Normunds Sikora

Work experience

2015 - Present	Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery
2010 - Present	National delegate European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion
2010 - Present	President Latvian Society of Cardiovascular Perfusion
2008 - Present	Cardiac surgeon, Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Children’s University Hospital
2014 - 2015	Lecturer Riga Stradins University, Department of Surgery
2013 - 2014	Assistant Riga Stradins University, Department of Surgery
2014 - 2014	 Invited speaker and session moderator 5th International Pediatric Perfusion Symposium
2014 - 2014	 Head of organizing committee Annual meeting of European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion
2011 - 2012	 Cardiac surgeon and head of the Department of Cardiovascular Perfusion Latvian State Centre for Aquired Cardiac Surgery, P.Stradins University Hospital
2005 - 2009	 General surgeon on duty Emergency Department of the City Hospital of Jelgava
2006 - 2008	Non-certified cardiac surgeon Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Children’s University Hospital
2003 - 2008	 Resident of cardiosurgery under the guidance of Prof. A. Lācis Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Children’s University Hospital
2001 - 2001	Nurse assistant Braille Aged Care Facility
1995 - 1995	Nurse assistant The Latvian State Hospital “Gaiļezers”, Intensive Care Unit

Education and training

2008 - 2011	Dr. med. Riga Stradins University „Myocardial protection and cardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric cardiac surgery. Biomechanical and structural properties of neonatal coronary arteries"
2003 - 2008	Residency in Cardiac surgery Rīga Stradins University
1996 - 2003	Medical Doctor’s Diploma The University of Latvia
1993 - 1996	High-school degree Secondary School No.49 of Riga

Achievements

Continuing education a.o. qualification upgrade

▪Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France, observer under the guidance of prof. Vouhe (19.11.08.-03.12.08.) (20.11.08. – 3.12.08.)

▪Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, observer under the guidance of Dr. Van Arsdell (2.09.04. – 30.09.04.)

▪"Extracorporeal techniques in children", Hospital of Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Germany (14.11.03. – 15.12.03.)

▪Intercept 2016. Milan, Italy, 21-23 April,2016

▪15th European Conference on Perfusion Education and Training, Saturday 3rd October, Amsterdam, Netherlands5th International Pediatric Perfusion Symposium, October 24 – 26, 2014, Berlin, Germany

▪22nd World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, September 9 – September 11, 2012

▪13th Annual Congress of the South African Heart Association, Structural Heart Disease 2012, Sun City, South Africa, July 19 – July 22, 2012

▪Intercept 2012. Milan, Italy, 12-14 April,2012

▪Rigshospitalet European Pediatric Perfusion Course, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-26 November, 2010

▪8th International Congress of the Croatian Society of Extracorporeal Circulation Technology, Malinska, Croatia, May 06 – May 09,2010

▪4th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting, Paris, France, 08-09 July, 2010

▪Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery in „Normothermia" Workshop, Paris, France, November 23 and 24, 2009

▪14^th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Riga, Latvia, 16 -20 June, 2008

▪Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kardiotechnik 37. Jahrestagung, Frankenthal, Germany, 1-3 May, 2008

▪Applied Science for Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 April, 2008

▪The Advance of Knowledge in Cardiac Morphology, London, England, 26-28 September, 2007

▪5^th EACTS/ESTS JOINT MEETING, Stockholm,Sweden (9 -13 September,2006)

▪INTERCEPT 2006, Milan, Italy, 6 -8 April, 2006

▪4^th EACTS/ESTS JOINT MEETING, Barcelona, Spain, 24 -28 September, 2005

▪15^th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Vilnius, Lithuania, 19 -23 June, 2005

▪INTERCEPT 2005, Milan, Italy, 28 -30 April, 2005

▪10^th EUROPEAN CONGRESS on extracorporeal circulation technology, 11^th –14^th June, 2003, Funchal, Portugal

▪Certificate II Community Services (Aged Care Work), Perth, Australia – May, 2001

▪Course in Physiotherapy (Massage) - August 23^rd - Octobert 15^th , 1999

Presentations

Pediatric Acute Myocarditis in University Hospital within Years 2010-2015. Bergmane I., Ligere E.,Lubaua I., Lace I., Ozolins V., Smits l., Sikora N. 50th Annual Meeting of the AEPC, Rome, Italy,March 29 - March 31, 2017
The proper delivery pressure for cardioplegic solution in neonatal cardiac surgery – an investigation of biomechanical and structural properties of neonatal coronary arteries. N.Sikora, A.Lacis, V.Ozolins, E.Ligere, L.Smits, V.Kasyanov, V.Groma. 22nd World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Vancouver, Canada, September 9 – September 11, 2012
The proper delivery pressure for cardioplegic solution in neonatal cardiac surgery – an investigation of biomechanical and structural properties of neonatal coronary arteries. N.Sikora, A.Lacis, V.Ozolins, E.Ligere, L.Smits, V.Kasyanov, V.Groma. 13th Annual Congress of the South African Heart Association, Structural Heart Disease 2012, Sun City, South Africa, July 19 – July 22, 2012
The proper delivery pressure for cardioplegic solution in neonatal cardiac surgery – an investigation of biomechanical and structural properties of neonatal coronary arteries. N.Sikora, A.Lacis, V.Ozolins, E.Ligere, L.Smits, V.Kasyanov, V.Groma. 12th Conference of the Baltic Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Riga, Latvia, May 17-19, 2012
Myocardial protection in pediatric cardiac surgery. N.Sikora, L.Šmits, V.Ozoliņš, E.Ligere, A.Lācis. 14th European Congress on Extracorporeal Circulation Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 15 – June 18, 2011
The metabolic changes in fresh versus old stored blood used in priming of extracorporeal circuit in cardiopulmonary bypass for pediatric patients. N.Sikora, L.Šmits, V.Ozoliņš, E.Ligere, A.Lācis. 14th European Congress on Extracorporeal Circulation Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 15 – June 18, 2011
Myocardial protection in pediatric cardiac surgery – first results of the research. N.Sikora, L.Šmits, V.Ozoliņš, E.Teivāne, I.Bergmane, A.Lācis. 8th International Congress of the Croatian Society of Extracorporeal Circulation Technology, Malinska, Croatia, May 06 – May 09, 2010
The metabolic changes in fresh versus old stored blood used in priming of extracorporeal circuit in cardiopulmonary bypass for pediatric patients – first results. N.Sikora, L.Šmits, V.Ozoliņš, E.Teivāne, I.Bergmane, A.Lācis. 8th International Congress of the Croatian Society of Extracorporeal Circulation Technology, Malinska, Croatia, May 06 – May 09, 2010

Field of research

Cardiopulmonary bypass (2007 introduced method of cold blood cardioplegia in cardiac surgery in Latvia)

Supervised study programme

Rīga Stradins University, Red Cross Medical College, 1^stlevel professional study programme "Cardiopulmonary bypass"

Lectured study course

General Surgery

Introduction to Surgery

Projects

Researcher: State research project "Public helth improvement"

Memberships

2010 - present

Latvian Society of Cardiopulmonary Bypass

2010 - present

European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion

2008 - present

Latvian Society of Cardiac Surgeons

Publications

Research articles

Left Atrium Tissue Structure and Histochemical Changes in Case of Congenital Heart Disease: Pilot Research. Emīls Šmitiņš, Māra Pilmane, Normunds Sikora / Collection of Scientific Papers 2015 : Research articles in medicine & pharmacy / Rīga Stradiņš University. - Riga, 2015. - P.300 - 310.

Biomechanical properties of coronary arteries neonates - first results / N.Sikora, E.Teivane, V.Kasyanov ...[et al.] // Collection of Scientific Papers 2010 : Research articles in medicine & pharmacy / Rīga Stradiņš University. - Riga, 2011. - P.85-94.

Biomechanical properties of the aorta in neonates and infants / V.Kasyanov, N.Sikora, V.Ozolins ...[et al.] // Collection of Scientific Papers 2010 : Research articles in medicine & pharmacy / Rīga Stradiņš University. - Riga, 2011. - P.60-65.

Biomechanical properties of coronary arteries neonates : preliminary results / V.Kasyanov, N.Sikora, A.Lacis ...[et al.] // Analysis and design of biological materials and structures / ed. by A.Öchsner ...[et al.]. - Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, 2012. - P.111-124.

Biomechanical properties of the aorta in neonates and infants / V.Kasyanov, N.Sikora, A.Lacis ...[et al.] // Analysis and design of biological materials and structures / ed. by A.Öchsner ...[et al.]. - Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, 2012. - P.125-132.

Echocardiographic follow up after surgical correction of aortic coarctation during the first year of life / I.Lubaua, I.Lāce, N.Sikora ...[et al.] // Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Sect.B. - Vol.67, Nr.6 (2013), 466.-471.lpp. - Kopsav. latviešu val. - Starptautiski citējamā izdevumā.

The proper delivery pressure for cardioplegic solution in neonatal cardiac surgery - an investigation of biomechanical and structural properties of neonatal and adult coronary arteries / V.Kasyanov, V.Groma, N.Sikora ...[et al.] // Perfusion. - Vol.28, No.4 (2013, July), p.357-367. - Starptautiski citējamā izdevumā.

Elektrokardiostimulatoru mājas monitorēšanas programma bērniem Latvijā / N.Sikora, I.Lāce, I.Lubaua ...[u.c.] // Latvijas Ārsts. - Nr.2 (2015, febr.), 22.-26.lpp.

Retas iedzimtas plaušu asinsvadu anomālijas un iedzimtas sirdskaites veiksmīga ķirurģiska korekcija zīdaiņa vecumā : klīniska gadījuma apraksts / N.Sikora, I.Lāce, I.Lubaua ...[u.c.] // Latvijas Ārsts. - Nr.2 (2015, febr.), 20.-22.lpp.

Abstracts

Audu bioimplanta Cardiocel strukturālās un biomehāniskās īpašības un lietojums bērnu kardioķirurģijā / Valts Ozoliņš, Lauris Šmits, Normunds Sikora ... [u.c.] // 2016.gada Zinātniskās konferences tēzes (Rīga, 2016.g. 17.-18.martā) / Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte. - Rīga, 2016. - 166.lpp.

Infekciozais endokardīts Bērnu klīniskās universitātes slimnīcas pacientiem no 2010.-2015.gadam / E.Ligere, I.Bergmane, N.Sikora ... [u.c.] // 2016.gada Zinātniskās konferences tēzes (Rīga, 2016.g.17.-18.martā) / Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte. - Rīga, 2016. - 163.lpp.

Aortas biomehāniskās īpašības jaundzimušajiem un zīdaiņiem / E.Teivāne, N.Sikora, V.Kasjanovs ...[u.c.] // 2010.gada Zinātniskās konferences tēzes (Rīga, 2010.g. 18.-19.martā) / Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte. - Rīga, 2010. - 231.lpp.

Biomechanical properties of coronary arteries neonates / V.Kasyanov, N.Sikora, V.Ozolins ...[et al.] // 4th International Conference of Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting (Paris, France, July 8-9, 2010) : Abstracts. - Paris, 2010. - P.184-185.

Biomechanical properties of the aorta in neonates and infants / V.Kasyanovs, N.Sikora, V.Ozolins ...[et al.] // 4th International Conference of Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting (Paris, France, July 8-9, 2010) : Abstracts. - Paris, 2010. - P.183-184.

Sirds vainagartēriju biomehāniskās īpašības jaundzimušajiem - pirmie rezultāti / N.Sikora, L.Šmits, V.Kasjanovs ...[u.c.] // 2010.gada Zinātniskās konferences tēzes (Rīga, 2010.g. 18.-19.martā) / Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte. - Rīga, 2010. - 225.lpp.