Nephrology, Hemodialysis and Transplantation Department of the National Center of Surgery is celebrating 20 years since its establishment

In 1977 under the supervision of Valeri Shumakov and Laur Managadze 4 renal transplantations from a deceased-donor were being performed in our clinic.
The department of nephrology, hemodialysis and transplantation, which is functioning in The National Center of Surgery, is 20 years old. 20 years ago, in 1997, the kidney transplant surgery was performed from a living donor (a relative) in our clinic, this date coincides with the anniversary date. In total, 40 successful kidney transplant surgeries have been performed in the National Center of Surgery.
The department was established by Dr. Elguja Ghonghadze, pioneer of kidney transplantation in Georgia, who was first to perform 4 kidney transplantation surgeries from a living donor for the first time in Georgia in 1995.
In 2014, by the decision of the founder of the clinic, the department was named after Dr. Elguja Ghonghadze.

The National Center of Surgery has been visited by a number of well-known foreign experts who have been working in the field of transplantation for years and have worked with our doctors, including well know French professors Jacques Dantal and Georges Karam, the professor of Shumakov's Transplantation Center, Transplantologist Ian Maysyuk.
The Department of hemodialysis and transplantation of the National Center of Surgery is headed by Dr. Mikheil Ghonghadze, MD. Nino Shonia and Nana Sadunashvili, the doctors of this department, are also committed to their jobs.
The Hemodialysis Department participates in the Dialysis State Program and serves participants of this program. Every day three sessions of hemodialysis are performed for planned visits, where up to 160 beneficiaries are involved. Hemodialysis procedure is also available in ICU and ER departments. The service is the only one in the city and is available 24 hours a day.

For the last 20 years, the department has been constantly growing and developing. The team of professionals, which has a great experience, has a lot of grateful patients and their number increases.
National Center of Surgery is a multi-field clinic, where new technologies and modern standards are used in diagnosis and treatment of patients.

National Center of Surgery address – Tbilisi, Digomi Chachava street N5.
You can contact the Call-center of the National Center of Surgery at 577 11 91 19;

Wish you health!