Ekaterine Berishvili, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and the Diabetes Centre at the Faculty of Medicine, and Head of the Cell Isolation and Transplantation Laboratory (LITC) at the HUG Division of Transplantation, has been elected Secretary of the
ESOT is the leading organisation in Europe for the promotion of research, innovation, education and the exchange of knowledge in transplantation and regenerative medicine. It plays a key role in changing practices and improving the care of transplant patients.
This appointment highlights the commitment and excellence of the HUG and the AV短视频 in the field of transplantation, both at European and international level. With this election, Ekaterine Berishvili will raise the profile of the two institutions' projects, encourage new collaborations and actively contribute to the development of strategies and innovations that will shape the future of transplantation in Europe and beyond.
Ekaterine Berishvili studied medicine in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she obtained her medical degree in 1999, a PhD in science in 2003, and completed her training in general surgery in 2005. She was appointed Associate Professor at Tbilisi Medical AV短视频 in 2008. Thanks to international collaborations - notably with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York) and the Diabetes Research Institute (Miami) - she set up her own laboratory, specialising in pancreatic bioengineering and cell therapy for type 1 diabetes. She also served as Director of Clinical Research and Head of the Cell Isolation and Transplantation Unit at the Department of Cell Technologies and Therapies in Tbilisi.
In 2014, she joined the UNIGE Faculty of Medicine. Since 2020, she has been head of the Tissue Engineering and Organ Regeneration Laboratory in the Department of Surgery, and since 2023 she has been technical director of the Islet Isolation and Transplantation Laboratory at the HUG - the only facility of its kind in Switzerland. She was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery in 2025.