Komakhidze Mamia

Mamia Komakhidze (b. November 25, 1906, Batumi – d. November 4, 1980, Tbilisi), surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences (1943), professor (1948), Honored Scientist of Georgia (1961), full member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (1971), winner of the State Prize of Georgia (1975). He graduated from the Tbilisi State Medical University in 1930.

In 1937-1940, he was the People's Commissar of Health of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, in 1946-1956 – the head of the Department of Experimental Anatomy of the Institute of Experimental Morphology of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, in 1960-1980 – the head of the Department of Surgery of the Tbilisi State Medical University, in 1961-1971 – the chief surgeon of the Ministry of Health of Georgia.

Komakhidze researched microcirculation problems, the clinic of surgical diseases of the abdominal organs, diagnostics and treatment, traumatic injuries of the peripheral and central nervous system, etc.

In 1973-1980, he was the chairman of the Georgian Scientific Society of Surgery. He received the I. Tarkhnishvili Prize (1971) and state awards, including the Order of Lenin.

 

Literary works: ჰოსპიტალური ქირურგია, ტ. 1–2, თბ., 1969–70; მუცლის ტრავმული დაზიანება, თბ., 1973 (თანაავტ.: თ. ახმეტელი, გ. ხომერიკი); Селезëнка, М., 1971; Опухоли кишечника, Тб., 1972 (თანაავტ.: Г. В. Хомерики).