Žilvinas Salaszinkas
MD, PhD, Abdominal, Bariatric Surgeon
Education
- 1988 Graduated from Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (former Kaunas Medical Academy)
- 1989 completed traineeship at Kiev Proctology Centre, Ukraine
- 1994 completed traineeship at Tübingen University Böblingen Hospital, Germany
- 1994 earned his PhD at former Kaunas University of Medicine
- 1996, 1999, 2001 completed traineeship at Lund University Malmö Hospital, Sweden
- 1999 completed traineeship at London St. Mark’s Hospital, UK
- 2005 earned qualification of Master of Public Health at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (former Kaunas University of Medicine), Kaunas
Work Experience
- 1988 – present Surgeon at Kaunas Clinical Hospital (former Kaunas 2nd Clinical Hospital)
- 1998 – present works as abdominal surgeon at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas
- 2001-2007 Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (former Kaunas University of Medicine), Kaunas
- 2007-present Chief of the Division of Surgery, Hospital of Oncology, and Affiliate of Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
- 2007 – present Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
- 2011 – present abdominal surgeon at the Clinic “Grožio chirurgija