Kaunas University of Medicine
Kaunas University of Medicine (Lithuanian: Kauno medicinos universitetas, (KMU)) was a medical school in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was founded in 1919 and from 1922 it was a Faculty of Medicine of University of Lithuania.
In 1950, after the closure of Kaunas University, it was reformed into a separate institution and was known as Kaunas Medical Institute until 1998. From 1998 to 2010 its name was Kaunas University of Medicine. In 2010 university was merged with Lithuanian Veterinary Academy forming Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
The university had five faculties: medical, pharmacological, odontological, nursing, and social health, together with four research institutes. It used the Kaunas University Hospital and the Kaunas Red Cross Hospital as a teaching hospitals.
