Professor Ioseb Abesadze – (MD, PhD),   Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), Assistant- professor of the department of oncology, The Institute of Clinical Oncology – medical director

• Fellowships:  
• 2006 - 2010 yy  - Palliative care and chronic pain management (San-Diego, California, USA)
• 2008y September-December - ESMO research program, (Barcelona, Spain)
• 2006, September – program for palliative care, (Stockholm, Sweden)  
• Clinical practice
• Since 1989 – National Cancer Center of Georgia, Surgeon-oncologist (up-to 2010) 
• NGO “Cancer Prevention Center” Founder and executive director, Head of the Palliative care direction.
• Since the 2004y Founder and clinical director of the first inpatient palliative care unit in Georgia (up-to 2019);
• Since 2002y coordinator of palliative care programs;
• Since 2021 Medical director of the Institute of Clinical Oncology
• Educational activities

Author and head of the TSMU accredited programs for Postgraduate education and Continues Medical Education (Palliative Care and Chronic Pain Management):

• TSMU residency programs in Palliative Care (Oncology, family medicine, internal medicine)            
• Continues Medical Education 2024წ.
• Palliative care – general principles, symptom control, last hours-days (18 credits)
• Palliative care – chronic pain management (12 credits)

2025წ

• Communication and consultation in palliative medicine (12 credits)
• Prevention and early detection of malignant diseases (12 credits)

Textbooks/Monographs (in palliative care) author/co-author

• ,,Chronic Pain Management“ - National guideline for clinical practice 2012;
• “Palliative care” (textbook for the family doctors) © NGO Cancer Prevention Center, © NGO Caritas Czech Republic - Georgia 2016y ISBN 978-9941-0-9065-3; second edition 2019y   
• Bio-psycho-social approach in healthcare system (chapter of palliative care); © Care Platform of Georgia, 2020y; ISBN 978-9941-8-2280-3
• Aspects of long-term care in pediatrics (textbook); 270 pages. © Caritas Czech Republic - Georgia; © Georgian Nursing Association; Tbilisi, 2020y; ISBN 978-9941-8-3175-1
• Integrated Care; 134pages (chapter of palliative care); © Care Platform of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2021y; ISBN 978-9941-8-3145-4

Author / co-author of up-to 80 scientific articles published in Georgian and foreign scientific journals;

Member of the Georgian and International Associations of Oncology and Palliative Care