Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy

პეტრე შოთაძის სახელობის თბილისის სამედიცინო აკადემია
Motto	Medicine Starts Here
Type	Private
Established	1992
Rector	Irene Shotadze
Academic staff	110
Students	1048
Location	Tbilisi , Georgia
Website	http://tma.edu.ge

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.

The University offers 6 year educational program in Medicine.

History

The Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA) was established in 1992 by Petre Shotadze, a distinguished 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 Dr. Shotadze, the Tbilisi Medical Academy was renamed the "Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy" in his honour. Since its establishment, TMA has produced over 1500 graduates, many of whom have found successful employment in prominent Georgian and international hospitals, universities, and scientific centres.^[1][2]