Breast Surgeries in Lithuania

Professional & Scientific career:

• 2000 – graduated from Kaunas University of Medicine
• 2000-2001 – primary residency in Jonava Hospital
• 2001-2003 – residency of general surgery in Kaunas University Hospital
• since 2004 – plastic surgeon-resident in Kaunas University Hospital
• 2006 – finished residency of plastic-reconstructive surgery
• since 2004 – have been working in Aesthetic Surgery Centre according to aecthetic surgery profile
• the author/co-author of five scientific works in Student Scientific Society
• since 2000 – have been publishing medical articles in scientific and public media and making reports at conferences together with T. Norkus
• 2009 – co-author of the first detailed Lithuanian textbook of plastic and reconstructive surgery
• since 2006 – associate member of Lithuanian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• since 2012 – active member of Lithuanian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Experience: Participated in conferences in Lithuania, Finland, France, USA and the Netherlands.

Internships:

• Hamburg (Germany) – 1997;
• Kuopio (Finland) – 2000;
• Nashville (the state of Tennessee, USA) – 2004;
• Leiden (The Netherlands) – 2007;
• Madrid (Spain) – 2008;
• Nashville (the state of Tennessee, USA) – 2010;
• Stockholm (Sweden) – 2010;
• Nashville (the state of Tennessee, USA) – 2012.

Free time: Windsurfing, swimming, skiing, travelling, tennis and foreign languages.

Professional & scientific career:

• 2009 – graduated from former Kaunas University of Medicine (recently renamed to: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
• 2009-2010 – medical internship at Republican Siauliai Hospital
• 2010-2017 – residency at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Professional Certification in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• 2012–2018 – plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Grožio Chirurgija clinic
• 2018-present – plastic surgeon at Gijos clinic

Internships, trainings & courses:

• The Mentor Course in Professional Education, Lithuania – 2015;
• Course “Motiva Reconstructive Surgery of The Breast”, Lithuania – 2015;
• Uma Jeunesse injection technique training on face aesthetics – 2015;
• Congress of “World Union of Wound Healing Societies”, Italy – 2016;
• PromoItalia Practical training on: Tray life: PRP regeneration hosted by Valerio Matano – 2016;
• Congress of “European Wound Management Association”, The Netherlands – 2017;
• “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the 21st Century – Possibilities and Challenges”, Lithuania – 2017;
• The Successful Attendance and Completion of MotivaHybrid Masterclass hosted by Prof. Marcos Sforza, Lithuania – 2018;
• B-Lite Master Class Workshop hosted by Dr. Jacky Govrin, Israel – 2018;
• Beauty Through Science International Aesthetic Medicine Congress, Sweden – 2018.

Hobbies: cycling, travelling, nature.

In 1981, G. Papečkys graduated from the Medical Care Department at Kaunas University of Medicine with highest distinction. He was working in the Surgery Clinics of one of the largest institutions of medical care in Lithuania – Kaunas Academical Clinics – for thirteen years.

The surgeon is a full member of Lithuanian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a member of International Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Association. Plastic and reconstructive surgeon Gintaras Papečkys has upgraded his qualification in Austria, Belgium, Greece, France, Russia, the United States of America, and Italy.

• At 1981 – graduated from Kaunas University of Medicine;
• 1981-1994 – plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Kaunas University of Medicine;
• 1991 – began to develop the plastic-aesthetic surgery and aesthetic medicine in Lithuania.

Experience:

• 2013 – defended a doctor dissertation at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences;
• 2014-present – the Head of LSMU Kaunas klinikos Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Plastic surgery department;
• 2016-present – “Gijos Clinic” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon.

Traineeships: at Zurich, Athens, Milan University Hospitals.

Membership:

• President of the Lithuanian Wound Management Association (LWMA);
• Lithuanian society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Foreign languages: English, Russian, German (basic), Polish (basic).