Doctor orthopedic traumatologist with a doctoral degree in medical sciences and many years of experience in both clinical practice and scientific research, specializing in joint cartilage regeneration, the treatment of complex orthopedic injuries, and the development of innovative therapies.

 

EDUCATION:

2013 – 2018 — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.

Dissertation topic: Research on Joint Cartilage Regeneration Using Allogeneic Cartilage and Bone Complex Transplantation in an Experimental Model.

2007 – 2012 — Residency in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences;

2007 – 2008 — Internship (Professional Qualification of Medical Doctor), Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and Alytus County S. Kudirka Hospital;

2000 – 2006 — Master’s Degree in Medicine, Kaunas University of Medicine;

2009 – 2011 — Master’s Degree in Biolaw, Mykolas Romeris University.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:
2024 – Present – JSC “Innovita Research,” doctor orthopedic traumatologist;

2012 – Present – Public Institution “LSMU Kaunas Clinics,” Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, doctor orthopedic traumatologist;

2012 – Present – Public Institution “Jonava Hospital,” Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, doctor orthopedic traumatologist;

2012 – Present – Public Institution “LSMU Kaunas Clinics,” Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, head of the musculoskeletal tissue bank;

2023-07-18 – 2023-10-31 – Public Institution “Lithuanian University of Health Sciences” and JSC “Ortho Baltic,” junior researcher. Project: “Development of Preoperative Planning Systems and Innovative Personalized Bioceramic Implant Production Technologies Based on Machine Learning” (No. 01.2.1-LVPA-K-856-01-0141);

2018-01-01 – 2022-06-17 – Public Institution “Lithuanian University of Health Sciences,” junior researcher. Project: “Innovative Advanced Therapy Construct for Joint Cartilage Regeneration (ICAR)” (No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-01-0078);

2013-05-17 – 2015-05-29 – Public Institution “Lithuanian University of Health Sciences,” junior researcher. Project: “Effect of Allogeneic Cartilage and Bone Complex Transplantation on Joint Cartilage Regeneration in an Experimental Cartilage Damage Model (CHONDRO)” (No. VP1-3.1-SMM-07-K-03-078).

 

SEMINARS AND COURSES:

  • 2024 – “Master the Technique: Shoulder Cuff Repair and Tendon Transfer”, Lisbon, Portugal;
  • 2024 – “Radiation Safety”, Center for Competence of Health Care and Pharmacy Specialists, Vilnius, Lithuania;
  • 2023 – 2024 – “12th Orthopedics Elbow-LAB Fellowship”, Milan, Italy;
  • 2023 – “All Around the Scaphoid”, ICLO San Francesco di Sales (with cadaveric specimens), Verona, Italy;
  • 2023 – “AO Trauma Seminar – Advances in Intramedullary Nailing”, Tallinn, Estonia;
  • 2023 – “AO Trauma Course – Management of Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures (with Human Anatomical Specimens)”, Bristol, United Kingdom;
  • 2023 – “12th Hull Deformity Course”, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom;
  • 2022 – “Rational Use of Antibiotics”, LSMU, Kaunas, Lithuania;
  • 2022 – “Palliative Care”, LSMU, Kaunas, Lithuania;
  • 2022 – “Advanced Support for Trauma”, LSMU, Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • 2021 – “Introduction to Musculoskeletal System Ultrasound”, LSMU, Kaunas, Lithuania;
  • 2021 – “15th Lithuanian Orthopedic Traumatology Society Congress”, Vilnius, Lithuania;
  • 2021 – “Formation of Multidisciplinary Surgical Teams”, LSMU, Kaunas, Lithuania;
  • 2021 – “Osteoarthritis and Intra-Articular Injections”, LSMU, Kaunas, Lithuania;
  • 2019 – “Advanced Life Support (ALS)”, United Kingdom;
  • 2019 – “Immediate Life Support (ILS)”, United Kingdom;
  • And more.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Rimkunas A, Gudas R, Mickevicius T, Maciulaitis J, Malinauskas M, Smailys A, Staskunas M, Usas A. Cartilage. 2024 Sep;15(3):250-258. doi: 10.1177/19476035231216439. Epub 2023 Dec 6. PMID: 38054444; PMCID: PMC11418488.

Malinauskas M, Jankauskaite L, Aukstikalne L, Dabasinskaite L, Rimkunas A, Mickevicius T, Pockevicius A, Krugly E, Martuzevicius D, Ciuzas D, Baniukaitiene O, Usas A. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022 Aug 23;10:971294. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.971294. PMID: 36082160; PMCID: PMC9445302.

Jankauskaite L, Malinauskas M, Aukstikalne L, Dabasinskaite L, Rimkunas A, Mickevicius T, Pockevičius A, Krugly E, Martuzevicius D, Ciuzas D, Baniukaitiene O, Usas A. Polymers (Basel). 2022 Jun 19;14(12):2498. doi: 10.3390/polym14122498. PMID: 35746068; PMCID: PMC9229929.

Mickevicius T, Pockevicius A, Kucinskas A, Gudas R, Maciulaitis J, Usas A. Cartilage. 2020 Jul;11(3):348-357. doi: 10.1177/1947603518786543. Epub 2018 Jul 12. PMID: 29998744; PMCID: PMC7298600.

Mickevicius T, Maciulaitis J, Usas A, Gudas R. Arthrosc Tech. 2018 Jun 18;7(7):e763-e766. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2018.03.003. PMID: 30094148; PMCID: PMC6073103.

Mickevicius T, Pockevicius A, Kucinskas A, Gudas R, Maciulaitis J, Noreikaite A, Usas A. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015 Oct 23;16:314. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0776-y. PMID: 26497227; PMCID: PMC4619008.

Gudas R, Gudaitė A, Mickevičius T, Masiulis N, Simonaitytė R, Cekanauskas E, Skurvydas A. Arthroscopy. 2013 Jan;29(1):89-97. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2012.06.009. Epub 2012 Nov 9. PMID: 23142295.

Gudas R, Simonaitytė R, Cekanauskas E, Mickevičius T. Medicina (Kaunas). 2011;47(3):170-3. English, Lithuanian. PMID: 21822039.

Gudas R, Skurvydas A, Streckis V, Mickevičius T. Medicina (Kaunas). 2011;47(2):98-101. PMID: 21734442.