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Tamar Tchkonia

Research Professor

Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0003-4623-7145
  • Research Professor
    Medicine
  • Co-Director, Center for Advanced Gerotherapeutics
    Medicine
  • Director, Facility for Geroscience Analysis
    Medicine
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Medicine, 8687 Melrose Ave, B223.13, Los Angeles, California, 90068, United States

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Medicine1 Jan 2026 - present
  • Co-Director, Center for Advanced Gerotherapeutics
    Cedars-Sinai, Medicine15 Jul 2024 - present
  • Director, Facility for Geroscience Analysis
    Cedars-Sinai, Medicine15 Jul 2024 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Acting Associate Professor of Medicine
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States15 Jul 2024 - present
  • Full Faculty Privileges for Teaching and Examination in Clinic & Translational Science
    Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences, United States15 Jul 2024 - 15 May 2028
  • Research Scientist III
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States15 Jul 2024 - present
  • Full Faculty Privileges in Clinic & Translational Science
    Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Medicine and Science, United States3 Jan 2022 - 15 Jul 2024
  • Associate Consultant II
    Mayo Clinic, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Rochester, United States1 Jul 2008 - 15 Jul 2024
  • Associate Professor of Physiology
    Mayo Clinic, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Rochester, United States1 Feb 2022 - 15 Jul 2024
  • Teaching / Examining Privileges of Clinical & Translational Sciences
    Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Medicine and Science, United States9 Oct 2013 - 2 Jan 2022
  • Professional Associate in Research
    Mayo Clinic, Internal Medicine, Rochester, United States1 Nov 2007 - 1 Oct 2020
  • Instructor
    Boston University School of Medicine, United States1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2007
  • Associate Professor
    Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia1 Jan 1993 - 1 Jan 1998
  • Research Scientist
    Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia1 Jan 1991 - 1 Jan 1993

DEGREES

  • B.A., Biological Sciences
    Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia1979
  • M.S., Biochemistry
    Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia1982
  • PhD, Molecular Biology
    Institute of Molecular Biology Moscow, Russia, Russia1991
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Geriatrics Section, Department of Medicine
    Boston University, Boston, United States1998 - 2000

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Georgian
  • Russian

TAGS

  • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Fellowship
  • Endocrinology
  • Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Center for Translational Geroscience