About
Maia Koiava is Chief Embryologist at IN VITRO CLINIC (LeaderMed) in Tbilisi, with more than 25 years of experience in the IVF laboratory (source: LeaderMed clinic team information). She has worked in embryology since 2000 — the same year this clinic delivered the first IVF baby in Georgia and the Caucasus.
She oversees every embryology operation: ICSI, embryo culture, embryo biopsy for genetic testing, and vitrification of eggs and embryos. Beyond bench work, she leads the embryology team and owns the laboratory’s quality standards.
In assisted reproduction the embryology lab is where outcomes are quietly decided, and as Chief Embryologist she is the single point of accountability for that environment — from culture conditions to warming survival rates.
Clinical Expertise
- ICSI: micromanipulation selection and injection of a single normal-morphology sperm into each egg for male factor infertility, refined over 25+ years of practice
- Embryo culture and assessment: advanced culture systems and time-lapse monitoring from fertilization to blastocyst, identifying the embryos with the highest developmental potential
- Embryo biopsy: trophectoderm sampling at the correct stage for PGT-A testing, minimizing impact on embryo viability
- Vitrification: international-standard ultra-rapid freezing of oocytes and embryos with high post-warming survival
- Laboratory quality control: management of culture environment, media and workflows so every step meets international benchmarks
Why Choose Maia Koiava
A quarter-century in embryology is rare: she has worked through the field’s transformation from conventional freezing to vitrification and time-lapse culture, and commands the full workflow rather than a single technique. As Chief Embryologist she personally performs the critical procedures and supervises the rest, so at LeaderMed every patient’s journey from fertilization to transfer runs under her quality system. That end-to-end oversight matters most in coordinated steps — a biopsy scheduled around culture conditions, a vitrification plan matched to the transfer window — where small laboratory decisions accumulate into success or failure.
Certifications
Koiava graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University and has specialized in embryology for over 25 years, maintaining expert proficiency in current international laboratory techniques including vitrification, time-lapse embryo monitoring and embryo biopsy.
Suitable For
- Patients needing ICSI for male factor infertility: more than 25 years of injection experience underpins precise, efficient sperm selection and micromanipulation.
- Embryo culture and vitrified storage needs: whether planning a fresh transfer or banking eggs or embryos for later use, her culture and freezing expertise secures sample viability.
- Embryo biopsy for PGT-A: pre-transfer genetic screening depends on clean trophectoderm samples; her biopsy technique protects both testing quality and embryo potential.