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BIO-MEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF GEORGIA
Date of Foundation
1967 as a nongoverment public organization at the Georgian Academy of Sciences, from 1989 - independent society
President
Founder and up to day president - professor Kiazo Nadareishvili, Active Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, President of the Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences
Vice Presidents
Professor Givi Dumbadze, Active Member of the Georgian Academy of
Medical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine at the State Medical
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Doctor of technical sciences Harry Grebenchuk - deputy director of Scientific Centre of
Radiobiology and Radiation Ecology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Structure
The main subdivisions of the Society are Primary groups at the scientific institutions and universities as well as regional branches in regions and towns. The Society is run by a Board including President and 2 vice-presidents.
Personnel of the Society
365 members including 7 honorary members,23 professors, ministers of Georgian Government and 9 directors of scientific institutes.
Major activities
- Popularization of the latest achievements in the field of Bio-Medical Engineering
- Elaboration and preparation of individual hard- and software instrumental complexes for investigation in the field of Biology, Medicine, and Environmental Control on the basis of Laboratory of Society - "AXON".
Editions
'Biomedteqnika'- a multi-lingual Collection of works. published since 1972, Vol. 11 now in press. Periodical publication devoted to current news in Bio-Medical Engineering and technology including methods of investigation.
Emblem
The emblem represents stylized female robot, unifyng images of Georgian princess of the eighth century B.C. - Medea (pet name - Medico) known from antique mythology about Argonauts as magician healer by means of herbs and berries, cultivated in special plantation and whose name is connected with the term "Medicine", and the symbol of Mother-Georgia, embodiment of kindness, hospitality and adamant in her protection.
Address and telephone
51 Telavi St., Tbilisi, 380003, Georgia. +995 32 942-017;
943-209; FAX:+995 32 936-126,
E-MAIL: [email protected]
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