Plastic and reconstructive surgeon
   
Valdas Mačionis
LT  EN

Medical education
   1979-1985    Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine
   1985-1986    Vilnius University Children's Hospital, Pediatric surgery internship

Employment
    1986-Present  Department of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Centro Affiliate of Vilnius      
                           University Hospital "Santariški? Klinikos" (previously known as Red Cross 
                           Hospital)
    1990-Present  Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Center of Plastic and Reconstructive
                           Surgery


Significant medical institutions visited
    1989               Training course in Microsurgery at Physicians' Qualification Improvement  
                           Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (2months)

    1992               Visiting doctor at  the Department of Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, City         
                           Hospital of Karlsruhe, Germany (1 month)
    1992               Visiting Plastic Surgeon at the  Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki   
               
           University Toolo Hospital, Finland (1 month)
 
1996-1997     Visiting Researcher at the Section of Plastic Surgery of the Department of
                           Surgery; Taubman Medical Center; Institute of Gerontology; University of
                         
Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI, USA (11 months)
    2005-2006     Visiting Researcher at the Division of Plastic Surgery of the Department of 
                           Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Tissue Engineering and Wound
                           Healing Laboratory; Harvard Medical School; Boston, MA, JAV (8 months)

Professional socienties
    1991-Present  Lithuanian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    1995-Present  MANUS LITHUANICA, Lithuanian Society for Hand Surgery and
                            Rehabilitation

Significant recognition
    1991                First Qualifying Category of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon issued by
                            Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Lithuania
    1994                Highest Qualifying Category of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon issued by
                            Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Lithuania
    1996                Fulbright Award under the Graduate Student Program 
    1998                John F. Crikelair Research Award, 43rd Annual Meeting Plastic Surgery        
                            Research Council. Rovak, J., Macionis, V., Cederna, P., Urbanchek, M.,
                            Kuzon, W. Termino-lateral Neurorrhaphy: The Functional Axonal Anatomy.

    2005               Fulbright Scholar Award
   

Languages
                      
Lithuanian, English, German, Russian
 
Professional Curriculum Vitae