Arūnas Liubšys

Biography

1979 Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Vilnius University Pediatric Specialty, 1979-1981. was a trainee at the Department of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Advanced Medical Education of Vilnius University, from 1981-1983. - Vilnius Pediatric Hospital, intensive care physician, 1983-1986. - Postgraduate student at Vilnius University and the Leningrad Pediatric Institute, 1987-1990 - Vilnius University Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Therapist, 1990-2015. - Head of the Neonatal intensive care unit at the Children's Hospital, from 2015 - Head of Children's Hospital Neonatology Center. Since 1987 Vilnius University Senior Lecturer, Lecturer and Resident Manager. 1987 He defended his doctoral dissertation "Zondinis maitinimas naujagimių intensyvioje terapijoje". Graduated in various US hospitals in Chicago, Oakland, Long Beach, California University Hospitals, various San Diego Hospitals (1991, 1999), Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden (1993). Has raised and continuously promoted his qualification in various professional development courses and seminars - Salzburg Philadelphia Seminars in Austria 1994, 1997, 2000, IPOKRaTES Clinical Seminars 2002, 2003, 2007, at the University of Haifa, Israel, at long-term training courses "Health Administration and Hospital Management (1996) as well as in various international symposia and congresses in Sweden, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, the United States, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, etc. Organizer, leader and lecturer of various international curriculum and training courses: 1996. Second Perinatal Symposium of the Baltic States, 1997-2002 Organizer and Head of International Training Programs (together with the International Relief Teams USA) "Get Healthy" in 2003. Initiator and Head of Neonatal Instructor Training Program In 2004 STABLE Coordinator of the program "Neonatal Conditioning Stabilization and Preparation for Transportation", 2003. Organizer of the Salzburg Satellite Symposium "Neonatology" in Vilnius, 2005 Organizer of IPOKaTES seminar "Infectious Diseases and Immunology of Newborns", since 2004. To this day, a compiler, organizer and lecturer of various international educational programs in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan ("Newborn Restoration", Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania (SAM) Perinatal, hereditary diseases and congenital development defect prevention programs 1992-1996. LR SAM Perinatology Program, 1997-2001. and the State Program on Maternity and Child Health for 2004-2006. Member of the Coordination Council. 1997-1999 Member of the Board of Experts of the Open Society Fund of Lithuania, Member of the Coordinating Councils of the Swiss Government's aid programs to Lithuania "Neonatology" (1994-1996) and "Children's Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy" (1996-1999). 2009-2010 Senior Advisor and Head of the US Government-funded program "Mother, Newborn and Child Health" in Azerbaijan. Adviser and expert from various international organizations: WHO, UNICEF, USAID, KfW, etc., to help assess or implement various international maternal and newborn health projects, prepare national programs, etc. There are monographs "Newborn and Child Anesthesia, Infusion Therapy and Parenteral Nutrition" (1987), "Children's Reanimation and Intensive Therapy" (1992), "Basical Aid for the Newborn - International Experience" (2008) (Russian language) co-author, "Newborn Rejuvenation Guide (2003) and STABLE: Neutral status stabilization and preparation for transportation (2004), editor of the training "Short Breastfeeding Guide" (2007) (Russian) and "Effective Aid for the Newborn" (2009) (in Russian) .

Research Interest

Professional area of ​​interest: treatment and nursing of seriously ill and preterm infants, organization of perinatal care and improvement of its quality.