Maya Chkhaidze graduated from the pediatric faculty of the Tbilisi State Medical Institute. Her professional career began in 1982. Since 2012 she is the medical director of the Tsitsishvili Children's Polyclinic. She is also an active member of the Board of Experts of Pediatrics at Evex Hospitals. She is a Doctor of Medicine, the author of 45 scientific papers and numerous publications.
In addition, Maya Chkhaidze is the author and co-author of more than 10 national clinical practice guidelines. She also leads 20 accredited continuing education programs. She is involved in several studies and leads the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
Maya Chkhaidze President of the Georgian Association for Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine. At the same time, she is the Сhair of the Board of the Georgian Pediatric Academy and a member of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, an expert of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Protection of Georgia in the field of pediatric emergency medicine and critical pediatric medicine. In addition, she is the Chair of the Industry Commission on Certification Exams in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.