Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Graduated in medicine from the Kaunas Medical Academy
• Graduated with honour cum laude from Kaunas Conservatoire (piano)

Professional qualifications

• MD., Ph.D., Assoc. Professor
• 1992 04 15–1992 06 03 Boston Children Hospital,  Harvard Medical School (USA)
• 1996 03 26–1996 05 27 Children Hospital, Torino University (Italy)
• 1999 01 25–1999 03 25 Boden University College of health Sciences (Sweden)
• 2000 04 03–2000 05 02 Torino Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre (Italy)
• 2001 05 07–2001 05 15 Linkoping University Hospital (Sweden)
• 2002 02 11–2002 03 25 Luleo University (Sweden)

Professional experience

• 1974–1979 Pediatrician at Kaunas Medical Academy.
• 1979 Fellowship at the Clinical and Research Institute of Medicine in Vilnius
• 1983 Successfully defended doctoral dissertation
• 1984 Academic fellow at the Clinical Research Institute of Medicine in Vilnius. Specialized in pediatric pulmonology.
• 1984–1987 Worked at the Lithuanian Ministry of Health and consulted on the management of children diseases.
• 1985–1993 Pediatrician at Kaunas university clinic
• 1993–2004 Assoc. professor of Pediatric department of Kaunas Medical University.
• 2004 to present Assoc. professor of Pediatric department of Vilnius University. Practices as children’s pulmonologist and pediatrician at Vilnius University Hospital, Department of children diseases

Publications  

• Author of more than 50 articles about various aspects of children pulmonology and CF in particular.

Language skills

• Good command in spoken and written English and Russian