MD, PhD,
Belgrade, Serbia

Qualifications: MD, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Visiting Professor of Medical Oncology

Business Address: Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia (IORS)

Pasterova 14
11000 Belgrade, Serbia

EDUCATION
1977-1982 Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES & SPECIALIZATIONS
1985-1987 Postgraduate studies in Oncology on Faculty of Medicine Belgrade
1987-1991 Specialization in Internal Medicine on Faculty of Medicine Belgrade
1996 MSc degree; Thesis: Quality of life assessment in patients with advanced

squamous cell lung cancer treated with chemotherapy

2002 FECS-AACR-ASCO intensive workshop: Methods in clinical cancer research,

Flims, Switzerland,

2005 Fellowship – observation tour (one month) Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif,

France

2006 ACRP GCP course and certification exam (CPI)
2008 PhD degree. Thesis: Prognostic model in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

(NSCLC) patients treated with chemotherapy
2009 Research Associate appointed by Ministry of Science
2018. Sub-specialization in clinical oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade
2022. Senior Research Associate appointed by Ministry of Science
EMPLOYMENT DATA
1983-1984 Clinical Internship, University Medical Centers in Belgrade
1984 State License for Medical Doctors
1985-1987 Clinical practitioner at the Dept. for chemotherapy of the Institute for Oncology

and Radiology in Belgrade.

1987-1991 Specialization in Internal Medicine on Faculty of Medicine Belgrade
1991-2001 Specialist in Internal Medicine at the Dept. for chemotherapy of the Institute for

Oncology and Radiology in Belgrade

2001-2007 Head of Department for Chemotherapy at the Service for Medical Oncology of

the Institute

2007-2010 Head of Department for Chemotherapy of Thoracic and GI tumors at the Clinic

for Medical Oncology of the Institute (IORS)
2011-ongoing Director of Clinic for Medical Oncology of the Institute

MEMBERSHIP
Serbian Medical Association 1986
Section for Oncology of Serbian Medical Association 1986 (Secretary 1995-2000)
UMOS (Association of Serbian Medical Oncologists) 2005. Member of Presidency since 2005.
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), 1996
Balkan Union of Oncology (BUON) 1998
ESMO – Central Eastern European Oncology Group, Study Coordinator for NSCLC, 1998-2001
American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2003
EORTC – Lung Cancer Group 2003
CECOG (Central European Cooperative Oncology Group) 2004.

AWARDS
Developing Nations Award on 8 th World Conference on Lung Cancer, August 1997, Dublin
Developing Nations Award on 10 th World Conference on Lung Cancer, 2003, Vancouver

PUBLICATIONS
53 peer-reviewed articles, h index 12, citation overview 1003, without self citations 983.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Lecturer on ESO Course in Gynecological Oncology, Belgrade, June 2004
Lecturer on ESMO Course in Gastrointestinal Oncology, Podgorica, June 2004
Lecturer on ERS Symposium, Belgrade, November 2004
Lecturer on BSO First educational course, Volos, Greece, September 2005
Lecturer on ESO Course in Lung Cancer, Belgrade, May 2006, March 2013.
Faculty on ESMO/ESMO Masterclass, Eastern Europe and Balkan region, 2017.
Faculty member of the College of the European School of Oncology 2020.
Faculty of Medicine Belgrade – teaching activities:
Visiting professor in Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine Belgrade since 2017.
Deputy Chair of Department for Specialization in Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade
Specialization in Medical Oncology, 2018/2019
Sub-specialization in Clinical Oncology since 2014.,
Specialization in Radiation Oncology since 2011,
Specialization for Nurses in Clinical Oncology, since 2011.
Invited speaker on European meetings
11th European Public Health Conference, Ljubljana 30.November 2018. Symposium “The role of
public health in improving cancer care in Central and Eastern Europe”, lecture: The role of a Cancer
Control Plan in Advancing Patient Outcomes

Cost Action CA17404”New diagnostic and therapeutic tools against multidrug resistant tumors”,
Belgrade 27/28. February 2020. – “Targeted therapies in Oncology – advantage and resistance”

Invited speaker on regional oncology meetings:
AROME-Montenegro Course and AROME ESO Joint Consensus Conference: Podgorica 2014, Becici
2015, Becici 2017. Bečići 2019. Bečići 2021
Slovenian Medical Oncology Society Meeting Ljubljana 2016, (South East European Prostate Cancer
Forum: Prostate cancer and oligometastatic disease)
Slovenian Medical Oncology Society Meeting : Lung cancer Immunotherapy, Bled 2016, 2017, 2018.
Romanian Society for Coloproctology 2016,
Sarajevo Winter Conference 2016, 2017, 2018. 2019.
Croatian Thoracic Society Annual Meeting 2017,
I Regional Congress of Medical Oncology Dubrovnik 2017.
CECOG Lung Cancer Academy Vienna 2017. Brdo pri Kranju 2018, 2019. Belgrade 2022. Zagreb 2024.
II Regional Congress of Medical Oncology Belgrade 2019. Congress Co-chair
III Regional Congress of Medical Oncology, Sarajevo 2021, invited speaker
Summer School of Oncology, Oncology Institute Ljubljana, 2019., 2021.
Croatian Congress of Medical Oncology, Sibenik 2019
IV Regional Congress of Medical Oncology Ljubljana 2023, invited speaker

Invited speaker on National Oncology Meetings
Annual meetings of Section for Oncology Serbian Medical Assiociation, every November since 1986.
Annual Conferencies of Association of Serbian Medical Oncologists, every year since 2007.
National congresses in Respiratory medicine, every second year since 2004.
Moderator of UMOS School of Oncology – Lung Cancer, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022.
Moderator of UMOS School of Oncology – Colorectal Cancer, 2019, 2022.
Moderator of UMOS School of Oncology – non-colorectal GI cancers, 2023.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Medical Oncology – chemotherapy of solid tumors
General Internal Medicine

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of Committees for Lung Cancer, Gastrointestinal Tumors IORS
Member of International Scientific Committee for 10 th World Conference on Lung Cancer, August 2003,
Member and Secretary of local Ethics Committee IORS 2001-2014.

President of Subcommittee for Cytotoxic Drugs in National Insurance Fund 2004-2013.
Author of chapters about systemic chemotherapy in National Guidelines for Diagnostic and Treatment of
Lung and Colorectal Cancer (appointed by MoH), 2012.
Member of National Scientific Committee for Cytotoxic Drugs 2008/11 (vice president 2010/11), 2014-
2019.
Member of Central Drug Committee in National Insurance Fund, 2021- ongoing
Member of National Scientific Committee for Oncology 2011/12, 2014- 2022.
President of Serbian Association of Medical Oncologists, January 2022-ongoing