Irina Tsirkvadze MD.

• 1988 – 1994 – Pediatric Faculty of Tbilisi State Medical University.
• 1994-1996 – Clinical residency at Tbilisi State Medical University Department of Children’s Surgery, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, specializing in children’s intensive therapy and reanimatology.
• 2001 – State certificate in critical medicine and intensive care.

• Since 1996 – Worked in different clinics in Tbilisi;
• Since 2001 – Licensed anesthesiologist-reanimatologist;
• Since 2014, – Emergency doctor;
• Pediatric clinic named after Zhvania;
• M. Iashvili Central Children’s Hospital,
• Tsitsishvili New Children’s Clinic,
• New Hospitals,
• American Hospital Tbilisi, among them in the position of head of the department.
• Currently – Iv. Bokeria University Hospital, the head of the children’s emergency department.

• Since 2012 – invited lecturer and associate professor of various international medical universities, lecturer of pediatric emergency medicine residency and training, children’s anesthesiology and resuscitation training.
• In 2023, she was chosen as the best lecturer at one of the universities.
  Author and trainer of several continuing medical education courses accredited by the Ministry of Health.

• Member of the American Heart Association (AHA);
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS);
• European Resuscitation Council (ERC) member and PFCCS certified trainer;
• Trainer of international courses accredited in Georgia;
• Member of the European Anesthesiology Society;
• Board member of Georgian Society of Anesthesiology and Critical Medicine;
• Member of the International Association of Pediatric Emergency Care;
• Member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT);
• Member of the World Association of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA);
• Affiliate member of the European Society of Intensive Care;
• Member of the European Society of Emergency Medicine (EUSEM);
• Member of the Georgian Academy of Pediatrics;
• Member of the board of the Georgian Disaster and Emergency Medicine Association.

Participation in conferences and congresses:

• Participated in various local and international conferences and congresses.

Publications:

• Author of 9 articles, the author or co-author of 7 books, and has already translated 6 books.

Knowledge of languages:

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