Dalius Vitkus, PhD is Associate professor, Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine (Since 2012); Head of the Centre of Laboratory Medicine (since 2016)     Senior Specialist of Laboratory Medicine, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškiu Clinics (since 201) He has a Membership in associations:  President of the Lithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine; Member of the American Association for Clinical; Member at large of the Board of Baltic Association of Laboratory Medicine; National Representative at the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM). His Scientific interests:  Quality Management in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, External Quality Assessment (PT/EQA), Teaching and Postgraduate Training in Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Enzymology and Protein Biomarkers, Analytical Methods in Clinical Chemistry.