Rimas D.
Education & International Training:
1995 – Graduated from Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
1995–1996 – Primary Residency in Kėdainiai Central Hospital, Lithuania
1996–2000 – Orthopaedics and Traumatology Residency at Vilnius University Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinics, Lithuania
1999 – The 1st Conference of Orthopaedist Traumatologists of the Baltic States, Latvia
2000 – 4-week orthopaedy traumatology internship. Trauma and knee surgery clinics, Frankfurt at Main, Germany
2000 – 2-day Instructional Courses at European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), Czech Republic
2001 – The 4th International Seminar on External Fixation, Latvia
2003 – The 2nd Boston Shoulder and Sports Symposium, Waltham (Massachusetts), USA
2003 – 2-month orthopaedic traumatology internship, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, (Massachusetts), USA
2004 – 1-day Instructional Courses for Surgeons at European Foot Ankle Society (EFAS), Heidelberg, Germany.
2005 – 2-days Instructional Courses for Surgeons at European Foot Ankle Society (EFAS), Copenhagen, Denmark.
2005 – The 7th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), Lisbon, Portugal
2006 – Congress of Surgeons of European Foot Ankle Society (EFAS), Czech Republic.
2006 – 3-day 13th Congress of European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Congress, Innsbruck, Austria
2007 – 2-days orthopaedics traumatology internship at a private clinics of orthopaedics in Munich, Germany
2007 – 2-day orthopaedics traumatology internship at a private clinics of orthopaedics in Hamburg, Germany
2008 – 2-day World Congress on Prevention of Sports Trauma, Tromso, Norway
2008 – 4-days Congress of European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Congress, Porto, Portugal.
Professional Experience:
1999–2003 – Orthopaedist-traumatologist at Vilnius St. Jacob Hospital, First Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit
Since 2003 – Orthopaedist-traumatologist at the Emergency Hospital of Vilnius University, First Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit.
Since 2005 – Orthopaedist-traumatologist at Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Head of the Orthopaedics Department (since 2007).
Affiliations:
• Member of European Foot and Ankle Society
• Member of Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Member of Lithuanian Society of Foot Surgery
