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Ketevan Kobaidze MD, PhD

  • Department of Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 686-7869
  • kkobaid@emory.edu
  • Emory univ
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Overview

Dr. Kobaidze joined Emory as an assistant professor in 2006 in our Hospital Medicine Division. She is located at EUHM. Dr. Kobaidze graduated Cum Laude from Tbilisi State Medical School, where she received her medical degree. She also received her PhD in Immunology and Allergy; her PhD work was dedicated to hepatitis B immunology. In 1995 she worked with CDC staff as a director of field epidemiology on diphtheria outbreak in the republic of Georgia, and was offered an opportunity to work as a guest researcher at CDC, Atlanta where she remained until 2001. She completed her Internship at Mercer University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine residency at AMC, in 2006. She is actively involved in medical student and resident teaching. She is a recipient of the Golden Apple award 2011. She currently serves as an Associate Site Director for HMS service at EUHM. She is engaged in research and has multiple publications and presentations at national and international meetings.

Academic Appointment

  • HMS Site Director, Hospital Medicine, Emory University Hospital Midtown
  • Associate Professor, Emory University Hospital Midtown

Education

Degrees

  • MD from State Medical Institute of Tbilisi
  • PhD from Tbilisi State Medical Institute

Research

Publications

  • The magnificent seven: An assembly of educational opportunities within an academic hospital medicine program.
    J Hosp Med
    02/11/2025 Authors: Smith DT; Ajala K; Amin M; Hall MAK; Kim E; Kobaidze K; Moussa M; Hunt DP; Massart A
  • Pancreatitis, Panniculitis, and Polyarthritis Syndrome in Two Patients: A Case Series and Literature Review.
    Cureus Volume: 16 Page(s): e59471
    05/01/2024 Authors: Kugathasan L; Zhuang T; Cheeley J; Khan H; Jernigan AB; Kobaidze K
  • Clinical progress note: Monkeypox infection among hospitalized patients.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 164 - 168
    02/01/2023 Authors: Kobaidze K; Maleque N; Geer B; Dressler D
  • Otosyphilis.
    Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 10 Page(s): ofac685
    02/01/2023 Authors: Witt LS; Wendy Fujita A; Ho J; Shin YM; Kobaidze K; Workowski K
  • Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Risk Factors for Isolation Among Hospitalized Patients.
    Brown J Hosp Med Volume: 2 Page(s): 57568
    01/01/2023 Authors: Kobaidze K; Jacob J; Leong T; Flanders WD
  • Team Science: Advancing Women and Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color on the Pathway of Conducting Clinical Research.
    Ther Adv Infect Dis Volume: 10 Page(s): 20499361231159501
    01/01/2023 Authors: Wiley Z; Hanna J; Kobaidze K; Franks N
  • Botulism in the 21st Century: A Scoping Review.
    Brown J Hosp Med Volume: 2 Page(s): 72707
    01/01/2023 Authors: Kobaidze K; Wiley Z
  • Clinical characteristics and social determinants of health associated with 30-day hospital readmissions of patients with COVID-19.
    J Investig Med Volume: 70 Page(s): 1406 - 1415
    08/01/2022 Authors: Wiley Z; Kulshreshtha A; Li D; Kubes J; Kandiah S; Leung S; Kobaidze K; Shin SR; Moanna A; Perkins J
  • COVID-19 CHARACTERISTICS OF READMISSION AND OUTCOMES AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH STUDY: A PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE RISK SCORING SYSTEM TO PREDICT COVID-19 READMISSIONS TO SEVEN ATLANTA AREA HOSPITALS
    JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE Volume: 69 Page(s): 595 - 596
    02/01/2021 Authors: Wiley Z; Kandiah S; Cantos V; Rebolledo P; Sexton M; Kobaidze K; Franks N
  • Posterior Reversible Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient after Acute COVID-19 Infection.
    Case Rep Neurol Med Volume: 2021 Page(s): 5564802
    01/01/2021 Authors: Kobaidze K; Shin YM; Japaridze M; Karakis I; Wu X
  • Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Lumbar Puncture: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 14 Page(s): 591 - 601
    10/01/2019 Authors: Soni NJ; Franco-Sadud R; Kobaidze K; Schnobrich D; Salame G; Lenchus J; Kalidindi V; Mader MJ; Haro EK; Dancel R
  • Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Abdominal Paracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 14 Page(s): E7 - E15
    01/02/2019 Authors: Cho J; Jensen TP; Reierson K; Mathews BK; Bhagra A; Franco-Sadud R; Grikis L; Mader M; Dancel R; Lucas BP
  • Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Thoracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 13 Page(s): 126 - 135
    02/01/2018 Authors: Dancel R; Schnobrich D; Puri N; Franco-Sadud R; Cho J; Grikis L; Lucas BP; El-Barbary M; Society of Hospital Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound Task Force; Soni NJ
  • Credentialing of Hospitalists in Ultrasound-Guided Bedside Procedures: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 13 Page(s): 117 - 125
    02/01/2018 Authors: Lucas BP; Tierney DM; Jensen TP; Dancel R; Cho J; El-Barbary M; Franco-Sadud R; Soni NJ; Society of Hospital Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Task Force
  • Forgotten but Not Gone: Update on Measles Infection for Hospitalists.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 12 Page(s): 472 - 476
    06/01/2017 Authors: Kobaidze K; Wallace G
  • AUTOIMMUNE LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS (CASE REPORTS).
    Georgian Med News Page(s): 69 - 74
    05/01/2017 Authors: Kobaidze K; Harrison A; Burklin Y; Patidar V; Riccardi M
  • Over the Counter Availability of Antituberculosis Drugs in Tbilisi, Georgia in the Setting of a High Prevalence of MDR-TB.
    Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis Volume: 2009 Page(s): 513609
    01/01/2009 Authors: Kobaidze K; Salakaia A; Blumberg HM
  • Direct polymerase chain reaction for detection of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains from the Republic of Georgia after prolonged storage.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 181 Suppl 1 Page(s): S152 - S155
    02/01/2000 Authors: Kobaidze K; Popovic T; Nakao H; Quick L
  • Epidemic diphtheria in the Republic of Georgia, 1993-1996: risk factors for fatal outcome among hospitalized patients.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 181 Suppl 1 Page(s): S130 - S137
    02/01/2000 Authors: Quick ML; Sutter RW; Kobaidze K; Malakmadze N; Strebel PM; Nakashidze R; Murvanidze S
  • Risk factors for diphtheria: a prospective case-control study in the Republic of Georgia, 1995-1996.
    J Infect Dis Volume: 181 Suppl 1 Page(s): S121 - S129
    02/01/2000 Authors: Quick ML; Sutter RW; Kobaidze K; Malakmadze N; Nakashidze R; Murvanidze S; Wooten KG; Strebel PM
  • Diphtheria in the Republic of Georgia: use of molecular typing techniques for characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains.
    J Clin Microbiol Volume: 37 Page(s): 3265 - 3270
    10/01/1999 Authors: Sulakvelidze A; Kekelidze M; Gomelauri T; Deng Y; Khetsuriani N; Kobaidze K; De Zoysa A; Efstratiou A; Morris JG; Imnadze P
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