Goga Pipia

Geboren 3 jun 1953 · Tbilisi, Georgia

Giorgi Pipia (born June 3, 1953, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR - died February 12, 2012) was a Georgian physician (surgeon), scientist, candidate of medical sciences, and professor of medical sciences 1. He was born on June 3, 1953 in Tbilisi. In 1979, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Medical Institute. From 1979 to 1981, he worked at the Ordinatura of the Moscow II Medical Institute. From 1981 to 1983, he was a senior laboratory assistant at the Institute of Medical Education, and from 1983 to 1988, he was first a junior, then a senior researcher. In 1990, he became a candidate of medical sciences, and from 1999 he was an associate professor. He is the author of 29 scientific papers on thoraco-abdominal issues. He has two monographs: “Transcutaneous Hepatocolography in Obstructive Jaundice” (1989) and “Echography and Transcutaneous Hepatocolography in Obstructive Jaundice” (1998). In 1985, he defended his candidate dissertation on the topic of “Transcutaneous Hepatocolography in Obstructive Jaundice”. In 1999, he passed his doctoral dissertation defense: “The Treatment and Diagnosis of Benign Tumors”. After a long illness, he died on February 12, 2012 in Tbilisi. Despite the fact that Gaga Phiphia was not a professional actor, he played leading roles in Georgian feature films.