Laura Masalaite

Education

1999–2005 – Higher university education (Medicine study field, Medicine program), Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2005–2006 – Medical Doctor, Medical Doctor Residency, Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2006–2010 – Gastroenterologist, Gastroenterology Residency, Medicine study field, Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius (Lithuania)
2010–2014 – Doctor of Medical Sciences, PhD studies in Biomedical Sciences (Medicine), Vilnius University, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Since 2024 – Associate Professor, Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine

Professional Experience

2007–2024 – Senior Specialist in Organ Transplantation, VUL Santaros Clinics Organ Transplantation Coordination Centre
Since 2010 – Gastroenterologist-Endoscopist, VUL Santaros Clinics Centre for Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Dietetics, Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Since 2010 – Gastroenterologist, Kardiolita Clinics
Since 2014 – Gastroenterologist (license No. MPL15909; issue date 2010-06-30), VUL Santaros Clinics Outpatient Department
Since 2015 – Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery
Since 2024 – Acting Head, VUL Santaros Clinics Organ Transplantation Coordination Centre

Professional Development

X-Country Workshop in Liver Transplantation, 14 Nov 2024, Vienna, Austria
X-Country Workshop in Liver Transplantation, 23–24 Nov 2023, Vienna, Austria
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Courses, 20 Feb 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania
Hepatology Academy, 2014–2016 (Berlin, Milan, Paris)
UEG Trainee Course: Dyspepsia and Bloating, 7–9 Feb 2013, Barcelona, Spain
UEG Trainee Course: Summer School, 7–10 Jun 2012, Prague, Czech Republic
2nd UEGF EBM Practice Course, 26–28 Apr 2012, Vienna, Austria
9th International TIPS Workshop, 13–14 Feb 2012, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
9th Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) Advanced Courses, 23–24 Feb 2011, Dublin, Ireland
Central Clinical Hospital Warsaw University, Department of General Surgery, Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Poland; 19–29 Apr 2010 (liver transplantation skills)
HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal, Germany; 18–30 January (endoscopic and ultrasound skills)
2nd Course of Clinical Nutrition (European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism & Baltic Club of Clinical Nutrition), 14–15 Apr 2009, Riga, Latvia

Scientific Activity

Dulskas A, Poškus T, Kildušienė I, Patašius A, Stulpinas R, Laurinavičius A, Mašalaitė L, Milaknytė G, Stundienė I, Vencevičienė L, Strupas K, Samalavičius N, Smailytė. National colorectal cancer screening program in Lithuania: description of the 5-year performance on population level. Cancers. 2021; 13(5):1129.
Stundiene I, Sarnelyte J, Norkute A, Aidietiene S, Liakina V, Masalaite L, Valantinas J. Liver cirrhosis and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction: Systematic review. World J Gastroenterol. 2019; 25(32):4779–4795.
Mickevičius A, Valantinas J, Stanaitis J, Jucaitis T, Mašalaitė L. Changes in the Velocity of Blood in the Portal Vein in Mild Acute Pancreatitis – A Preliminary Clinical Study. Medicina (Kaunas). 2019; 55(5).
G. Radziunas, L. Masalaite. Flexible endoscopic diverticulotomy of Zenker diverticulum: a single center experience. Lithuanian Surgery, 2018, 1–2: 126.
L. Pilvinyte, L. Masalaite, J. Stanaitis. Adenoma detection rate for screening colonoscopy: one centre experience. Lithuanian Surgery, 2017; 16(1): 50–56.
L. Stankevičiūtė, J. Šarnelytė, L. Mašalaitė. Correlation of alpha-fetoprotein concentration with the size and number of hepatocellular carcinoma lesions. Laboratory Medicine, 2016; 1(69): 29–32.
Arida Buivydienė, Viktorija Basytė, Laura Mašalaitė, Danguolė Stanislovaitytė, Jurgita Adomavičiūtė, Jonas Valantinas. The impact of hepatitis C virus infection on early post-liver transplantation complications and early graft function in a single low-volume liver transplant center. Acta Medica Lithuanica. 2015; 22(1):1–6.
Masalaite L, Stanaitis J, Valantinas J. Endoscopic ultrasound findings predict the recurrence of esophageal varices after endoscopic band ligation: a prospective cohort study. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2015; 50(11):1322–1330.
Laura Mašalaitė, Jonas Valantinas, Juozas Stanaitis. Endoscopic ultrasound predicts early recurrence of esophageal varices after endoscopic band ligation: a prospective cohort study. Lithuanian Surgery, 2014; 13(3):161–167.
Laura Masalaite, Jonas Valantinas, Juozas Stanaitis. The role of collateral veins detected by endosonography in predicting recurrence of esophageal varices after endoscopic treatment: a systematic review. Hepatology International 2014; 8(3):339–351.
L. Mašalaitė, J. Valantinas, J. Stanaitis. Recurrence of esophageal varices after endoscopic band ligation: single centre experience. Acta Medica Lituanica, 2012; 19(2):59–66.
M. Paškonis, L. Mašalaitė, A. Buivydienė et al. Orthotopic liver transplantation: the first experience and results of the Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Clinics. Ann Transplant, 2010; 15(1):14–24.
L. Mašalaitė, T. Poškus, G. Radžiūnas, J. Valantinas. Acute pancreatitis – the most common complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Lithuanian Surgery, 2008; 6(1):41–53.