Department;
• Since 2024, Head of the Urology Department of the Caucasus Medical Center.

• 2003 – European Urologist Resident Training Program 1 congress. Czech Republic, Prague;
• 2004 – Joint Seminar of the American-Austrian Fund (AAF) & European School of Urologists (ESU). Salzburg, Austria;
• 2005 – American-Austrian Fund (AAF) grant, one-month internship. Linz, Austria (1 month);
• 2006 – He was awarded the title of candidate for medical sciences in Oncology. “Value of cell division cycle regulatory proteins during prostate cancer and benign hyperplasia”;
• 2007 – The grant of the European Urologists Scholarship Program (EUSP) to study laparoscopic surgery. Urological department of University Hospital of Leipzig, laparoscopic international training center of urology. Leipzig, Germany (4 months);
• 2008 – Grant of American-Austrian Fund (AAF), one-month internship, minimally invasive surgery. Linz, Austria (1 month);
• 2009 – Grant of The German Urology Society (DGU) to study laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. Urological Unit of University Hospital of Leipzig, Laparoscopic International Training Center of Urology. Leipzig, Germany (6 months);
• 2010 – Laparoscopy and Endoscopy training course. Urology and Nephrology Clinic of Mansura. Mansura, Egypt;
• 2011 – The American-Austrian Fund (AAF) grant, one-month internship, minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopy. Salzburg, Austria (1 month);
• 2013 – Urology Minimally Invasive Surgery Course. Hall Tirol, Austria;
• 2014 – Laparoscopy training course for the European and Asian countries. Shanghai Second Military Medical University. 30-day intensive course. Shanghai, China;
• 2016 – One-week internship in the Department of Oncourology at Richmond University Hospital. Presentation of his own work. Richmond, Virginia, USA;
• 2016 – Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Training Conference. The course of lectures and live surgeries broadcast. Barcelona. Spain;
• 2017 – Prostate cancer diagnostics and treatment training course. Vienna, Austria.

• Oncourology (of bladder, prostate, kidneys, adrenal glands, penis, and germ cell tumors);
• Laparoscopy and robotic surgery;
• Endoscopic urology;
• Minimally invasive surgery;
• Urinary tract stone disease;
• New technologies in surgery.

• Member of the Georgian Urological Association;
• Member of the Georgian Transplantologists Association;
• Member of the European Association of Urology;
• Member of the European Society of Urological Technology (ESUT);
• Chairman of the Caucasian – Central Asian section of the European Association of Urology;
• Member of the American Association of Urology;
• Honorary Member of the Association of Urology of South Korea;
• Member of the International Continence Society;
• International Young Urological Association: (ex-member of the Board)
• Georgian Young Urologists Association (ex-president);
• Expert in urological laparoscopy.

• 2005 – XX EAU Congress of European Urologists Association (report – Cancer of Prostate). Istanbul, Turkey;
• 2006 – XX Congress of the Turkish Urologists Association, (3 reports – The importance of cell division regulating proteins in prostate diseases). Antalya, Turkey;
• 2010 – International Congress of Georgian Urological Association. Live surgery – For the first time, direct and interactive broadcasting of live laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in Georgia. Report – Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Tbilisi;
• 2011 XXIV EAU Congress of European Association of Urologists. Europe-Asia Symposium, “Prostate Cancer – Without Borders”, a member of the Expert Board. Vienna, Austria;
• 2012 – Urological Department of University Hospital of Leipzig, International Training Center for Urology Laparoscopy and Robot-Assisted Surgery. The training organized by the company “Olympus” for CIS countries. Laparoscopic surgery. Moderator – Trainer. Germany, Leipzig;
• 2012 – Second International Congress of Kazakh Laparoscopic Surgeons. Report – Laparoscopic Extra Nerve-sparing Radical Prostatectomy. Aktau, Kazakhstan;
• 2013 – Congress of the Georgian Urological Association – 5 reports, the topic: Urological laparoscopic surgery. Tbilisi;
• 2013 – Third International Congress of Kazakh Laparoscopic Surgeons. Masterclass – Direct, Interactive broadcasting of live Laparoscopic Extraoperative Radical Prostatectomy in Kazakhstan for the First Time (3 surgeries). 2 reports – the topic: Urological laparoscopic surgery. Chairman of the Meeting. Osceman, Kazakhstan;
• 2013 – Congress of Polish Urologists Association. Report – Nerve-sparing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Tbilisi;
• 2014 – Congress of the XXIX EAU European Urology Association. Caucasus-Central Asia Urologists Session. Report – Laparoscopic Prostatectomy in Georgia. Stockholm, Sweden;
• 2014 – Symposium-Contemporary opinions of poor prognosis prostate cancer management.. MMT Hospital. Report – Laparoscopic treatment of prostate cancer with poor prognosis – Results of National Center of Urology. Tbilisi;
• 2014 – Symposium – Masterclass about Prostate Cancer Operational Treatment (LIVE SURGERY). Surgery – Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and report on laparoscopic prostatectomy technique. Astana, Kazakhstan;
• 2015 – Congress of Kazakh Urologists Association (LIVE SURGERY). Surgery – laparoscopy prostatectomy. Almaty, Kazakhstan;
• 2015 – Master class of laparoscopic prostatectomy. Belarus National Oncology Center. 7 radical prostatectomies. LIVE SURGERY. Minsk, Belarus;
• 2015 – Masterclass about kidney cancer (laparoscopy) treatment. LIVE SURGERY. 2 organ-preservation laparoscopic surgeries. Ukrainian Urology Institute. Kiev, Ukraine;
• 2015 – Laparoscopic surgery course for CIS countries. Organized by D. Nikoleishvili and I.U. Stolscensburg, with the support of the company “Olympus”. Leipzig, Germany;
• 2016 – International Conference – Innovative Technologies in Urology. During the conference master class was conducted: laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgeries in urology. Co-Chair of the Conference, LIVE SURGERY. Aktau, Kazakhstan;
• 2016 – Master class of laparoscopic prostatectomy. 7 surgeries. Oskemen, Kazakhstan;
• 2016 – Opening the International Laparoscopy Training Center, Mediclub – Olympus and MasterClass Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy. LIVE SURGERY. Tbilisi Georgia;
• 2016 – Second International Congress of Kazakh Laparoscopic Surgeons. Masterclass – Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy LIVE SURGERY. Report – Development of Laparoscopic Surgery in Georgia. Aktobe, Kazakhstan;
• 2016 – Visiting Professor at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) Department of Urology. Report – Minimally invasive and laparoscopic surgery experience in Georgia. Richmond, Virginia State, USA;
• 2017 – Masterclass of laparoscopic prostatectomy. 8 surgeries. Oskemen, Kazakhstan;
• 2017 – First International Conference on “Oncology and Onco-gynecology Topical Issues”. Surgery – LIVE SURGERY. Minsk, Belarus;
• 2017 – Issyk-Kul III International Urological Forum. 2 live laparoscopic surgeries broadcast, LIVE SURGERY. Lecture – Development of Laparoscopy in Georgia. Bishkek – Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan;
• 2017 – The joint project of the “Olympus” and “MediclabGeorgia”. MET (Medical Expert Training) Laparoscopy training course for CIS countries. Lectures and LIVE SURGERY (Live surgeries broadcast). Head of the course. Tbilisi;
• 2017 – EMUC (European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers) – European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers. Presentation of 2 posters. Barcelona, Spain;
• 2017 – Congress organized by EAU “Prostate Cancer Management Innovations.” Vienna, Austria;
• 2017 – Expert course in laparoscopy, organized by Medtronic & Covidian. Novy Jicin, Czech Republic;
• 2017 – MET (Medical Expert Training) was first held in Georgia – a two-day training scientific course in laparoscopic urology, organized by the company Olympus, Radical Laparoscopic Prostatectomy. The course was held at the International Laparoscopic Training Center on the basis of the MediClubGeorgia Clinic. Head of the course and mentor D. Nikoleishvili, invited expert prof. S. Popov from St. Petersburg. Tbilisi;
• 2017 – EMUC 2017 – European Multidisciplinary Uro-Oncology Congress. 2 reports. Barcelona, ​​Spain;
• 2017 – Annual Congress of the Georgian Urological Association (urooncologist), Tbilisi;
• 2017 – Uroforum organized by the University of Barcelona. Expert course in laparoscopy, robotic surgery, and endoscopic urology. Barcelona, ​​Spain;
• 2018 – 3rd master-class in Uzbekistan – Laparoscopic Surgeries, live broadcast, based on the Center of Urology of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan;
• 2018 – Congress of the Association of Urology of Uzbekistan, live broadcast surgeries. Kidney Cancer Treatment Report. Tashkent, Uzbekistan;
• 2018 – Master class in laparoscopic urology, 12 surgeries within the master class, live broadcast. Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Kazakhstan;
• 2018 – Master class at the Center of Surgery and Endocrinology of the Republic of Turkmenistan. Live broadcast surgeries. For the first time in the history of Turkmenistan, urological laparoscopic surgeries were performed. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;
• 2018 – Master Class: Laparoscopic Surgery in Urology, Odesa, Ukraine;
• 2018 – Master Class: Surgical Treatment of Oncourologic Diseases, Astana, Kazakhstan;
• 2019 – Master class on laparoscopic surgery based on the Republican Oncology Center of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan;
• 2019 – Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU 2019) – Chairman of the European and Caucasian-Central Asian joint session (EAU – CCA joint session), Barcelona, Spain;
• 2019 – Master class on laparoscopic urology, based on the Center of Urology and Akfa Medline Clinic. Lecture on the basis of the same clinic at the Urgench Medical Institute. Surgical Treatment of Prostate Cancer and Bladder Cancer; Urgench, Uzbekistan;
• 2019 – World Congress of Endourology. 2 video presentations and chairing the session. Seoul, South Korea;
• 2019 – Congress of the Association of Oncologists of Kazakhstan. Live broadcast surgery, study lecture, and chairing the meeting. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan;
• 2019 – Congress of the Association of Urologists of South Korea. Report in the rank of the guest of honor. Awarded by the Association of Urologists of South Korea. Seoul, South Korea;
• 2019 – Master class in laparoscopic urology, based on the Center of Urology and Akfa Medline Clinic. 12 complex laparoscopic surgeries with the live broadcast were performed. Tashkent, Uzbekistan;
• 2019 – Congress of Urologists and Oncologists of Azerbaijan. Laparoscopic prostatectomy with the live broadcast was performed on the basis of the Oncology Center of Azerbaijan. Baku, Azerbaijan;
• 2019 – Master class held at the Presidential Polyclinic of Nur-Sultan, the live broadcast of laparoscopic surgeries, and a course of lectures. 6 surgeries. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan;
• 2019 – Master class at the Center of Surgery and Endocrinology of the Republic of Turkmenistan. Operations with the live broadcast, 10 surgeries. For the first time in the history of Turkmenistan, a laparoscopic and open radical prostatectomy was performed. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;
• 2020 – Congress of the Uro-Technology Society of the European Association of Urology. Chairman of the session. Elected as a member of the abovementioned Society. Leipzig, Germany.

• The founder of laparoscopic urology in Georgia
• 07.2010 For the first time in Georgia, Transcaucasia, Central Asian and post-soviet countries in general, extraperitoneal endoscopic radical prostatectomy was performed;
• For the first time in Georgia, the conducting, systematization, and implementation of most urological laparoscopic surgeries.

Georgian – Native
Russian – Fluent
English – Fluent