Head prof. Rasa Verkauskienė, MD, PhD
Address: Eivenių Str. 2, LT-50161, Kaunas
Phone: +37037326816
E-mail: endokrinologijos.klinika@kaunoklinikos.lt
Department of Endocrinology consists of two inpatient and one outpatient units. Inpatient units are department of Pediatric Endocrinology and department of Adult Endocrinology, comprising subdivisions of Diabetology and General Endocrinology. Outpatient department delivers secondary and tertiary level healthcare services in endocrinology and pediatric endocrinology to all patient groups with a yearly turnover of around 60000 patients. Diabetology sector focuses on management of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity, aiming at therapeutic patient education, prevention and treatment of diabetes complications. Patients with thyroid, pituitary, parathyroid, adrenal disorders and rare endocrine diseases are investigated and treated in the sector of General Endocrinology.
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology is the only one of its kind in Lithuania. Children with diabetes and endocrine disorders, such as adrenal, thyroid, parathyroid glandsdiseases, hypopituitarism, obesity, metabolic syndrome and disorders of sex development are investigated and treated in this department.
Complex diagnostic tests are performed for diagnosis of rare endocrine and genetic disorders. Two diabetes schools for children and adults are fuctioning at the Department of Endocrinology, where patients with diabetes and their families are educated to manage their disease.