Date of birth

6 February 1954

Place o birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

Education

1993

Professor, Kaunas Medical Institute

1992

Doctor Habilitatus in Biomedical Sciences

1978

Medical Doctor, Kaunas Medical Institute (currently Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)  

1972

Juozas Aleksonis Secondary School (currently Saulė Gymnasium) in Kaunas

Work experience

2010–2016

Head, Department of Medical Education, Klaipėda University

1998–2010

Professor, Dean and Founder, Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipėda University

1993

Professor, Kaunas Medical Institute

1993–2016

Medical Doctor and Head, Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Arrhythmia, Klaipėda Seamen’s Hospital

1989–1993

Director General, public company Cordelectro

1978–1993

Cardiologist, Kaunas Clinics, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Political career

Miscellaneous

Activities: Country Representative, European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO); Founder and President (2011–2015), Lithuanian Chamber of Healthy Lifestyles and Natural (alternative and complementary) Medicine; Founder, Lithuanian Society of Lifestyle Medicine; Organiser, International Scientific-Practical Conference titled Towards Healthy Lifestyle in Klaipėda University to mark the birthday of the Prussian-Lithuanian teacher, poet, humanist, and philosopher, William Storosta-Vydūnas

Engagement: Author of the first-in-the-country post-graduate curriculum in natural (alternative and complementary) medicine; three discoveries and monographies.

Publications: over 200 research papers

Awards: Honorary Badge and the title of Doctor of Outstanding Merit (2008) from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania for merits in Lithuania’s healthcare and education systems

Languages: English, Russian, Polish

Hobbies: sailing, hunting, horticulture, apiculture

Family

Divorced with two children