Rimgaudas Nemickas

Background

Nemickas, Rimgaudas was born on March 10, 1938 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Son of Romualdas and Elena (Saulyte) Nemickas. came to the United States, 1949.

Education

Student, Indiana U., 1954-1957; Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Loyola University, 1961; Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Kaunas Medical Academy, 1993.

Career

Intern, University of Chicago Clinics, 1961-1962; resident inmedicine, University of Illinois Research and Education Hospitals, 1966-1967; fellow in cardiology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1962-1963; fellow in cardiology, University of Chicago Hospital, 1967-1969; associate chief cardiology, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, 1972-1977; clinical professor medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, since 1979. Director cardiology Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, since 1980.

Achievements

• Rimgaudas Nemickas has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Task Force for Health Care Reform, Ministry of Health, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1994-1997. Captain United States Air Force, 1963-1966. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Cardiology, American College Chest Physicians.

Member American Heart Association, Chicago Society Internal Medicine, Chicago Cardiology Group.

Interests

• Avocations: walking, travel, fishing, collecting art.

Connections

Married Joan A. McLee, February 16, 1965;children: Rimas Jonas, Kristina Nemickas Tomlinson, Tomas Edward, Nikolas.

Father:

Romualdas Nemickas

Mother:

Elena (Saulyte) Nemickas

Spouse:

Joan A. McLee

child:

Kristina Nemickas Tomlinson Nemickas

child:

Nikolas Nemickas

child:

Tomas Edward Nemickas

child:

Rimas Jonas Nemickas