Vytautas Kimtys

Activity areas

Consults on ankle as well as foot injuries and illnesses, ankle osteoarthritis, ankle ligament rupture and ankle instability, foot deformations, flatfoot, knee joint injuries, meniscus ruptures, performs arthroscopies of the ankle joint, ankle instability surgeries, foot deformity correction surgeries, knee joint arthroscopies, suturing or removal surgeries of meniscus ruptures, reconstructions of cruciate ligament ruptures

Education

1994 - 2000 y. Kaunas Medical University, doctor of medicine qualification
2001 - 2005 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, residency in orthopedic traumatology, qualification of doctor orthopedic-traumatologist

Professional experience

2001 - 2005 y. Clinic of Orthopedic Traumatology at KMUC, doctor resident
Since 2005 y. Department of Orthopedic Traumatology at LUHS KC, doctor
Since 2005 y. LUHS Clinic of Orthopedic Traumatology, assistant
Since 2016 y. Kaunas „Kardiolita Clinics“, doctor orthopedic-traumatologist

Professional improvement, internships  

2017 y. ESSKA Advanced Ankle Arthroscopy Course, Munich, Germany
2017 y. AMIC for ankle course, Centre of Excellence for AMIC Talus the Schoen Clinic Harlaching in Munich, Germany
2018 y. 3rd International Symposium on Total Ankle Arthroplasty, Scheffau, Austria
2018 y. GCP training, Riga, Latvia
2019 y. Minimally invasive C-Nail technique principles of heel bone osteosynthesis, Magdeburg, Germany
2019 y. AO Trauma Seminar – Managment of Foot and Ankle Trauma and posttraumatic conditions, Vilnius, Lithuania

Scientific activity

A prospective randomized clinical study of mosaic osteochondral autologous transplantation versus microfracture for the treatment of osteochondral defects in the knee joint in young athletes. Rimtautas Gudas, Romas J Kalesinskas, Vytautas Kimtys et all. Arthroscopy. 2005 Sep ;21 (9):1066-75

Membership

Member of Kaunas Region Orthopaedics Traumatologists Scientific Society
Member of the Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Member of the Lithuanian Foot Surgery Society
Member of the European Foot and Ankle Society
Member of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy