Balys Dainys

Education

Habilitated Doctor of Biomedical Sciences

1965 y. Doctor‘s diploma, Vilnius University
1970 y. Candidate of Medical Sciences, Vilnius University
1982 y. Doctor of Medical Sciences (Habilitated Doctor), 2-nd Medical Institute of Moscow (Russia)
1987 y. Professor, Vilnius University

Professional experience

1965 - 1968 y. VU Medical faculty, General Surgery Department Assistant
1968 - 1970 y. VU Medical faculty, General Surgery Department  Aspirant
1970 - 1979 y. VU Medical faculty, Cardiovascular Surgery Problematic Laboratory, senior scientific researcher
1974 - 1979 y. VU Medical faculty, General Surgery Department Assistant
1979 - 1986 y. VU Medical faculty, General Surgery Department Associate Professor
1986 - 1990 y. VU Faculty of Physician Education, Surgery Department Professor
1990 - 2004 y. VU Medical faculty, Head of Nephrourology Clinic
2004 - 2006 y. Santariškės Clinics of Vilnius University Hospital, Director of Nephrology (nephrology, dialysis, transplantation) and Urology Center
Since 2006 y. Santariškės Clinics of Vilnius University Hospital, Professor Adviser at Urology and Nephrology Centers
Since 2010 y. Vilnius „Kardiolita Clinics“, doctor urologist

Scientific activity

1968 -1974 y. conducted extensive kidney and liver transplantation experiments, analyzed their results
1970 y. together with others performed the first kidney transplantation in Lithuania
1983 y. proposed an original technique for preparing the kidneys for transplantation
2000 y. was the first in Lithuania to conduct liver transplantation
Thesis on transplantation of organs, vascular surgery, nephrology, urology. Author of one invention.

Membership

Since 1980 y. President of the Lithuanian Kidney Foundation
Since 1996 y. Chairman of the Lithuanian Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Association