Dr Rtshiladze is an Australian trained specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. His training and special interests include: skin cancer surgery, melanoma management, reconstructive plastic surgery, paediatric plastic surgery and paediatric craniofacial surgery.

In 2016 Dr Rtshiladze was a recipient of the MIA Poche Fellowship focusing on the surgical management of skin oncology and melanoma. This was followed by an international fellowship in paediatric plastic and craniofacial surgery.

A faculty member with Melanoma Institute Australia based in North Sydney, Dr Rtshiladze consults in rooms at The Poche Centre and operates in the melanoma department at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Dr Rtshiladze is chair of the department of plastic surgery at Mater Hospital, and a member of the Medical Advisory Council for Mater Hospital. He is a VMO and active member of the plastic surgery departments at The Prince of Wales Hospital, The St George Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, and also operates at St George Private Hospital.