# Valdas Pečeliūnas

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## TL;DR

Director who leads the National Cancer Institute in Vilnius, Lithuania's national specialist cancer treatment and research institute.

## Summary

Valdas Pečeliūnas leads the National Cancer Institute (Nacionalinis vėžio institutas, NVI) in Vilnius as its Director. The institute is a non-profit public legal entity that combines specialist cancer treatment with cancer research, and its scientific work is overseen by an eleven-member Scientific Council elected for five-year terms. The Lithuanian Wikipedia article on the institute names him as the current director; the institute's own website describes its structure and administration without publishing leadership names.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; research-institute; hospital-management
- Role: Director, National Cancer Institute (Nacionalinis vėžio institutas), Vilnius
- Specialisms: Oncology; Cancer institute management; Cancer research

## Sources

- Source: Lithuanian Wikipedia article naming the director: https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacionalinis_vėžio_institutas
- Institute about page: https://nvi.lt/apie-mus/

## Connected records

- institutions: [National Cancer Institute, Lithuania](https://onco.cc/institutions/nci-vilnius/)
- journals: [The Lancet Haematology](https://onco.cc/journals/lancet-haematology/)

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