Romanas Zykus

Education

2000 - 2006 y. Kaunas Medicine University, a medicine doctor
2006 - 2007 y. Kaunas Medicine University, internship
2007 - 2011 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, a doctor-gastroenterologist
2015 y. Defended PhD dissertation  

Professional experience

2006 - 2007 y. Ambulance Station of Panevėžys, a medicine doctor
Since 2011 y. Hospital of Šakiai, a doctor gastroenterologist-echoscopist
Since 2011 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Institute for Digestive Research, a junior researcher
Since 2011 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Clinics, a doctor gastroenterologist-echoscopist
Since 2016 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, a lecturer

Scientific publications

• Zykus R., Jonaitis L., Petrenkienė V., Gudinavičienė I., Kupčinskas L. Combination of transient elastography with serum-based non-invasive tests improves prediction of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a prospective cohort study. Acta medica Litu [Internet]. 2015 Aug 24 [cited 2015 Nov 24];22(2).
• Marozas M., Zykus R., Sakalauskas A., Kupčinskas L., Lukoševičius A. Noninvasive Evaluation of Portal Hypertension Using a Supervised Learning Technique. J Healthc Eng 2017;2017:1–10. doi:10.1155/2017/6183714.
• Zykus R., Jonaitis L., Petrenkienė V., Pranculis A., Kupčinskas L. Liver and spleen transient elastography predicts portal hypertension in patients with chronic liver disease: a prospective cohort study. BMC Gastroenterol [Internet]. Jan [cited 2015 Dec 29]; 15(1):183.
• Ozola Zalite I., Zykus R., Francisco Gonzalez M., Saygili F., Pukitis A., Gaujoux S., et al. Influence of cachexia and sarcopenia on survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review. Pancreatology [Internet]. Jan [cited 2016 Mar 5]; 15(1):19–24.
• Romanas Zykus, Laimas Jonaitis, Kęstutis Adamonis, Limas Kupčinskas. Characteristics and difficulties of cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis: experience and literature review of Kaunas Clinics at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital. Med Theory and Practice [Internet]. 2012 [cited 2016 Mar 5]; 18(1):40–7.

Membership

Since 2011 y. member of the Lithuanian Society of Gastroenterology
Since 2012 y. Member of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy