David Nikoleishvili MD. Ph.D.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Participation in conferences and congresses:

• Since 2005, participated in various local and international conferences and congresses.

Personal Achievments:

• 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.

Knowledge of languages:

• Georgian – native
• Russian – fluent
• English – fluent