Vitalija Petrenkienė

Education

1972 - 1978 y. Kaunas Medicine Institute, Therapeutic Faculty
1978 y. Kaunas Medicine Institute, a medicine doctor
1997 - 1999 y. Public Health Management, master’s studies
2005 y. Kaunas Medicine University, diploma of a doctor
2014 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, pedagogical title of associate professor

Professional experience

1980 - 1984 y.  Kaunas Endocrinology Institute, Laboratory of Diabetology
Since 1984 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Clinics, Gastroenterology Clinic, a doctor-gastroenterologist
1984 - 1990 y. Kaunas Clinics, 2nd Gastroenterology Department, Head of Department, a doctor-gastroenterologist
1992 - 2005 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Gastroenterology Clinic
1996 - 2012 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Clinics, Gastroenterology Clinic, Gastroenterology Department, a doctor-gastroenterologist
2005 – 2009 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Gastroenterology Clinic, a lecturer
2009 – 2014 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Gastroenterology Clinic, the associate professor
Since 2012 y. LUHS KC, Head of the Center for Rare Digestive Systems and Liver Diseases
2013 - 2018 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas Clinics, Gastroenterology Clinic, Gastroenterology Department, a doctor-gastroenterologist
Since 2014 y. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Gastroenterology Clinic, the associate professor
Since 2018 y. Kaunas "Kardiolita Hospital", a doctor-gastroenterologist

Professional improvement, internships  

• Improvement in liver transplantation, Lyon, France
• Improvement in Gastroenterology at Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Improvement in Gastroenterology, International Club of Gastroenterologists-Surgeons in collaboration with the WHO Center for Gastric Cancer, Athens, Greece
• 1998 y. Training courses: Healthcare Management and Health Care in Finland, Tampere, Finland
• 1999 - 2018 y. Improvement courses in Hepatology, The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
• 2000 - 2017 y. Improvement courses in Gastroenterology, United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)
• 2005 y., 2009 y., 2018 y. Improvement courses in Hepatology,  American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
• 2012 y., 2014 y., 2018 y. Improvement courses in Gastroenterology,  Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
• 2019 y. Radiology Clinic of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, "Introductory course of ultrasound"

Membership

• Member of the Lithuanian Society of Gastroenterology
• Kaunas Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Club
• Member of the World Gastroenterology Organisation
• Member of the European Association for the Study of the Liver