CV Name: Koba Shanava Date of Birth: 07.12.1980 Nationality: Georgian Academic Position: Associated Professor () Education: Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine 2011- General surgery specialty exam 2014- Oncosurgery specialty exam 2014- Transplantology specialty exam Contact Information: Tel: +99592860404 Email: [email protected] Working Experience: 2003-2005 - Lecturer-Assistant at the Department of Normal Anatomy, . 2006 - Senior Teacher at the Department of Normal Anatomy, Tbilisi Medical Academy. 2004 - Researcher at Tbilisi Medical Academy. 2007 - Lecturer-Assistant at the Department of Clinical anatomy, Tbilisi State Medical University. 2008-2010. Researcher at the Department of Surgical Research and Techniques, Pecs University, Faculty of Medicine (Hungary). 2011- Lecturer-Assistant at the Department of Clinical anatomy at Tbilisi State Medical University (currently).

2011- Head of the Clinical and Experimental Medicine Teaching and Research Center of Grigol Robakidze University. Tbilisi, .

2011- Visitor Doctor at the Department of Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, University of Technology Munich, Germany.

2012- General Surgeon at N. Kipshidze`s Central University Clinic (currently).

2012- Program Coordinator of Laparoscopic Surgery, at the Postgraduate Department of Tbilisi State Medical University (currently).

2013- Visitor Doctor at the Hôpital Paul-Brousse Center of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Paris, France. 2014- International Scholarship Program, Seoul National University Hospital, Department of Hepato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation. 2015- Head the Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation at Aversi Clinic (currently). Awards: 2001 - Diploma awarded by the Tbilisi State Medical Academy for active participation in scientific-research activities of the Department of Clinical Anatomy and Operative Surgery, Tbilisi, Georgia.

2008-2010- Scholarship of Medical University of Pecs (Hungary).

Scientific Publications:

1. An Isolated Venous Sac as a Novel Site for Cell Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus Kakabadze Z, Shanava K, Ricordi C, Shapiro AM, Gupta S, Berishvili E. Transplantation. 2012 Jul 18

2. Transgastric small bowel resection by using hybrid technique — Experimental study K. shanava1, Sz. Horváth1, F. Karl-Hermann2, Sz. Jávor1, I. Takács1, B. Balatonyi1, S. Ferencz1, A. Ferencz1, E. Rőth1, György Wéber1 Interventional Medicine & Applied Science, Vol. 2 (3), pp. 126–130 (2010)

3. Preconditioning is a method that may reduce the negative side-effect of pneumoperitoneum Szaniszló Z. Jávor1 , K. Shanava1, E. Hocsák2, M. Kürthy1, J. Lantos1, B. Borsiczky1, I. Takács1, Sz. Horváth1, B. Balatonyi1, S. Ferencz1, A. Ferencz1, E. Rőth1, Gy. Wéber1 Interventional Medicine & Applied Science, Vol. 2 (3), pp. 126–130 (2010)

4. Examination of protective effect of ischemic postconditioning after small bowel autotransplantation. Ferencz A, Takács I, Horváth S, Ferencz S, Jávor S, Fekecs T, Shanava K, Balatonyi B, Wéber G. Transplant Proc. 2010 Jul-Aug;42(6):2287-9.

5. Early experiences with Notes in animal model. Horvath S, Javor S, Balatonyi B, Takacs I, Ferencz A, Ferencz S, Shanava K, Weber G. Eur Surg Res 2009; 43: 152.

6. Revealing of the role of no in the pathogenesis of hypothiroidism Kupreishvili T., Shanava K., Sanikidze T., Metreveli D. Tbilisi State Medical University Georgian Med News. 2006 Nov;

7. Treatment of obstruction of extrahepatic biliary pathways by antireflux, bilio-cholecystic (cystico) enteroanastomosis methods]. Mzareulishvili NM, Akhmeteli TI, Kakabadze ZSh, Shanava KN, Lursmanashvili ZT. Georgian Med News. 2006 Jul;(136):84-6. Russian.

8. Toxic acute liver failure treatment by isolated hepatocytes allotransplantation in experimental. Kurdadze E, Lobdjanidze N, Sujashvili L, Topuria D, Shanava K. Georgian Med News. 2006 Mar;(132):105-8.

Special Courses: 2005 - Special Course in emergency medicine and first aid, Tbilisi, Georgia 2010- Course in laparoscopic surgery, Pecs, Hungary Knowledge of Languages: Georgian, English, Russian