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Sokolovas Vitalijus

Languages:
Lithuanian, English, Russian
Education:

1987 – 1993  Kaunas University of Medicine.

1993 – 1994  Kaunas University of Medicine, Foundation Internship at Rokiškis District Central Hospital.

1994 – 1998  Vilnius University, General Surgery Residency.

1998 – 1999  Vilnius University, Abdominal Surgery Residency.

2000 awarded a PhD; Consultant Abdominal Surgeon (Biomedical Sciences) – LSMU (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences).

The doctor specialises in hepatobiliary surgery (primary liver tumours and liver metastases, gallbladder and bile duct diseases, parasitic liver diseases (echinococcosis), cystic liver diseases), abdominal organ transplant surgery, and minimally invasive surgery.

Clinical experience

1993 – 1999 KMU Institute for Biomedical Research, Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias.

1999    Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos (VUL SK) Centre of Abdominal Surgery, Consultant Abdominal Surgeon.

2009    Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos (VUL SK) Chief Specialist for Organ Transplantation.

2003 – 2009  Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Supervisor for Residents.

2009 – 2010  Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Lecturer.

2010  Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Associate Professor.

2018 – present Baltic-American Therapy and Surgery Clinic, Consultant Abdominal Surgeon.

Clinical fellowships

Berlin and Hanover, Germany.

Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Kristianstad, Sweden.

Helsinki, Finland.

Professional memberships

President of the Lithuanian Transplantation Association.

Services:
Abdominal surgery and proctology

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