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A 1978 graduate of Kaunas Medical Institute with internships in Austria, Germany, USA, etc. Author of more than 50 scientific publications, and a member of several organizations including the Vice President of Lithuania Orthopaedists-Traumatolologists Society, the European Orthopaedists-Traumatologists Federation and the General Assembly, the Lithuanian Society of Paediatric, and the Board of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Institute, Vilnius University.

Dr. Antanas Mickevicius is a highly experienced Bariatric surgeon with 30 years of experience and qualifications from the Kaunas Medical University. He is trained in Sweden, the UK, and the Netherlands and performs over 200 bariatric surgeries in the UK and Lithuania every year. He specializes in Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Plication and other procedures, treating conditions such as Morbid Obesity and Being overweight. He is a member of the Lithuanian Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery and International Federation of Surgery for Obesity (IFSO).

Neurologist, Rehabilitation Therapist

Dr. Karolina Venslauskaitė is a skilled plastic and reconstructive surgeon with experience in pulsed diode laser, mesotherapy, biorevitalization, PRP injections, and facial contouring corrections. She is a lecturer at St. Ignac Loyola College and an annual participant in scientific conferences and courses.

DR. ROKAS BAGDONAS

LICENSE: MPL- 00022/21697 (A specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery).

Rokas Bagdonas, a specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery, has been working in this field since 2004. The surgeon graduated from the Kaunas Medical Academy, later he finished continuing doctoral studies and was awarded an MD degree; he also lectured at Kaunas Medical Academy, Klaipėda College and Klaipėda University 2004 to 2014. The surgeon broadened his knowledge and experience in plastic and reconstructive surgery through traineeships in Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Turkey, France, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, and the USA.

Dr R. Bagdonas is a member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) and the Lithuanian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the founder of the Lithuanian Wound Management Association, a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the Head of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of the Klaipėda Republican Hospital, a member of the Council of Social Partners of the Department of Recreation and Tourism of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Klaipėda University, and a member of the Council of Medical Treatment at the Klaipėda Republican Hospital.

From generation to generation

Surgeon R. Bagdonas not only has the doctor’s calling in his genes, but is connected with art. His late father, Dr habil. Edmundas Pranas Bagdonas, was a thoracic surgeon, his mother, Irena Žuklytė-Bagdonienė, an artist, and his late grandfather, Vladas Žuklys, a famous sculptor. ‘As a child, I used to watch my grandfather create the graceful and precise forms of the human body from formless clay mass. When I was sixteen, my dad brought me to the operating-room for the first time. Since then, it has been what I do every day, a way of life. I say half-jokingly that I could not think of another specialty because of my origin. The love and respect for art and medicine passed from one generation to the next could not bypass me,’ the famous surgeon says. Dr R. Bagdonas’s wife, Agnė, is a dermatovenerologist. Together they founded Clinicus Klaipėda. The couple has four children: Paulina, Jonas, Mykolas, and Barbora.

Professionalism, aesthetics and experience

“It’s very important to see your work not as a business but as a calling, a way of life, and to continuously develop and think of ways to help every person. I have to unconditionally give a part of myself to the patients, whether they need me during my working hours or on weekends. I can say without any doubt that I love my work and the people for the good of whom I work. My calling is my life with all of its joys and experiences. The path chosen, as well as the love for work and the patient, respect for the human being drive me to grow,’ says the surgeon. ‘I love precision by nature, therefore, each surgery is not only an accurately calculated medical but also a creative work, the result of which will bring happiness to the patient all his life. Plastic surgery should not be associated with vanity. Self-confidence is one of the most important things in life. Plastic surgery may become a solution enabling us to change not only the attitude towards ourselves but also the quality of life and to be happier,” states R. Bagdonas.

Head of the Neurology Department, Rehabilitation Therapist

Education

1989 - 1995 y. Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Therapeutic medicine speciality
1995 - 1996 y. Medical Doctor (primary residency) at Vilnius University Red Cross hospital
1996 - 2000 y. Surgery (secondary residency)
2000 - 2002 y. Vascular surgery (tertiary residency) at  Vilnius city University Hospital, Vascular Surgery Clinic
2002 - 2006 y. Vilnius University Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases  PhD student
2006 y. Defended doctor‘s of medical sciences thesis "Importance of non-invasive researches, setting indications for thigh and popliteus arteries‘ reconstructive surgeries"

Professional experience

1996 - 1997 y. Vilnius Ambulance University Hospital, Vascular Surgery Clinic, doctor assistant
1999 - 2002 y. Vilnius University Antakalnis Hospital, Vascular Surgery Department, vascular surgeon assistant
2002 - 2004 y. Vilniaus University Antakalnis Hospital, Vascular Surgery Department, vascular surgeon
2007 - 2010 y. Vilnius Šeškinė Clinic, vascular surgeon
2007 - 2014 y. Anykščiai Hospital, vascular surgeon
Since 2001 y. Vilnius region Central Clinic, vascular surgeon
Since 2005 y. Vilnius University Hospital  Santariškės Clinicc, vascular surgeon
Since 2009 y. "Bružienė Clinic" in Panevėžys, vascular surgeon
Since 2010 y. "The Old Tower Clinic" in Šiauliai, vascular surgeon
Since 2007 y. "Kardiolita Hospital", vascular surgeon

Membership

Member of the Lithuanian Society for Vascular Surgeons
Member of the Lithuanian Society of Phlebologists
Member of the Lithuanian Association for Ultrasound Diagnostics
Member of the European Society of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery (ESCVS)

Scientific activity

Co-author of many scientific publications

Professional improvement

Internships in France, England, Italy

Ophthalmologist

Education

2004 - 2010 Kaunas University of Medicine, Master’s degree, professional qualification of medical doctor
2011 Kaunas Hospital, therapeutic internship
2011 - 2015 Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Clinic, dermatovenereology residency

Professional experience

2011 - 2012 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eurostars SkinMonitor project “Diagnosis of Skin Cancer Based on ICT Tools”,  junior researcher
2013 - 2015 Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Clinic of Skin and Venerial Diseases, educational activities, assistant
2015 Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, doctor’s assistant
2015 - present Kaunas Dainava Clinic, dermatovenerologist
2015 - 2016 Biofirst Clinic, dermatovenerologist
2016 present Kardiolita Hospital, dermatovenerologist

Professional training

Internships in Hamburg (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey) and Trieste (Italy)

Education

1999-2006 y. Kaunas University of Medicine
2006-2007 y. Postgraduate studies, primary residency, Klaipėda University Hospital
2007-2012 y. Specialized residency in orthopaedics and traumatology at Kaunas University of Medicine
2012 y. Orthopaedic-Traumatologist License
2019 y. Master's degree in Public Health Management. Research work “Optimization of activity processes of X units of secondary health care institution”

Professional experience

Since 2012 y. doctor orthopaedist-traumatologist Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Hospital
Since 2014 y. Kardiolita Hospital, orthopaedist-traumatologist

Scientific activity

2012-2021 y. assistant at the Clinic of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Lithuanian University’s of Health Sciences Medical Academy
2012-2015 y. Sub-researcher at Parexel International
2017 y. Sub-researcher at Tissue Engineering Technologies AG and Scope International AG

Professional improvement

2013 y. American, Austrian Foundation. Weill Cornell Seminar in Trauma & Emergency Surgery, Austria
2013 y. Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedic-Traumatologists, basic trauma courses, Lithuania
2016 y. Club Arthroscopy Practical Course, Orthopadische Surgery Munhen, Germany
2018 y. Shoulder Arthroscopy Cadaveric “Deconstruction to Reconstruction of the Shoulder Instructional Courses” London, UK
Participant of international orthopaedic-traumatology conferences and seminars in Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Germany, France, etc.

Memberships

Lithuanian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (LOTD)
Kaunas Regional Scientific Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (KKOTMD)
The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT)
Lithuania Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology Association (LASTA)
European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)

Activity areas

Arthroscopic knee joint surgery

Education

1972 -1978 y. Kaunas  Medical institute, doctor‘s speciality
1978 - 1979 y. Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, internship
1986 - 1988 y. Kaunas Medical institute orthopedic-traumatology clinical residency

Professional experience

Works as orthopedic-traumatologist since 1979.
Workplaces:  Head of Department at Varėna RCH; Head of Department at Kaunas orthopedic company; Deputy Minister of Lithuanian Republic Ministry of Health; Head of Orthopedic-traumatology Department at Vilnius Ambulance Hospital
Since 2008 works as doctor orthopedic-traumatologist at JSC "Kardiolita Clinics"

Professional development

Internships in Germany, Italy, Finland, Denmark

Public activity

• Member of Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedists Traumatologists
• Full member of European Society of Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)

Education

1993 - 1999 y. MD, Vilnius University
1999 - 2004 y. Orthopaedic surgeon, Vilnius University
2015 y. PhD, Vilnius University

Professional experience

2004 - 2004 y. III Orthopaedics Traumatology department of Republic Vilnius University Hospital, Orthopaedic surgeon
2004 - 2008 y. Traumatology Emergency department of Republic Vilnius University Hospital, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2004 y. Northway Medicine Centers, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2005 y. Orthopaedics department of Republic Vilnius University Hospital, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2005 y. Kardiolita clinic, Orthopaedic surgeon
From 2016 y. Orthopaedics department of Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos, Orthopaedic surgeon

Membership

2005 y. Member of the Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Tramatology
2005 y. Member of the Scientific Society of Orthopaedics and Tramatology of Vilnius Region
2012 y. Board member of the Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Tramatology
2010 y. Member of the Lithuanian Joint Replacement Society
2014 y. Board member of the Lithuanian Joint Replacement Society
2015 y. Member of the Lithuanian Foot and Ankle Society

Training Courses

2002 y. Academic exchange program in Joint Replacements and Orthopaedic Surgery established by the Keggi Orthopaedic Foundation, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
2005 y. Rigshospitalet of the Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 y. Salzburg Weill Cornell seminars „Bone and Joint Surgery“, Salzburg, Austria
2008 y. Oxford® Partial Knee Advanced Instructional Course, Oxford, UK
2012 y. Difficult Primary and Revision. Knee education. Solzalpe, Austria
2013 y. Biomet 4th Swiss Oxford Instructional Course, Lucerne, Switzerland
2015 y. TKA Primary and Revision. Instructional Courses. Solzalpe, Austria
2015 y. Department of Orthopedics and Tumor Orthopedics, Münster University Hospital, Germany
2015 y. Vitos Orthopedic Clinic, Kassel, Germany
2015 y. Lector in Primary & Revision Knee Courses, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 y. Primary & Revision Hip Courses, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 y. NexGen Revision Knee Arthroplasty, Paris, France
2016 y. Interactions Meeting "The Challenge of Revision Hip Arthroplasty”, Hamburg, Germany

Publications

An author and coauthor of numerous published scientific articles and presentations

This doctor graduated from Vilnius University in 1997 and completed a neurology residency there in 2003. They defended their doctoral dissertation in 2008, and since then have worked as a neurologist at various hospitals and universities. They are a member of various medical organizations, and have lectured at various medical conferences and training courses.