Professor Zaza Demetrashvili, the Department of Surgery N1 of Tbilisi State Medical University, received the scientific award "Outstanding Researcher" at the Asia's Science, Technology and Research Awards (ASTRA 2023). 

The TSMU professor received the award for the successful academic productivity in the field of surgery and the research article “Comparison of Treatment Methods of Appendiceal Mass and Abscess: A Prospective Cohort Study” which was published in the British Journal: Annals of Medicine and Surgery.

Asia's Science, Technology and Research Awards is an organization evaluating the scientific, research and academic productivity of researchers and clinicians working in the field of medicine throughout the world and annually awarding them at the ceremony.