Medical students at a Dandy Georgia lecture in Tbilisi
Tbilisi · Georgia · est. 2021
ნეიროქირურგია იწყება აქ Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Club Georgia

The student gateway to neurosurgery in Georgia.

Nine university branches in Tbilisi. International faculty at the podium. Suture kits on the table. This is where Georgian medical students meet the field early, and properly.

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Who we are

Run by medical students. Taken seriously by surgeons.

Dandy Georgia is the national Georgian chapter of the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society. Since 2021 we have grown into nine university branches, connected through a senate of student representatives, one from each school.

The work is practical. Members present at symposia, train suturing and operative techniques on real tissue, rotate through neurology and radiology departments, and publish in The Dandy Journal, our biannual student journal in English and Georgian.

The club is named after Walter E. Dandy (1886–1946) of Johns Hopkins, one of the founding fathers of neurosurgery.

Dandy Georgia core team with Prof. Saleem Abdulrauf at the Advances in Neurosurgery Symposium
Our team with Prof. Saleem I. Abdulrauf, Advances in Neurosurgery Symposium, Tbilisi
The Dandy Georgia national core team
The national core team
Our story

From one operating room in Baltimore to nine universities in Tbilisi.

1913

The water of the brain

At Johns Hopkins, young surgeon Walter Dandy explains how cerebrospinal fluid circulates. Hydrocephalus becomes a treatable condition.

Baltimore, USA
1918

Seeing the invisible

Dandy invents ventriculography, the first imaging of the living brain, decades before CT and MRI.

Nobel nomination, 1933
1938

One clip, a new field

He clips a brain aneurysm and the patient survives. Cerebrovascular neurosurgery is born in that moment.

A field founded in one operation
2011

A society in his name

The Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society is founded in St. Louis and grows into more than 50 student clubs around the world.

St. Louis, USA
2021

The story reaches Georgia

Medical students in Tbilisi found Dandy Georgia. One club becomes nine branches, a senate, a journal and a full calendar.

Tbilisi, Georgia
1913
Cerebrospinal fluid explained
1918
First imaging of the living brain
1938
First aneurysm clipping
2011
The Dandy Society is founded
2021
Dandy Georgia begins
What we do

Lectures are the start. The point is practice.

Conferences, masterclasses, clinical rotations and competitions, organized by our branches and open to medical students across Georgia.

Flagship symposium

Advances in Neurosurgery

Hosted with the American MD Program · Tbilisi

Prof. Saleem I. Abdulrauf, MD, FACS, performed a live anastomosis demonstration under the microscope and lectured on EC-IC bypass. Dr. Edisher Maghalashvili, MD, PhD, presented endoscopic transorbital approaches to the intracranial space. Students watched world-class technique from the front row.

Full hall at the Advances in Neurosurgery Symposium in Tbilisi
Drilling practice on a specimen at the ventriculostomy masterclass, Dandy Day Spring 2026
May 2026 · New Vision University

Dandy Day Spring

A full-day multidisciplinary conference: keynote sessions, panel discussions and a ventriculostomy and ICP management masterclass led by Dr. Madona Akhobadze.

Speaker presenting brain imaging at the International Epilepsy Day event
February 2026 · American Hospital Tbilisi

International Epilepsy Day

An evening of clinical case presentations with the hospital's specialists, closing with a panel on modern epilepsy management.

Students in white coats during the ROTADAY clinical rotation
January 2026 · First University Clinic

ROTADAY

Two days inside the neurology department: bedside examination, EEG recording, and MRI and CT reading with the heads of neurology and radiology.

Surgical suturing workshop on real tissue
December 2025 · Ken Walker International University

Surgical Suturing Workshop

Suturing techniques trained on real tissue. The five competition winners earned a place observing a live neurosurgical operation.

Also running Tbilisi Neurosurgical Symposium The Dandy Journal NeuroConnect Journal Club NEURO360 lectures Awareness campaigns World Congress · Kraków 2026
A network without borders

The name on our door opens doors abroad.

Dandy Georgia is a national chapter of the Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society, founded in St. Louis, with more than 50 student clubs and over 5,000 student members around the world. For a medical student in Tbilisi, that means a direct line to the people and places this field runs through.

01US and European professors lecture here. Surgeons of international standing fly to Tbilisi for our symposia and operate the microscope in front of our members.
02World congresses for students. The society runs the World Congress of Neurosurgery for Medical Students and Residents. The 6th edition takes place in Kraków in November 2026, following Hamburg, Florence and Porto.
03A name departments recognize. Wherever members continue their careers, the Dandy network of clubs, mentors and alumni travels with them.
Speakers and organizers on stage at the Advances in Neurosurgery Symposium in Tbilisi
Advances in Neurosurgery Symposium, Tbilisi
Guest faculty have included
Saleem I. Abdulrauf
MD, FACS · Founding Global President, Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society · Professor of Neurosurgery, USA
Edisher Maghalashvili
MD, PhD · Endoscopic transorbital surgery
Madona Akhobadze
MD · Ventriculostomy and ICP masterclasses
Maia Beridze
MD · Head of Neurology, First University Clinic
Temur Goletiani
MD · Head of Radiology, First University Clinic
Sessions have been hosted at all nine member universities, alongside American Hospital Tbilisi and First University Clinic.
Guest session at the Advances in Neurosurgery Symposium
Advances in Neurosurgery · guest session
Dandy GAU team at the Types of Epilepsy session
Types of Epilepsy session · Dandy GAU
Suturing workshop instruction
Suturing workshop · Ken Walker IU
Students with the Dandy Georgia banner at the clinic
ROTADAY · First University Clinic
Dandy Georgia senators at a conference
The Senators
Dandy CIU and TMA teams at a winter meeting
Dandy CIU & TMA teams · winter meeting
The Journal of
Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Club
Published twice a year
English · ქართული
In print and online

The Dandy Journal.

Written, edited and published by our members, in English and Georgian. Case reviews, neurosurgical history and student research, each issue built around one major theme. Every edition is free to read online.

Issue 4 · Cerebrovascular accidents
October 2025
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Issue 3 · Epilepsy
June 2025
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Issue 2 · Brain tumors
November 2024
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Issue 1 · Dementia
June 2024
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Want to write or edit? Apply to join the journal team.

Our branches

Nine universities, one network.

Each branch carries its own emblem and runs its own events, connected to the national club through its senator. Find yours and follow it.

Dandy TSMU emblemTSMUTbilisi State Medical University@dandytsmu GAU Dandy emblemGAUGeorgian American University@gaudg_ Dandy TMA emblemTMAPetre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy@dandytma Dandy CIU emblemCIUCaucasus International University@dandyciu Dandy NVU emblemNVUNew Vision University@dandynvu Dandy SEU emblemSEUGeorgian National University SEU@dandy.seu Dandy EU emblemEUEuropean University, Tbilisi@dandy.eu Dandy DTMU emblemDTMUDavid Tvildiani Medical University@dandy_dtmu Dandy UG emblemUGUniversity of Georgia, Tbilisi@wedns_ug
Get involved

Your university has a branch. Take the seat.

Membership, senator applications and journal team openings are posted on our Linktree. Most members join in their first or second year. The earlier you start, the more operating rooms you will see before graduation.

Apply via Linktree → wedns.georgia@gmail.com

Physicians, clinics and universities can reach the national board directly at wedns.georgia@gmail.com.