Prof. Sarunas Tarasevicius

Professor Dr Šarūnas Tarasevičius, PhD, is a Lithuanian orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip and knee replacement, including complex primary and revision arthroplasty. With more than two decades of clinical experience, he combines high-volume surgical practice with research focused on joint-replacement outcomes, implant performance and the treatment of osteoarthritis. Professor Tarasevičius studied medicine at Kaunas University of Medicine from 1994 to 2000, completed his internship at Klaipėda University Hospital in 2000–2001, and undertook specialist residency training in orthopaedics and traumatology from 2001 to 2005. On 8 November 2007, he received his Doctor of Medical Sciences degree for research examining how femoral-head diameter influences outcomes after total hip replacement. In 2009, he completed further doctoral research at Lund University in Sweden on soft tissues in hip osteoarthritis and arthroplasty. He is attached to the Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and has contributed extensively to international orthopaedic research. The university’s research database records 179 publications associated with his profile, covering hip and knee arthroplasty, implant survivorship, patient-reported outcomes, fracture management and postoperative complications. His work has appeared in journals including Acta Orthopaedica, International Orthopaedics and The Journal of Arthroplasty. Professor Tarasevičius has also held senior professional leadership roles, including President of the Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and chaired an EFORT Forum held during Lithuania’s national orthopaedic congress in May 2016. His international academic work reflects longstanding collaboration between Lithuanian and Swedish orthopaedic centres. This includes assessment of cases and revision procedures after previous replacement surgery. Within the MMG network, Professor Tarasevičius provides specialist expertise for patients considering hip or knee replacement at Nordclinic in Kaunas. His combination of extensive surgical experience, evidence-based practice and internationally recognised research is particularly relevant to MMG patients seeking carefully governed, rapid-access joint-replacement treatment and structured rehabilitation in Lithuania.