Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Kipiani, MD

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Brooklyn, NY, 11214

Mobil phone: 646-***-****

Home phone: 347-***-****

Primary email: acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

Email: acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: In support of the application for the Clinical Research Associate/Clinical Investigator position. My biomedical background comes from eight years in the WHO registered medical university and eleven years of active clinical-work back in my country, USMLE examinations with ECFMG certification, five years basic science research in the U.S., Master of Science program in the Clinical Research Organization and Management, and postgraduate residency training in the internal medicine. Considering my experience and skills highlighted below, I believe to make a competitive candidate for the offered position. Employment History:

2010-current Assistant Medical Doctor; Dr. Rodionova Family Practice Office 2009-2010 Internship, PGY1 in the Internal Medicine Residency program at BMC; Head of the Department, Dr. Ellrodt, MD; Associate Program Director, Dr. Albert, MD

2003-2008 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Neurology & Neurosciences, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, Supervisors: Dr. MT Lin, Dr. M. Kiaei, Dr. MF Beal. 2007 Nov/Dec Clinical externship; Supervisor Dr. Zaman, MD; 2001-2002 Clinical Research Associate, Volunteer, Brookdale University and Medical Center.; Under the supervision of Dr. Bouzy 1990-2001 Attending, Pulmonary; Tbilisi State Hospital of Sepsis and Fever of unknown origin, department of critical care.

1993-1995 Attending, Critical care, Anesthesiologist; Tetritskaro Rayon Hospital, department of traumatic and urgent surgery 1988-1989 Residency, internship; Faculty of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at Tbilisi State Medical University; Supervisor Dr. Z. Kheladze Job-related skills:

Language: English, Russian, Georgian. Perfect in speaking, reading, writing Computer: Proficient in typing, editing, Microsoft Office programs, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Adoby Photoshop, Statview

Professional

Medico-biological: Consistent with my USMLE steps and scientific paper preparation level.

Patient Care: Peripheral venous and arterial access; peripheral and central line placement; handling of superficial wounds and suture placement; bladder catheterization; NG tube placement; pelvic exam with PAP smear and other sample collections, blood and other laboratory sample collections and handling; lumbar puncture; thoracocentesis; paracentesis, vital signs, physical exam; xR film taking and preliminary analysis of xRs, CT scans, MRI/MRA images. Curriculum Vitae; Dr. Kipiani, MD

Clinical Research: Experience in conducting the phase II and phase III clinical trials of antiretroviral drugs; responsibilities included clinical data gathering via interviewing patients, physical examination, sample collection and processing for drug level and viral load analysis; monitoring of medication side effects and confounding factors affecting results; statistical analysis of preliminary results and preparation for the presentation to the site coordinator.

Basic Research: Handling of experimental animals, mice colony maintenance, behavioral and other experiments, tissue collection and processing; tissue preparation for biochemical studies and microscopy, including electronic microscopy; Western blotting, PCR, RT-PCR; cell culture maintenance and experiments; immunohistochemistry; image processing and statistical analysis.

Immigration Status: Citizen of the U.S.

Education:

1982-1988 Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), 33 Vazha-Pshavela Ave, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 380077.

1997-1998 Medical School "Aiety" special courses offered in partnership with Emory University, for preparation USMLE steps.

2002-2003 Fordham University; Advanced ESL courses at the Institute of American Language and Culture.

2013-2015 Drexel University-online; MS in Clinical Research Administration; 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Licensure and Certification:

1988 Red Diploma, Graduation of TSMU with excellence. 2001 Unified State Certificate in Anesthesiology, granted by the Ministry of Health of Georgia.

2006 ECFMG certification.

2009 Massachusetts State Limited Medical License.

2010 Certificate for satisfactory completion of one year residency training in Berkshire Medical Center.

2013 ACLS; PCLS certificates

2013 NYS Infectious Control and HYPAA Mandated Training Certificate Experience and Previous Job-Related Responsibilities: Assistant Medical Doctor, Manager;

Family Practice Office of Dr. Rodionova; 110-14 Jamaica Av; Richmond Hill; NY; 11214;

718-***-****; 718-***-****

I am involved in every aspect of patient care including physician assistant responsibilities, independent case management or work under the supervision of Dr. Rodionova. This includes patient interviewing, ordering diagnostic workup, and prescribing necessary medications or treatment procedures. I am supervising patient’s scheduling after reviewing the results of laboratory or instrumental investigation. Procedures I am skilled in include ECG/ICG, spirometry, ABI determination, TENS, trigger point injections, wound care and suturing, OBGYN examination and vaginal culture/PAP taking. Dates: 2010-current

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Internship, Postgraduate Year 1, resident in the Internal Medicine Residency program at Birkshire Medical Center; Head of the Department, Dr. Ellrodt, G, MD; 725 North Street; Pittsfield, MA, 01201; 413-***-****

I acquired indispensable hand-on experience of working in the US clinical setting. I fulfilled satisfactory level in the most ward and night float rotations, two ICU blocks, electives in EM, pulmonary, ID, neurology, nephrology, and ambulatory medicine. I developed proficiency in the management variety of OBG, ENT, urology, dermatology, and geriatric presentations in parallel of reviving my skills in patient interviewing, differential diagnosis, preliminary workup, development of treatment strategies. This one year served fruitful time to refresh my mastery in central and peripheral vein catheterization, laboratory sample collection, PAP smear, microscopy, catheterization, chest tube placement, lumbar puncture, intubation, and wound suturing.

Dates: 2009-2010

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurology & Neurosciences, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 1300 York Av, New York, NY; 10065; 212-***-****; Supervisors: Dr. MT Lin, Dr. M. Kiaei,

I was responsible to work on the mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases and conduct variety of behavioral or therapeutic experiments on them. I mastered every step of project development in the basic neuroscience. Responsibilities in the experimental part of project included Western blotting, PCR and RT-PCR, immortalized and primary neuronal cell culture, Immunofluorescence and immuno-histochemistry, confocal and electron microscopy. In addition, I was involved in the preparation and presentation of the results of my investigations to scientific conference and peer review committees that required scientific data mining, project planning and development, working with basic statistical and scientific softwares (Excel, PowerPoint, Statview, Adobi photoshop, Adobi illustrator, Sci-image, NIH- image).

Dates: 2003-2008

Clinical Research Associate, Volunteer, Brookdale University and Medical Center; Under the supervision of Dr. Bouzy; Brookdale Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, 11212; 718-***-**** I was involved in the four clinical trials of antiretroviral drugs in the phase II and phase III. I was responsible for monitoring of disease symptoms and drug adverse reactions, for collection, processing, and shipment of samples for viral load and drug level determination, for data gathering and statistical analysis.

Dates: 2001-2002

Attending, Pulmonary; Doctor of Critical Care; Tbilisi State Hospital of Sepsis and Fever of unknown origin, Named as Vakhtang Bochorishvili AntiSeptic Center, department of critical care

I was responsible for management of critical conditions, for anesthesia and pain management in the settings of sepsis, purulent surgery, and generalized infections; I am skilled in the pulmonary care of patients on long-term artificial ventilation, in the correction of acid-base and fluid-electrolyte balance, in the selection of effective antibacterial therapy and enteral- parenteral nutrition, and in the methods of extracorporeal detoxification. Dates: 1990-2001

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The list of references:

Natalya Rodionova, M.D., D.O.

Board Certified; Family Practice

email: acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

Cell Phone: 718- 514- 5225

Queens office: 110-14 Jamaica Avenue; Richmond Hills, NY 11418; tel. 718-***-****; fax. 718-***-****

Bronx office: 2109 Mathews Avenue; Bronx, NY, 10462; 718-***-**** tel. 718-***-****; fax. 718-***-****

Erik Mordukhaev, NP, MS

acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

Queens office: 110-14 Jamaica Avenue; Richmond Hills, NY 11418; tel. 718-***-****; fax. 718-***-****

Bronx office: 2109 Mathews Avenue; Bronx, NY, 10462; 718-***-**** tel. 718-***-****; fax. 718-***-****

Khatuna Kadeishvili, MD

Department of Medicine, NY Medical College,

Metropolitan Hospital Center.

1901 1st avenue, New York, NY, 10029

email: acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

tel: 212-***-****

cell: 917-***-****

Dr. Albert, D; MD

Internal Medicine Residency Program Director.

Associate Clinical Professor,

University of Massachusetts Medical School;

Division of Nephrology Berkshire Medical Center.

Office phone: 413-***-****; 413-***-****

Email: acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Michael Lin, MD.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosciences Weill Medical College of Cornell University; 1300 York Av, New York, NY; 10065; Phone: 212-***-****;

Fax: 212-***-****;

Email: acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

Mahmoud Kiaei, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

4301 W. Markham St., Slot 846 (BioMed 2, Rm 561-2) Little Rock, AR, 72205

Ph: 501-***-****

acr16a@r.postjobfree.com

Curriculum Vitae; Dr. Kipiani, MD

Peer reviewed publications:

1. Khatuna Kipiani, at al. Amyloid precursor protein metabolites are associated with mitochondria in synaptic fields of transgenic Alzheimer disease mice; December, 2008; Manuscript submitted to the American Journal of Pathology. 2. Kipiani K, at al. Dietary supplementation with COQ10 dereases beta-amyloid burden and improves behavior in the transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease; January, 2008; submitted to the J. Exp. Med. 3. Kiaei M, Kipiani K, Calingasan NY, Wille E, Chen J, Heissig B, Rafii S, Lorenzl S, Beal MF. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 regulates TNF-alpha and FasL expression in neuronal, glial cells and its absence extends life in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Exp Neurol; 2007, May; 205(1):74-81 4. Kiaei M, Petri S, Kipiani K, Gardian G, Choi DK, Chen J, Calingasan NY, Schafer P, Muller GW, Stewart C, Hensley K, Beal MF. Thalidomide and lenalidomide extend survival in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurosci. 2006 Mar 1; 26 (9):2467-73.

5. Kiaei M, Kipiani K, Petri S, Chen J, Calingasan NY, Beal MF. Celastrol blocks neuronal cell death in transgenic mouse model of Amyotropihic lateral sclerosis. Neuro-degenerative diseases, 2005, 2(5):246-254. 6. Damiano M, Starkov AA, Petri S, Kipiani K, Kiaei M, Mattiazzi M, Flint Beal M, Manfredi G. Neural mitochondrial Ca capacity impairment precedes the onset of motor symptoms in G93A Cu/Zn- superoxide dismutase mutant mice. J Neurochem. 2006 Mar; 96(5):1349-61.

7. Petri S, Kiaei M, Kipiani K, Chen J, Calingasan NY, Crow JP, Beal MF. Additive neuroprotective effects of a histone deacetylase inhibitor and a catalytic antioxidant in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiol Dis. 2006 Apr, 22(1):40-9

8. Nathan C, Calingasan N, Nezezon J, Ding A, Lucia MS, La Perle K, Fuortes M, Lin M, Ehrt S, Kwon NS, Chen J, Vodovotz Y, Kipiani K, Beal MF. Protection from Alzheimer's-like disease in the mouse by genetic ablation of inducible nitric oxide synthase. J Exp Med. 2005 Nov 7; 202 (9):1163-9.

9. Kiaei M, Kipiani K, Petri S, Choi DK, Chen J, Calingasan NY, Beal MF. Integrative role of cPLA with COX-2 and the effect of non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drugs in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurochem. 2005 Apr; 93(2):403-11.

10. Kiaei M, Kipiani K, Chen J, Calingasan NY, Beal MF. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- gamma agonist extends survival in transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Exp Neurol. 2005 Feb; 191(2):331-6. Abstract presentations:

1. K. Kipiani, TA. Milner, GK. Gouras, MF. Beal, MT. Lin. Products of amyloid precursor protein metabolism are associated with mitochondria in synaptic fields. November, 2008, Society for Neuroscience, 38th annual meeting in Washington, DC. 2. Kipiani K, Dumont M, Yu F, Chen J, Wille E, Calingasan NY, Gouras KG, Beal MF, Lin MT, Dietary supplementation with COQ10 dereases beta-amyloid burden and improves behavior in the transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, November, 2005, Society for Neurosciences, 35rd annual meeting in Washington. 3. Kipiani K, Kiaei M, Chen J, Calingasan NY, Beal MF, Pioglitazonw blocks motor neuron cell death and extends lifespan of mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, October, 2004, Society for Neurosciences, 34rd annual meeting in San Diego. 4. Kipiani K, Kiaei M, Chen J, Calingasan NY, Beal MF, Celastrol blocks motor neuron cell death and extends life in transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, August, 2004, American Society for Neurochemistry, 35th annual meeting in New York.

5. Kipiani K, Kiaei M, Calingasan NY, Beal MF, Sulindac extends life in a transgenic mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, November, 2003, Society for Neurosciences, 33rd annual meeting in New Orleans.

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