General medicine studies at Vilnius University.
About the doctor
dr. Irina Arechvo
ENT physician, doctor of medical science
She began studying medicine at Vilnius University in 1996. In 2015 she defended her doctoral dissertation magna cum laude at TU Dresden. She has worked in ear surgery at Vilnius University Hospital since 2006.
Career
1996-2002
2002-2003
Internship at Vilnius University.
2003-2006
ENT residency at Vilnius University. Qualified as an ENT physician in 2006, licence MPL-08418.
Since 2006
ENT physician in the ENT department of Vilnius University Hospital (RVUL). 2026 marks twenty years in the department.
2007-2015
Doctoral studies at TU Dresden, Germany, at the Ear Research Center Dresden, in the Zahnert and Bornitz research group.
2015
Defended her doctoral dissertation magna cum laude: "New flexible total ossicular replacement prostheses with a joint." Recognised by the Research Council of Lithuania in 2016.
Since 2014
ENT physician at Kardiolita (now Meliva) clinics.
Currently
Consults at Hila medical diagnostics and treatment centre and at the Baltic-American Clinic (BAK) in Vilnius. Chair of the Vilnius ENT Association.
2024
RVUL began performing fully endoscopic ear surgery, which she leads. She became a member of the International Working Group for Endoscopic Ear Surgery (IWGEES) and co-organised the international conference "Innovate the ENT 2024".
Training and continuing education
She has trained and completed observerships in the USA, Germany, the UK, Austria, Slovakia, and China. She regularly speaks at Lithuanian ENT conferences and gave the opening address at the Vilnius ENT Association conferences in 2022 and 2023.
