Petras Norkūnas

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Petras Norkūnas (born October 19, 1912 in Marijampolis , Vilnius Rajongemeinde , † November 26, 2016 ) was a Lithuanian surgeon and professor .

Life

In 1934 he graduated from the Vytautas Magnus High School in Vilnius . From 1939 to 1944 he graduated from the medical faculty at Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas in Kaunas . In 1957 he received his doctorate on the subject of "Kaukolės defektų aloplastika" and in 1968 he completed his habilitation on the subject of "Duomenys apie tiesiosios žarnos vėžio diagnostiką, gydymą ir profilaktiką".

From July 1944 he worked at the Vilnius Oncological Hospital. From 1957 to 1990 he headed the surgery department of Respublikinis onkologijos dispanseris (then Onkologijos mokslo tyrimo institutas ). From 1990 to 2002 Petras Norkūnas was Professor Consultant at the Onkologijos institutas of the Vilniaus universitetas .

Honor

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