President of the Republic of Latvia Valdis Zatlers
 Valdis Zatlers, President of the Republic of Latvia, was elected on 31 May 2007 by the Parliament for a four-year term.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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
Professional activities
2003.-to date -- President of the Latvian Association of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
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
Awards
2007. -- Three-Star Order, fourth class
1993. -- Prize from International Arthroscopy Association (IAA) for the largest contribution into the development of arthroscopy in emerging countries
Other important information
May-June, 1996 -- Medical Service Officer, Work on the Elimination of the Consequences of the Chernoby Nuclear Power Plant Catastrophe
Text by: The Chancery of the President of Latvia
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Further information
President of Latvia - president.lv
http://www.president.lv
Valdis Zatlers - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdis_Zatlers
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