|
Personal data |
Nationality: Latvian
Citizenship: Citizen of the Republic of Latvia
Date of Birth: 22 March,1955
|
|
Education |
1990. - 1991. |
6 months' professional training in orthopedia in Yale University and Syracuse University, USA |
|
1973. - 1979. |
Specialty of physician,
Riga Institute of Medicine |
|
1962. - 1973. |
Riga Secondary School No. 50, Latvia
|
|
Language knowledge |
Latvian – native,
English – fluent;
Russian – fluent
|
|
Work experience |
08/07/2007 - to date |
President of Latvia |
|
2004. - 08/07/2007. |
Board Chairman,
State Limited Liability Company Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopaedics |
|
1998. - 2004. |
Director, Board Chairman,
non-profit organization State Limited Liability Company Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopaedics |
|
1994.- 1998. |
Director,
State Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopaedics |
|
1995. - 1999. |
Co-ordinator from the Latvian side in a Swiss Confederation Assistance Project |
|
1985. - 1994. |
Head of the Traumatology Department,
Riga City Hospital No.2 |
|
1979. - 1985. |
Traumatologist - orthopaedist.
Riga Hospital No.2
|
|
International
professional activities
|
2004. - 2007. |
Lectures on knee joint endoprosthetics and bone tissue transplantation in Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia |
|
2002. |
Participant of the international research on knee joint endoprosthetics |
|
1993. - to date |
Member of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISACOS) |
|
1992. |
Honorary member of the Georgian Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
|
|
International research
reports |
2006. |
Congress of the Hungarian Association of Orthopaedics Association |
|
2002., 2004. |
Congress of the Orthopaedist Association of Central Europe |
|
2004. |
25-year Experience Symposium of Zweimuller Endoprothesis |
|
2002. |
Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology on Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy |
|
2001. |
Congress of the European Federation of the Associations of Orthopaedists |
|
2001. |
Congress of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) |
|
2001. |
International Congress on Shoulder Surgery |
|
1994. |
Arthroscopy Congress of Poland
|
|
Professionalactivities |
2003. - to date |
President of the Latvian Association of Traumatologists and Orthopaedists |
|
1994. - 1998. |
Vice President of the Latvian Association of Arthroscopy, Chairman of the Certification Commission |
|
1990. - 1993. |
Founder and President of the Latvian Association of Arthroscopy
|
|
Public activities |
1988. - 1989. |
Board Member of the Latvian Popular Front |
|
1988. - 1989. |
Activist for the renewal of the Latvian Physicians Association, Board Member
|
| State awards |
2009. |
Victory Order of St George (Georgia) |
|
2009. |
Heydar Aliyev Order, With Chain (Azerbaijan) |
| |
2009. |
Ismoili Samoni Order, With Chain (Tajikistan) |
|
|
2009. |
The Order and Chain of Isabel, the Catholic (Spain) |
|
2009. |
The Order of the Cross of St Mary’s Land (Estonia) |
|
2008. |
The Knightly Order Pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Hospital Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta |
|
2008. |
The Order of Special Service to the Fatherland (Uzbekistan) |
|
2008. |
The Order of Friendship, First Degree (Kazakhstan) |
|
2008. |
The Grand Order of King Tomislav, First Grade, With the Ribbon and Great Star (Croatia) |
|
2008. |
The Order of Yaroslav the Wise, First Grade (Ukraine) |
|
2008. |
The Order of Three Stars, First Grade, With Chain (Latvia) |
|
2008. |
The Order of Viesturs, First Grade (Latvia) |
|
2008. |
The Cross of Recognition, First Grade (Latvia) |
|
2007. |
Three-Star Order, fourth class |
| |
|
|
| Awards |
2010. |
A medal from the Latvian Associationof Reserve Officers in honour of the organisation's 10th anniversary |
|
2009. |
Acommemorative medallion in honour of the 90th anniversary of the Latvian Border Guard, Latvia |
| |
2009. |
A medal of achievement from the Baltic Defence College, Estonia |
| |
2008. |
A medal of honour from the local government of Mirafrore in the city of Lima, Peru |
|
1993. |
Prize from International Arthroscopy Association (IAA) for the largest contribution into the development of arthroscopy in emerging countries |
|
|
|
|
Honorary Titles |
2009. |
An honorary doctorate from the Yerevan State University (Armenia) |
| |
2009. |
An honorary doctorate from the John Paul II Lublin Catholic University (Poland) |
| |
2009. |
Honorary membership in the University of Latvia (Latvia) |
| |
2009. |
Patronage of the European Academy of Science and Art (Austria) |
| |
2008. |
An honorary professorship at the National Governance Academy (Kazakhstan) |
| |
|
|
|
Other important
information |
May -- June, 1986 |
Medical Service Officer,
Work on the Elimination of the Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Catastrophe |
