Pediatrician, Allergologist, Doctor of Medicine

Lia Zhorzholiani

Pediatrician, Allergologist, Doctor of Medicine

Education

  • 1965-1971 - Tbilisi State Medical Institute, Faculty of Pediatrics, Qualification: Pediatrician
  • 1971-1972 - Gori Children's Hospital, Intern Physician
  • 1975-1977 - I. Paghava Scientific Research Institute of Pediatrics, Clinical Resident, Specialty: Pediatrics

Academic / Scientific Degree

  • May 15, 1984 - Candidate Dissertation: "Tyrosine Metabolism and Functional State of the Adrenal Gland in Children with Bronchial Asthma", Qualification awarded: Candidate of Medical Sciences
  • March 17, 1999 - Doctoral Dissertation: "Clinical-Epidemiological Characteristics of Allergic Diseases in the Pediatric Population", Qualification awarded: Doctor of Medical Sciences

Professional Experience

  • 2016 - Present - Head of the Department of Pediatric and Adult Allergy, Institute of Pediatrics
  • 2006 - Present - Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • 2011-2016 - Head of the Center for Allergic and Respiratory Pathology, Institute of Pediatrics
  • 2003 - 2012 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, I. Paghava Scientific Research Institute of Pediatrics
  • 2003-2005 - Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • 2002 - Present - Head of the Evidence-Based Medicine Information and Education Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 1998 - Present - Head of "Asthma-School" / Open Society Georgia Project
  • 1996 - Visiting Lecturer and Expert, Course in Allergology and Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 1994-2003 - Leading Research Fellow, I. Paghava Scientific Research Institute of Pediatrics
  • 1987-1994 - Senior Research Fellow, I. Paghava Scientific Research Institute of Pediatrics
  • 1978-1987 - Junior Research Fellow, I. Paghava Scientific Research Institute of Pediatrics
  • 1976-1978 - Clinical Residency, I. Paghava Scientific Research Institute of Pediatrics
  • 1974-1976 - Head of the Newborn Department, Maternity Hospital, Gori
  • 1972-1974 - Neonatologist, Maternity Hospital, Gori

Teaching Experience

  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Medicine - One-step Georgian-language program in Medicine, Pediatrics
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Medicine - One-step Georgian-language program in Stomatology, Pediatrics
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Medicine - Head of Module for the Postgraduate-Residency Program in Pediatrics
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Medicine - Head of the Postgraduate-Residency Program in Allergology and Clinical Immunology
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Medicine - Scientific Supervisor of the Doctoral Program in Pediatrics
  • Medical Institute "Metekhi" - Head of the One-step Georgian-language program in Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Academic and Methodological Activities

  • Manual: "Predictors of Bronchial Asthma during Wheezing in the Population of Junior School-Age Children", 2019
  • Manual: "Child Abuse: Identification and Response", 2019
  • Journal: Member of the Editorial Board of "Therapia Georgia" (Successor to the journal "The Lancet"), 2015-Present
  • Journal: Editor of "Georgian Pediatrician", 2006-Present
  • Scientific Dossier: Modern Principles of Allergic Rhinitis Management for Physicians, 2016
  • Manual: "Bronchial Asthma in Children", 1999

Professional Development Courses and Trainings

  • 2021 - International Pediatric Association Webinar on Covid-19 and Immunization: Challenges Facing Health Workers in Eastern Europe
  • 2017 - Emerging Societies Program World Allergy Training School, WAO and American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • 2017 - Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis WAO ESP/WATS Training
  • 2016 - 1ST EFIS-EJI Caucasian School in Allergy and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna and Center of Allergy and Immunology
  • 2009 - Danone Scientific Symposium – Recent nutritional approaches for fighting two childhood epidemics of the 21st century: atopic diseases & obesity – Athens, Greece
  • 2002 - The American International Health Alliance - Epidemiology & Surveillance Strategies for Health Promotion Workshop

Participation in Grant / Contract Projects

  • 2018-2019 - Bioderma International Dermalogica CICABIO Lotion Spray: Clinical test on dermatological lesions caused by chickenpox - Researcher
  • 2017-2019 - TEVA Prahealthsciences; FSS-AS-30003: "12-week double-blind randomized clinical trial with a combination drug in children aged 6 to 12 with bronchial asthma" - Principal Researcher
  • 2014-2015 - GlaxoSmithKline; GB, HZA106855: Multicenter double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 2 study of a new drug in children with bronchial asthma - Principal Researcher

Collaboration with International Scientific Centers

  • European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) - 2023-Present
  • Scientific Round Table Meeting of EPA (European Pediatric Academy) – UNEPSA, Geneva, Switzerland - 2022-Present
  • Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Lithuania - 2012-Present
  • Cairo University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt - 1996
  • Expert in Pediatric Allergology at the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, 2017-Present
  • President, Georgian Pediatric Association, 2014-Present
  • Vice-President, Georgian Association of Pediatric Allergists and Clinical Immunologists, 2014-Present
  • Member of the Organizing Committee for the VII, VIII, IX, X National Congresses of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and IV, V, VI European Congresses of Asthma and COPD, 2010-Present
  • Member of EPA - European Paediatric Academy, 2010-Present
  • Author of more than 120 scientific works