Ilia Nadareishvili, MD, PhD

Dr. Nadareishvili is a NIDA INVEST Fellow under the mentorship of Drs. Karsten Lunze and Jeffrey Samet. Originally from Georgia (country), he graduated from a medical school in 2012 and had his PhD defense in 2019. Collaboration with Dr. Lunze began 2016, when Dr. Lunze became Dr. Nadareishvili’s PhD co-supervisor. Their collaboration continued through the pandemic, resulting in further mutual publications. Dr. Nadareishvili joined Boston Medical Center CARE Unit and Boston University School of Medicine, section of General Internal Medicine in January 2023 as a NIDA INVEST Fellow. Dr. Nadareishvili is new to addiction medicine and substance use research. Prior to his current position, Dr. Nadareishvili worked as a researcher, teacher and research manager at David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Part of his work in Georgia was for international scientific and developmental projects funded by European Union (through Horizon 2020, Erasmus+ and other programs), World Health Organization and other international and local donors. He had also worked in academic development and quality assurance as a member of the Medical Education Center in Tbilisi. In his interdisciplinary research Dr. Nadareishvili brings together own expertise and skills in public health, medical education and research management, as well as his global network gained through the past endeavors.

 

Medical School:

MD, David Tvildiani Medical University, Georgia

 

Additional Pre-Fellowship Training and Experience:

PhD, David Tvildiani Medical University, Georgia

Head of Research Unit, DTMU, Georgia

Educational Program Coordinator, Medical Education Center, DTMU, Georgia

Georgia’s delegate to the section of Public Health of European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)

Georgian Association of Medical Specialties – executive board member.

Past: International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations member and Georgian Medical Students’ Association founding member

 

Selected Pre-Fellowship Publications

  1. Nadareishvili I, Zhulina A, Tskitishvili A, Togonidze G, Bloom DE, Lunze K. The Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Georgia-A Health Policy Analysis. Int J Public Health. 2022 May 3;67:1604410. PMID: 35592028
  2. Nadareishvili I, Syunyuakov T, Smirnova D, Sinauridze A, Tskitishvili A, Tskitishvili A, Zhulina A, Patsali ME, Manafis A, Fountoulakis NK, Fountoulakis KN. University students’ mental health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 3:207640221099420. PMID: 35657336
  3. Nadareishvili I, Bazas T, Petrosillo N, Berce V, Firth J, Mansilha A, Leventer M, Renieri A, Zampolini M, Papalois V. The Medical Community’s Role in Communication Strategies during Health Crises-Perspective from European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Infect Dis Rep. 2023 Jul 3;15(4):370-376. doi: 10.3390/idr15040037. PMID: 37489391; PMCID: PMC10366824.
  4. Nadareishvili I, Pkhakadze G, Japiashvili N, Lunze K, Regulatory Environment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Georgia – Policy Analysis, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021;36:1038–1051 https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3142 PMID: 33735447
  5. Aladashvili, G, Nebieridze, A, Pkhakadze, G, Nadareishvili, I. Recognizing vaccine wastage in Georgia. Public Health Chall. 2022 Dec;1(4):e46. doi: 10.1002/puh2.46. Epub 2022 Dec 12. PMID: 37519309; PMCID: PMC9878270.
  6. Phumaphi J, Mason E, Alipui NK, et al. [contributing author of IAP 2020 Report Team Nadareishvili I] “A crisis of accountability for women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health” The Lancet Volume 396, Issue 10246, P222-224, July 25, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31520-8
  7. Nadareishvili I, Pkhakadze G, Tskitishvili A, Bakuradze N, Lunze K. Georgia’s healthcare system and integration of complementary medicine. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2019;45:205-210. doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2019.06.016 PMID: 31331562
  8. Nadareishvili I, Lunze K, Pkhakadze G, Japiashvili N, Tabagari N. Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Medical Education in Georgia: State of the Art and Further Perspectives. Georgian Med News. 2017;(273):118-122. PMID: 29328043
  9. Nadareishvili I, Lunze K, Tabagari N, Beraia A, Pkhakadze G. Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Georgia. Georgian Med News. 2017;(272):157-164. PMID: 29227277
  10. Baldi E, Contri E, Bailoni A, Rendic K, Turcan V, Donchev N, Nadareishvili I, Petrica AM, Yerolemidou I, Petrenko A, Franke J, Labbe G, Jashari R, Pérez Dalí A, Borg J, Hertenberger N, Böttiger BW. Final-year medical students’ knowledge of cardiac arrest and CPR: We must do more! Int J Cardiol. 2019 Dec 1;296:76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.07.016. PMID: 31375334

Awards:

Postdoctoral Training, NIDA and NIH International Program, INVEST Drug Abuse Research Fellowship (USA) (2023-2024)

PhD study supporting award PhDF2016_29 from Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Georgia (2016-2017)

OpenCon 2016 Travel Award, The Right to Research Coalition and SPARC, USA

Berlin 11 Conference Travel Award, The Right to Research Coalition and SPARC, USA

EuRegMe Travel Award, IFMSA, Denmark

 

Fellowship Research Project:

Emerging adults’ cannabis use in Georgia following decriminalization

Mentors: Jeffrey H. Samet MD, MA, MPH; Karsten Lunze, MD, MPH, DrPH

 

Selected Other Research Projects:

Strategic planning of human resources for health in Georgia

Mentors: Thomas Bossert, PhD; Karsten Lunze MD, MPH, DrPH

 

Enhancement of primary care readiness to provide marijuana use related services.

Mentor: Nino Tabagari, MD, PhD

 

Country case studies for the United Nations Independent Accountability Panel 2020 Report (Every Woman Every Child)

Mentor: Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, PhD

 

Study of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Existing Practice in Georgia for Research Based Public Health Policy Development

Mentors: Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, PhD; Karsten Lunze MD, MPH, DrPH

 

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Scholar. Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Boston University Medical School/ Boston Medical Center. Boston, MA.