Conference Scientific Chair · 2026

Guram Karazanashvili

Guram Karazanashvili

Robotic surgeon · Minimally invasive surgeon · Onco-urologist · Reconstructive urologist · Pediatric urologist · Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor

Guram Karazanashvili Robotics Center (KRC)Founder · Tbilisi, Georgia
გურამ ქარაზანაშვილიGeorgia
Professional leadershipPresident of GAOU · Member of the Executive Committee of WUOF
Academic positionClinical Professor and Director of the Urology Residency Program at SEU
Clinical directionRobotic, minimally invasive, oncological and reconstructive urology
RecognitionLaureate of the Georgian National Award

Professional profile

Clinical, scientific and academic activities

Professor Guram Karazanashvili — Doctor of Medical Sciences, robotic surgeon, onco-urologist and reconstructive urologist, founder of the “Guram Karazanashvili Robotic Center”. He is the President of the Georgian Association of Oncological Urology, a member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Urological Oncology, an expert in urology of the Ministry of Health of Georgia, and a laureate of the Georgian National Prize.

His many years of professional and scientific activity include clinical and scientific programs implemented in leading medical centers in Europe. Professor Karazanashvili's name is associated with the introduction of robotic surgery in Georgia and the Caucasus region - in 2024, he performed the first robot-assisted operation in the region, and later performed a unique reconstructive operation to create an artificial bladder using robotic technology. One of the important directions of his activity is the early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, as well as the introduction and development of modern technologies and treatment methods in Georgia and the region.

Current academic and professional rolesSince 2025 — Clinical Professor and Head of the Urology Residency Program at the Georgian National University (SEU); Since 2012 — Full Professor at Geomed University; Since 2007 — Leading Specialist in Urology at the Guram Karazanashvili Robotic Center.
OfficeChachava St. #1 / Ljubljana St. #5, 9th floor, Tbilisi 0159
Office phone / website

Contribution to Georgian and World Medicine

Major professional achievements

2024

The founding of robotic surgery

According to his CV, he established robotic surgery for the first time in the history of Georgia and the Caucasus region.

2023

29 MHz micro-ultrasound and prostate cancer screening

According to CV, the world's first to develop a strategy for early diagnosis and screening of prostate cancer using 29 MHz micro-ultrasound; results were presented at UROONCO2023 and SIU/WUOF2023.

2022

29 MHz Screening and Early Diagnosis Network

Established a 29 MHz micro-ultrasound-based prostate cancer screening and early diagnosis network in Georgia, the Caucasus, the Black and Caspian Sea regions.

2021

Robotic focal therapy

According to CV, he introduced and developed robotic focal therapy for prostate cancer using high-frequency focused ultrasound in Georgia and the Caucasus.

2021

Transperineal targeted/fusion biopsies

Transperineal targeted prostate biopsies using 29 MHz micro-ultrasound have been introduced in Georgia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea regions.

2020

29 MHz micro-ultrasound study

29 MHz micro-ultrasound survey has been implemented in Georgia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea regions.

2018

Bladder reconstructive surgery techniques

Presented an original surgical technique for eliminating bladder cancer and creating an artificial bladder at the American Urological Association Congress in California. AUA Journal ↗

2012

Radical prostatectomy for metastatic prostate cancer

According to CV, one of the first in the world to use radical prostate surgery for clinically metastatic prostate cancer.

2002

Minimally invasive endoscopic urology

Minimally invasive endoscopic urological surgeries (TUR, URS) were introduced at the Department of Urology of Tbilisi State Medical University.

2001

Development of a PSA-based screening method

Developed a method for improving prostate cancer screening based on prostate-specific antigen (Eur Urol. 2001;39(5):538–543).

1996

Introduction of PSA screening for prostate cancer in Georgia

A prostate cancer screening method based on the quantitative determination of prostate-specific antigen has been introduced in Georgia.

Education and international experience

Medical education, specialization and internships

2024

Robotic Surgery Course

MicroPort MedBot, Shanghai, China — January 2024.

2023

Robotic Surgery Course

MicroPort MedBot, Shanghai, China — September 2023.

2017

Robotic Surgery Course

Florida Hospital, Prof. Vipul Patel, Orlando, USA — November 2017.

2012

Laparoscopic Urology Course

Vivantes Klinikum Friedrichshain and Urban, Prof. Jan Roigas, Berlin, Germany — August 2012.

2005–2007

Onco-urology and pediatric urology

Urology Clinic, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

2003

US-Europe Academic Exchange

Mayo Clinic, Duke University, University of Chicago and Vanderbilt University, USA — May 2003.

2003

General Urology Clinical Internship

Vienna University Hospital, Prof. M. Marberger, Vienna, Austria — September 2003.

2000–2001

Clinical and scientific work

Department of Urology, Malmö University Hospital, Prof. PA. Abrahamsson, Malmö, Sweden.

1997–1998

Clinical and scientific work in urology

Bonn University Clinic, Prof. S. Müller, Bonn, Germany.

1996

Operative and endoscopic urology

University Hospital Offenbach Main, Prof. UW Tunn, Germany.

1995

Onco-urology and general urology

Nijmegen University Hospital, Prof. FMJ Debruyne, Netherlands.

1989–1991

Clinical postgraduate training in urology

Department of Urology, Central Medical Training Institute, Moscow.

1987–1989

Clinical Residency in Urology

Department of Urology, Central Medical Training Institute, Moscow.

1987

Internship in Surgery

Republican Central Clinical Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia.

1981–1987

Higher medical education

Tbilisi State Medical Institute — Red Diploma, Vl. Zhgenti Scholarship.

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Secondary education

V. M. Komarov Physics and Mathematics Boarding School, Tbilisi.

Work experience

Academic, clinical, and management positions

2025–present

Clinical Professor and Director of the Urology Residency Program

Georgian National University (SEU).

2012–present

Full Professor

University "Geomed".

2007–present

Leading specialist in urology

"Guram Karazanashvili Robotic Center", Tbilisi, Georgia.

2015–2025

Clinical Professor

Tbilisi State Medical University.

2010–2011

Medical Director

"Lechkombinati #1", Tbilisi, Georgia.

2005–2010

Director General

Medical-Diagnostic Center of Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

2006–2009

Associate Professor of Urology

Department of Urology, Tbilisi State Medical University.

2005–2006

Professor

Department of Urology, Tbilisi State Medical University.

2004

Associate Professor

Department of Urology, Tbilisi State Medical University.

2001–2004

Assistant

Department of Urology, Tbilisi State Medical University.

1993–1999

Senior Researcher

Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Tbilisi State Medical University.

1994

Urologist of the highest category

Attestation Committee of the Ministry of Health of Georgia.

1991–2001

Urologist

Urology Department of the Republican Central Clinical Hospital, Tbilisi.

Scientific activities

Research, conferences and professional expertise

Scientific and conference activities

  • Scientific Director of the Georgian Oncological Urology Association Conference "Ultramodern Approaches in the Management of Urological Diseases" — Batumi, July 26, 2025.
  • Scientific Director of the Conference "Modern Management of Prostate Cancer" — Tbilisi, February 28, 2025.
  • Author of publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals with high impact factor in Europe and America — ORCID ↗.
  • Chair of the European Uro-Oncology Conferences Section "Real-world onco-urology" — 2023 and 2024.
  • International Congresses of the Georgian Association of Oncological Urology — 2017 and 2018.
  • "Modern Trends in the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer" — Caucasian Symposia, 2014 and 2016.
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Urology, Upstate Medical University, State University of New York — Syracuse, USA, 2016; Lecture: "Radical Prostatectomy in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer."

Degrees and expert activities

  • Reviewer for the journal "European Urology" — 2006–2012.
  • Expert in urology of the Ministry of Health of Georgia - since 2006.
  • Doctor of Medical Sciences — Iv. Javakhishvili State University, Tbilisi, 2002.
  • Candidate of Medical Sciences — Moscow Regional Oncological Research Institute, 1991.

Awards, grants and scholarships

Professional recognition

Awards and grants

  • შოთა რუსთაველის ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ფონდის გრანტი — 2018.
  • Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation Grant — 2016.
  • Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation Grant — 2014.
  • Laureate of the Georgian National Prize for the series of works "Current Issues in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment" — May 25, 2011.
  • Prize for the best presentation — "Progress and Challenges in Onco-Urology", Rotterdam, 1998.

International Scholarships

  • Alexander von Humboldt Scholarship — Bonn, Germany, 2005.
  • Winner of the US-Europe Academic Exchange Program (AUA Tour) — 2003.
  • Austrian-American Foundation Scholarship — Vienna, 2003 and 1998.
  • Swedish Institute Scholarship — Stockholm, 2000.
  • German Academic Exchange Scholarship — 1997.
  • Scholarship of the German Urological Society — 1996.
  • Scholarship of the European Association of Urologists — 1995.
  • Vl. Zhgenti Scholarship — Tbilisi State Medical Institute, 1985–1987.

Professional associations

Membership and professional leadership

Professional Membership

  • Active member of the Robotic Surgery Association — since 2025.
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the World Urological Oncology Federation (WUOF) — since 2018.
  • President of the Georgian Oncological Urology Association — since 2017.
  • Member of the Executive Board of the Georgian Urological Association — 2014–2016.
  • Member of the Clinical Research Office of the European Association of Urology — 2008–2015.
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of the German Association of Former Scholars — 2008–2011.
  • International member of the American Urological Association — since 2010.
  • Full member of the European Association of Urologists — since 1996.
  • Member of the Georgian Association of Urologists — since 1992.

Languages

Georgian · English · German · Russian

2026
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