Has already performed over 2.000 thyroid operations
Also performs transplants, multi-organ operations, pancreas liver, stomach resections
Member of European Digestive Surgery (EDS)
Author of more than 75 publications
Professional education:
2002 – graduated Kaunas University of Medicine.
2002-2003 – primary residency at 3rd hospital of Kaunas.
2003 – licence of General Practicioner.
2003- 2008 – surgical residency at Kaunas University of Medicine.
2008 – licence of General Surgery
2007-2008 staging in epigenetics research at University of Bonn, Germany (Prof. J. Oldenburg, Habil. Dr. O. El-Maarri). Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 – defended PhD thesis “A Study of DNA Methylation in Peripheral Blood Leucocytes and Neoplastic Tissues of Patients with Pancreatic, Gastric and Ampullary Cancer” at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
Work experience:
2002-2008 – assistant at Department of Physiology, Kaunas University of Medicine
2008 – 2013 – assistant at Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
2008 – till now – surgeon, HPB and Endocrinology unit, Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
2008 – 2020 – research fellow at Laboratory of Surgical Gastroenterology, Institute for Digestive research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
2013 – 2020 – lector at Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
2020 – till now – senior researcher at Institute for Digestive research, LUHS
2020 – till now – assoc. professor at Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Science
2023 – till now – surgeon at Nordbaratric
Internship:
2009 – Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 – Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 – HPB unit, Casa di Cura Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, Italy
2016 – Sarcoma center, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
2017 – Thyroid cancer center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2021 – International Donor Surgery and Organ Preservation Masterclass (IDSOPM), Warsaw, Poland
Internship:
2009 – Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 – Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 – HPB unit, Casa di Cura Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, Italy
2016 – Sarcoma center, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
2017 – Thyroid cancer center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2021 – International Donor Surgery and Organ Preservation Masterclass (IDSOPM), Warsaw, Poland