Dr. Tamar Kakhniashvili is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist from Tbilisi, Georgia, with over thirteen years of experience working with cancer patients at Concilium Medulla Hospital. She is a former IPOS Fellow representing Georgia, participated in the 2018 IPOS World Congress. Since 2019, she has served as Program Development Director, and since 2024, as President of the Georgian Psycho-Oncology Society (GPOS). Dr. Kakhniashvili with colleagues translated the Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) questionnaire into Georgian.

Organized Georgia’s first Psycho-Oncology Conference in 2022. Currently a Ph.D. candidate at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, her research explores “Depression in women with breast cancer”. She is passionate about integrating psychological care into oncology

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