EDUCATION
- Completed medical studies and graduated from the Medical Faculty of Kaunas Medical Institute (currently Lithuanian University of health Sciences) in 1986
- 1986–1987 – completed core speciality training of surgery in Klaipėda City Hospital (currently – Klaipėda University Hospital)
- 1988 – surgeon qualification
- 1991 – internship at Blekinge Hospital, Karlskrona, Sweden
- 1993 – internship at Russian Surgery Centre, Moscow
- 2003 – internship at Mahidol University Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2005 – internship at Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- 2005 – internship at Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- 2006 – internship at Tata Memorial Cancer Center, Mumbai, India
- 2006 – internship at Tehran University and Mehr Hospital in Tehran, Iran
- 2006 – The International Federation of Obesity Surgery (member of IFSO) World Congress in Sydney, Australia
- 2008 – IFSO World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2010 – IFSO World Congress in Long Beach, California, USA
- 2014 – World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery in Paris
- 2015 – International Colorectal Surgery Congress in Seoul
MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANISATIONS
- Member of the International Federation of Obesity Surgery (member of IFSO)
- Chairman of the Board of Lithuanian Bariatric (Obesity) Surgery Association since 2016
- Member of the society of International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS)
- Member of the Lithuanian Colorectal Surgery Association
- Member of theLithuanian Association of Surgeons
- Member of theboard of Klaipėda Association of Surgeons
VISITING SURGEON
Doctor Nerijus Kaselis is invited to participate in complex obesity operations.
- 2007 – Denmark, Aalborg
- 2016 – Kazakhstan, Astana
FIRST IN LITHUANIA TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING LAPROSCOPIC SURGERIES:
- Laparoscopic duodenal laceration in 1994
- Laparoscopic peritoneal adhesions removal surgery for bowel obstruction in 1994
- Laparoscopic surgery to remove a varicocele in 1995
- Laparoscopic stone removal from the common bile duct in 1995
- Laparoscopic hemicolectomy of the right side in 1995
- Transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialization (THD) in 2007
- Fully laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple surgical procedure) in 2007 (5th in the world and 2nd in Europe) (the most complicated abdominal surgery even when employing the classical method – through an incision in the abdomen)
- Laparoscopic gall bladder removal surgery through a single incision (SILS cholecistektomy) in 2010
- Laparoscopic obesity surgery through a single incision – sleeve gastrectomy (SILS Sleeve gastrectomy) in 2010 (first in the Eastern European countries)
- Laparoscopic transverse colon removal surgery through the vagina (NOSE) in 2016 (first in the world)
- Laparoscopic full stomach removal surgery through the vagina (NOSE) in 2016 (first in the world)
- Laparoscopic of a gastric tumor removal surgery through the esophagus (NOSE) in 2016