Tbilisi Medical Academy
Georgian private medical university
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The Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy, commonly referred to as Tbilisi Medical Academy, is a Georgian private medical university located in Tbilisi. The university was founded in 1992 by Petre Shotadze, in whose honor it was posthumously renamed.
პეტრე შოთაძის სახელობის თბილისის სამედიცინო აკადემია | |
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| Motto | Medicine Starts Here |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1992 |
| Rector | Irene Shotadze |
Academic staff | 110 |
| Students | 1048 |
| Location | , |
| Website | http://tma.edu.ge |
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The University offers 6 year educational program in Medicine.
History
The Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA) was established in 1992 by Petre Shotadze, a Georgian physician and paediatric surgeon. Shotadze, a graduate of Tbilisi State Medical University in 1970, dedicated his entire doctoral, scientific, and academic career to the Tbilisi State Institute of Postgraduate Education for Physicians. Within this institution, he progressed from being a postgraduate student to eventually becoming the Head of Pediatric Surgery and later the Rector.
In 1999, following the death of Shotadze, the Tbilisi Medical Academy was renamed the "Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy" in his honour.