Giorgi (Guga) Sikharulidze

Giorgi (Guga) Sikharulidze — GSMRC

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GSMRC · Team Member Profile

Psychiatrist (MD) · Academic Doctor (PhD, Dr.P.H.) · Professor

Founder & Clinical Director — GSMRC

ORCID: 0000-0002-8778-122X

Researcher ID: L-3330-2016

Scopus: 14527751700

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Education & International Credentials

Doctoral Research

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)

Netherlands · 2015 – present

Dr.P.H. — Public Health

Tbilisi State Medical University

2017 – 2018

Doctoral Studies — Psychiatry

Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2008 – 2017

Residency — Psychiatry

Tbilisi State Medical University

2002 – 2005

MD — Medicine

Tbilisi State Medical University

1994 – 2001

Clinical Researcher

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Harvard Medical School · 2018 – present

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Strategic Experience & Leadership

• Founder & Director — Guga Sikharulidze Mental Health Research Center (GSMRC) · 2024–present
• Full Professor — Georgian American University (GAU) · 2019–present
• Professor — International University Alterbridge · 2021–present
• NATO Expert — Science for Peace and Security Programme · 2018–present
• Head, Dept. of Psychological Selection & Monitoring — Georgian Armed Forces, General Staff · 2014–2017
• Author & Founder — Military Mental Health Services Programme, MoD Georgia · 2013–2017
• Co-Founder & Senior Psychiatrist — Mental Health Center "Mentalvita" · 2009–2014
• Forensic Psychiatric Expert — M. Asatiani National Institute of Psychiatry · 2006–2007

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Academic Activity

• Full Professor — GAU · Clinical Psychiatry & Psychopharmacology · 2019–present
• Invited Lecturer — GAU · 2017–2019
• Assistant Professor — Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Medicine · 2012–2016
• Teaching Assistant — Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University · 2009–2012
• Lecture courses introduced evidence-based use of Quetiapine, Venlafaxine, Aripiprazole, Vortioxetine into Georgian clinical practice

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Clinical Expertise

• Trauma- and stressor-related disorders (PTSD, ASD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Personality disorders
• Anxiety disorders
• Depressive and bipolar spectrum disorders
• Psychosomatic and somatoform disorders
• Schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum conditions
• Substance use and sleep disorders
• Military and occupational mental health

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Research & Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Sikharulidze, G., Sordia, M., & Vermetten, E. (2023). Mediating role of depression and anxiety on somatic complaints in Georgian servants with post traumatic stress disorder. Int. Journal of Scientific Research and Management (IJSRM), 11(06), 863–876. 2023doi.org/10.18535/ijsrm/v11i06.mp2
2. Sikharulidze, G., Ratiani, L., Sordia, M., Sikharulidze, E., Khutsishvili, T., Lejava, K., & Vermetten, E. (2022). Comorbidity and association of posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints in COVID-19 Georgian patients at the beginning of pandemic. Current Psychiatry Research and Reviews, 18(3), 236–247. 2022doi.org/10.2174/2666082218666220713122430
3. Sikharulidze, G., van Geloven, N., Gugushvili, N., Sikharulidze, Z., & Vermetten, E. (2018). Post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbidity: The role of mediation and relation between PTSD and somatic complaints in mental health management. Georgian Medical News, (275), 98–105. PMID: 29578434. 2018
4. Sikharulidze, G., van Geloven, N., Lelashvili, E., Kalandarishvili, G., Gugushvili, N., & Vermetten, E. (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder and somatic complaints in a deployed cohort of Georgian military personnel: Mediating effect of depression and anxiety. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30(6), 626–634. 2017doi.org/10.1002/jts.22235

Book Chapters & NATO Publications

1. Sikharulidze, G., Sordia, M., & Vermetten, E. (2025). [Chapter contribution]. In Digital Tools for Prevention, Mitigation, and Treatment of Traumatic Stress Responses in Terror and War. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series — E. 2025
2. Sikharulidze, G., & Vermetten, E. (2020). The role of comorbidity and mediation in early management of trauma and stressor-related disorders: Georgian experience. In Risk Management of Terrorism Induced Stress (Vol. 148, pp. 130–135). NATO SPS Series — E. IOS Press. 2020doi.org/10.3233/NHSDP200022

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Certifications & Clinical Trainings

SAFER HAM-D Certificate

· 2019

Clinical Research Evaluator Training

· 2018

ICH-GCP Certification

· 2017

Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

· 2020

Biostatistics: Core Methods & Analysis

· 2016

rTMS Course

· 2014

EMDR Training

· 2015

PET · mTBI · Combat & Operational Stress · Psychological Resilience

· 2015

Suicide Risk Assessment & Management

· 2016

ECNP School: Late-Life Neuropsychopharmacology

· 2015

ECNP Clinical Research Methods Workshop

· 2017

Internship

· 2009

Maudsley Forum

· 2006

Cornell University Seminar

· 2005

Psychosomatic Medicine: Science & Practice

· 2019

Leadership & Professional Skills Development

· 2019

Warrior Care in the 21st Century

· 2020

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International Congresses & Conferences

2025

16th International Congress on Psychopharmacology & Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology — Antalya, Turkey

2024

NATO Advanced Research Workshop — Tbilisi, Georgia

2020

Warrior Care in the 21st Century — International Webinar

2018

NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Risk Management of Terrorism Induced Stress" — Odessa, Ukraine

2018

East European Young Psychiatrists Congress — Minsk, Belarus

2017

30th ECNP Congress — Paris, France

2017

25th EPA Congress (European Psychiatric Association) — Florence, Italy

2016

29th ECNP Congress — Vienna, Austria

2015

28th ECNP Congress — Amsterdam, Netherlands

2014

XVI World Congress of Psychiatry (WPA) — Madrid, Spain

2013

21st World Congress of Social Psychiatry (WASP) — Lisbon, Portugal

2013

Congress: "DSM-5 and the Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis" — King's College London

2012

11th World Congress, World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation — Milan

2012

Berlin Summer School of Psychiatry — Berlin, Germany

2010

18th European Congress of Psychiatry — Munich, Germany

2009

WPA International Congress — Florence, Italy

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Professional Membership & Languages

Association Membership

ESTSS

Languages

Georgian

English

Russian

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