Giorgi Papiashvili

Doctor of Medicine, cardiologist, cardiac electrophysiologist, Head of the Arrhythmology
Service, Jo Ann University Hospital,

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Contact Info

  • Tel: +995 032 2 22 22 11
  • E-mail: giorgi.papiashvili@joann.ge
  • Specialization: Cardiology
  • University: TSSU

Education:

1991 -1998 – Tbilisi State Medical University;

2000-2003 – Residency in cardiology, Tbilisi State Medical Academy,;

2005-2006 – Fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Hospital Clinic, university of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;

2009-2010 – EHRA advanced fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology and ablations, Hospital AZ Sint AV, Bruges, Belgium;

2012-2019 – PhD, David Tvildiani Medical University.

Professional Trainings:
2014 – Advanced Course in Ventricular Tachycardia Mapping and Ablations;
2015 – EHRA Proctor Program in Complex Ablation Techniques, IKEM-Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic;

2017- Training Course in Cryoablation Technique, Gottsegen György Országos Kardiológiai

2016 – Head of Arithmology Service, Batumi International Hospital;

Professional Experience:

2006 - till today - Head of Arithmology Service, Founder of Arithmology Service and Electrophysiology Laboratory, Jo Ann University Hospital;

2011-2019 – President, Founder and first President of the Georgian Heart Rhythm Association (GeHra); 2016 – Head of Arithmology Service, Batumi International Hospital; 2007-2010 - Head of Arrhythmia Section, Founder of Arrhythmia Section and Electrophysiology Laboratory, N. Kipshidze Central Clinical, Tbilisi State Medical University; 2002 - 2005 – Doctor, Emergency Medical Service, "Cardioexpress"; 1998-2003 – Doctor, Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic; 1998-2001 – Doctor, Medical Service “009”.

Professional Accreditations:

2009 – European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), accreditation in invasive cardiac electrophysiology (EHRA Certified electrophysiologist); 2021 – European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), certification in cardiac electrophysiology and ablations; 2019 – European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), certification in cardiac stimulation and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators;

Membership in Professional Associations:

• Georgian Society of Cardiology (GSC), Executive Board member; • Georgian Heart Rhythm Association (GEhRA), Founder and Executive Board member; • European Society of Cardiology (Fellow of the Society, FESC); • European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA); • European Stroke Council

Publications:

  • Acute and Long-Term Scar Characterization of Venous Ethanol Ablation in the Left
  • Ventricular Summit;
  • Phrenic Nerve Injury During Cryoballoon-Based Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Results of the
  • Worldwide YETI Registry;
  • Intramural Venous Ethanol Infusion for Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmias.Outcomes of
  • a Multicenter Experience;
  • Double balloon technique for retrograde venous ethanol ablation of ventricular
  • arrhythmias in the absence of suitable intramural veins;
  • Adherence to ESC cardiac resynchronization therapy guidelines: findings from the ESC
  • CRT Survey II;
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • defibrillator: what determines the choice? —findings from the ESC CRT Survey II;
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator use for primary prevention in ischaemic and non-
  • ischaemic heart disease-indications in the post-DANISH trial era: results of the European
  • Heart Rhythm Association survey;
  • Biventricular pacing in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a pilot study.
  • Mapping and isolation of the pulmonary veins using the PVAC catheter;
  • European Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Survey II: Comparison of Results in
  • Georgia with Other Countries;
  • Impact of radiofrequency catheter ablation on health-related quality of life assessed by
  • the SF-36 questionnaire in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia;
  • Influence of catheter ablation of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia on patients’
  • anxiety;
  • Anxietylevels in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in relation with
  • the patient demographics, type of supraventricular tachycardia and their personality
  • type;
  • Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy after 16 years of incessant PJRT
  • Initial experience with magnetic catheter navigation for ablation of supraventricular
  • tachycardias;
  • Atrio-biventricular pacing for severely symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive
  • cardiomyopathy. Feasibility and long-term results;
  • Just Another Case of Lead Dislocation?
  • Cardiología en el área de urgencias, First edition.