Treatment in Vilnius (Lithuania)

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).

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.

Neurologist, Rehabilitation Therapist

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

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)

Endocrinologist

Dermatovenerologist

Cardiologist, Arrhythmologist

Neurosurgeon

Abdominal Surgeon, Proctologist

Ophthalmologist

Otorhinolaryngologist

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)