Zaza Iakobishvili MD, PhD, FESC

Zaza Iakobishvili is a director of Emergency Cardiology Services at the Beilinson hospital in Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva. He received his medical degree in 1988 from the Tbilisi State Medical University and completed his postdoctoral training in Tbilisi Institute of Human Physiology.

In 1996 he immigrated to Israel, completed 2 year residency in Internal medicine and received Board certification in Internal medicine after successful completion of qualifying examinations. He applied to cardiology fellowship in the Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center and successfully passed Board certification examinations in cardiology in 2001. He worked as attending physician in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit from 2002 till 2009 when he was appointed to lead Emergency Cardiology Services.

In 2008-2010 was appointed to the secretary of National Cardiology Board examination committee. From 2009 he is a secretary of Biannual International Meeting on Acute Cardiac Care. From 2011 he is elected secretary of Israel working group on Acute Cardiac Care.