Giorgi (Guga) Sikharulidze
Psychiatrist, Ph.D.
- Psychiatrist PhD professor and Professor at Georgian American University (GAU)
- Professor at International Training University of Management and Communication “Alterbridge”, where experience as a PhD psychiatrist professor is especially valued.
- PhD candidate of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). This expands the knowledge and research skill set typical for a professor with a psychiatrist and PhD background.
After completing residency (2002-2005), continuous medical practice since 2005. In this period, the unique expertise of a professor, psychiatrist, and PhD has greatly deepened clinical experience.
His impact in the field of mental health is significant. He co-founded the first private mental health center in Georgia in 2007. He also founded the “Stress Management and Mental Health Center” in 2017. As a psychiatrist, professor, and PhD, he has shaped these institutions through academic and clinical leadership.
Founder and head of the “Guga Sikharulidze Mental Health Center”, renewed since 2024. This was initiated under his guidance as a PhD professor psychiatrist.
Since 2015, a doctoral student at Leiden University (Holland) and currently a doctoral candidate. Scientific research direction – post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression and the relationship between psychosomatic disorders. Notably, his contributions reflect the combined perspective of a PhD, psychiatrist, and professor in the research domain.
Since 2013, he has been the head of the Department of Military Mental Health Services in Georgia for the first time with his project. He implemented psychological assessment, assistance, treatment and rehabilitation. Additionally, he developed psychological screening (Psychological HR), suicide prevention, and programs. He leveraged his experience as a professor, psychiatrist, and PhD for effective innovation.
Since 2018, he has been a member of the expert group of the NATO program (Science for Peace and Security), whose goal is to introduce innovations in the direction of stress risk management. These achievements are influenced by his clinical and academic perspective as a psychiatrist PhD professor.
Expert and treatment experience: In addition, his psychiatrist PhD professor background enriches expertise across clinical services.
▪ outpatient and inpatient services ▪ Stress/trauma-related disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (with research experience) ▪ Anxiety disorders ▪ Mood disorders (depression, bipolar, etc.) ▪ suicide prevention ▪ Sleep disorders ▪ Personality (character) disorders ▪ Psycho-somatic disorders ▪ full range of psychotic disorders ▪ military mental services ▪ disorders associated with dementia).
He is engaged in ongoing scientific research within a collaboration framework with Leiden University and Prof. Eric Vermeten. He is also a clinical investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). This partnership ensures the highest standards renowned among psychiatrist professors holding a PhD.
Author of more than 20 scientific publications. Furthermore, the publications are recognized in the academic community for contributions at the intersection of psychiatry, PhD-level research, and professorship.
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8778-122X | Researcher ID L-3330-2016 |
Scopus Author ID: 14527751700. These identifiers are associated with many works as a psychiatrist PhD professor.