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12th Congress of the Baltic Association of Surgeons

October 16-17, 2026

Vilnius, Lithuania

BAS2026

Welcome to the congress!

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the Scientific and Organizing Committees, we are honored to invite you to the '12th Congress of the Baltic Association of Surgeons', taking place October 16–17, 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

We are delighted to host the '12th Congress of the Baltic Association of Surgeons' this time in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Vilnius is an old and modern European city, offering perfect conference and hotel facilities that will ensure your pleasant stay.

The Congress will bring together leading surgeons, researchers, residents, and healthcare professionals from the Baltic States and beyond to exchange knowledge, present the latest scientific advances, and discuss current challenges and innovations in surgery.

We look forward to welcome you in Vilnius for an inspiring and productive event!

Warm regards,

Prof. Tomas Poškus,
Chair of Scientific Committee,

President of Lithuanian Society of Surgeons

When and Where

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Date
Venue

📍AC Hotel by Marriott Vilnius
Vasario 16-osios st. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania

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🗓️ October 16-17, 2026

Organizers

Lithuanian Associations of Surgeons

Vilnius University
Faculty of Medicine

Why attend

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Certificates
The congress is intended for
International networking

An opportunity to meet old and known friends, as well as to get to know and establish contacts with new ones

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Certificates will be issued for all conference participants

12th Congress of the Baltic Association of Surgeons is intended for doctors, nurses, residents

The proposed registration fee includes: the content of the conference programme, digital proceedings of the conference abstracts, digital certificate, lunches, snack breaks.

Registration will be closed on October 10.

Student

registration fee till September 1

EARLY BIRD

160 EUR

75 EUR

50 EUR

EARLY BIRD

Doctor

Resident/ Nurse

EARLY BIRD

Doctor/resident/student

20 EUR

10 EUR

registration fee till September 1

registration fee till September 1

Registration

CONGRESS RECEPTION

Nurse

CONGRESS RECEPTION

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE TICKET*

Practical Introduction to Tactical Medicine and Surgery

*limited number of tickets

50 EUR

Student

registration fee till October 10

STANDART

200 EUR

100 EUR

70 EUR

STANDART

Doctor

Resident/ Nurse

STANDART

Doctor/resident/student

20 EUR

10 EUR

registration fee till October 10

registration fee till October 10

CONGRESS RECEPTION

Nurse

CONGRESS RECEPTION

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE TICKET*

Practical Introduction to Tactical Medicine and Surgery

*limited number of tickets

50 EUR

Student

ONSITE

260 EUR

130 EUR

110 EUR

ONSITE

Doctor

Resident/ Nurse

ONSITE

Bronze sponsors

Exhibitors

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Join us now!

Early bird rates available until September 1, 2026.

Congress content

Plenary sessions

✔️ Chronic pain burden and IDC-11 classification
✔️ Postoperative and post-traumatic pain
✔️ Chronic musculoskeletal and neuropathic pain
✔️ Cancer pain and palliative care
✔️ Orofacial pain and headache

Practical workshops

✔️ Neuropathic pain
✔️ Ultrasound in pain diagnostics and treatment
✔️ Regional anesthesia techniques

Poster session

✔️ Miscellaneous topics

Topics

✔️ Classification, Diagnosis and Evaluation of Pain
✔️ Education in Pain Medicine
✔️ Chronic Musculoskeletal pain
✔️ Neuropathic Pain
✔️ Headache & Orofacial Pain
✔️ Widespread Pain
✔️ Acute & Postsurgical Pain
✔️ Chronic Pain Pathophysiology
✔️ Updates in Pain Pharmacotherapy
✔️ Interventional Pain Management
✔️ Pain Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy
✔️ Psychological aspects of Pain Management
✔️ Cancer pain & Palliative care
✔️ Pain neuromodulation and neurosurgery updates
✔️ Regenerative medicine in Pain management
✔️ Artificial Intelligence in Pain medicine
✔️ Rare Pain syndromes
✔️ Aging, Longevity & Pain
✔️ Battlefield lessons of Pain management

Organizing committee

⚪ Alfredas Vaitkus, MD, PhD, FIPP (Lithuania)
⚪ Arūnas Ščiupokas, Prof., MD, PhD, EDPM (Lithuania)
⚪ Mihails Arons, MD, EDPM (Latvia)
⚪ Boris Gabovich, MD, EDPM (Estonia)

Scientific committee

Mihails Arons, MD, EDPM
Iveta Golubovska, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD
Inara Logina, Prof., MD, PhD
Aleksejs Miščuks, Prof., MD, PhD

⚪ Sergey Goshka, MD, PhD
⚪ Yuri A. Kolesnikov, MD, PhD

⚪ Edmundas Kaduševičius, Prof., MD, PhD
⚪ Andrius Macas, Prof., MD, PhD
⚪ Kęstutis Petrikonis, Prof., MD, PhD
⚪ Kristina Ryliškienė, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD
⚪ Arūnas Ščiupokas, Prof., MD, PhD, EDPM
⚪ Alfredas Vaitkus, MD, PhD, FIPP
⚪ Giedrius Volbekas, MD

⚪ Arun Bhaskar, MBBS, MSc, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FFICM, FIPP, EDPM

⚪ Volodymyr Romanenko, MD, PhD, EDPM

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Lithuania
Latvia
United Kingdom
Estonia
Ukraine
Sweden

⚪ Indrė Bilevičiūtė-Ljungar, Prof., MD, PhD, EPMD

Congress secretariat | CREATIVA

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