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14, Gotua Str. Tbilisi - 0160

Contact Information

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@: nodmit@gmail.com

Mitagvaria Nodar

Academician

Biography

Physiology. Functioning and disorders of the mechanisms providing metabolic maintenance of the brain functions.

The main directions of scientific activities are:

  1. Experimental research and analysis of mechanisms regulating the cerebral blood circulation in conditions of norm and different pathologies.
  2. Study of the physiological mechanisms of the therapeutic effects used in the oncological clinic local and whole body hyperthermia, as well as possible disturbances of their therapeutic effects.
  3. Experimental research and analysis of physiological mechanisms of Phenomenon of Hormesis (induced by oxidative stress) as well as dual effects (positive and negative) of associated with them actions of free radicals

Education - Scientific Degree

  1. 2013

    Academician

    The Georgian National Academy of Sciences
  2. 1984

    Doctor of Biological Sciences

    Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Leningrad, Russia
  3. 1971

    Candidate of Biological Sciences

    Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences
  4. 1967-1971

    Post-graduator and then Research Scientist

    Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences

Professional Experience

  1. 2017-2019
    Scientific Advisor
    BAO Health Resources Corporation (Tarzana, CA, USA)
  2. 2015-Present
    Academician- Secretary, Department of Physiology and Medicine
    The Georgian National Academy of Sciences
  3. 2012-2017
    Head of the Scientific Board
    I. Beritashvili Centre of Experimental Biomedicine
  4. 1991-2017
    Senior Consultant
    Valley Cancer Institute (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
  5. 1991 - Present
    Head, Department of Cerebral Circulation and Metabolism
    Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine
  6. 1980-1991
    Vice-Director
    Beritashvili Institute of Physiology
  7. 1971-1991
    Head, Department of Metabolic Maintenance of the Brain Functions
    Beritashvili Institute of Physiology

Awards & Prizes

  • 2001
    Laureate of the Beritashvili Prize
  • 1991
    International Order: “Merit for Life”
  • 1991
    First Prize and Honorary Diploma of the USSR Academy of Sciences for High Quality Investigations provided in the field of Cerebral Circulation