About the Doctor

Education

• 2011 - 2017 - Doctoral academic studies, study program: "Reconstructive Surgery", defended doctoral dissertation topic "Reconstruction of Skull Defects: Artificial Materials and Autograft" under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Lukas Rasulić
• 2002 - 2008 - Specialization in Neurosurgery, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade
• 2000 - 2001 - Medical internship, City Hospital "Zvezdara", Belgrade
• 1994 - 2000 - Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade (8.08 GPA)
• 1990 - 1994 - Gymnasium, Natural Sciences and Mathematics track

Work Experience

• Since 2008 - Specialist Doctor, Clinic for Neurosurgery, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade
• 2002 - 2008 - Resident Doctor, Clinic for Neurosurgery, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade
• 2000 - 2001 - Intern Doctor, City Hospital "Zvezdara", Belgrade
• Since 2017 - Medical Advisor, KK Partizan
• Since 2018 - Assistant at the Faculty of Medicine, Military Medical Academy, University of Defense in Belgrade

Career Advancement

• 2016 - Lieutenant Colonel
• 2012 - Major
• 2008 - Captain
• 2005 - Lieutenant

Professional Training

Endovascular Neurosurgery:

• 2017 - Endovascular procedures for treating stroke and brain aneurysms (animal model training), "IRCAD", Strasbourg, France
• 2017 - Training in endovascular neurosurgery with Prof. Dr. Z. Milošević, Clinical Hospital Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2017 - Training in endovascular neurosurgery with Dr. D. Lovrić, Clinical Hospital Center Ljubljana, Slovenia

Hydrocephalus

• 2016 - Hydrocephalus Surgery "Sophysa", University Hospital in Paris, France
• 2010 - Hydrocephalus, Istanbul, Turkey

Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery:

• 2017 - 1st SeENS Spinal Navigation Workshop, Zagreb, Croatia
• 2016 - Endoscopic Disc Herniation Surgery "joimax", Valkač, Germany
• 2014 - Endoscopic Disc Herniation Surgery "joimax", Berlin, Germany
• 2014 - Course on Endoscopic Transforaminal and Interlaminar Approach
• 2009 - Complications in Spinal Surgery, Thessaloniki, Greece, "AO Spine"

Skull Base Surgery:

• 2012 - Skull Base Surgery and Endoscopy in Neurosurgery, "IRCAD", Strasbourg, France

General Neurosurgery:

• 2016 - Tissue Ablation, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 2011 - Epilepsy Surgery, Clinical Center "Beograd"
• 2008 - Specialized training, Clinical Hospital Center Ljubljana, Slovenia

Scientific Work

• Collaborator on a project of the Ministry of Defense

Published Papers

• 10 fully published papers in international journals (1 M21a, 1 M21, 2 M22, 6 M23, 2 as first author). Cumulative IF - 13.762, h-index – 4, i10-index - 2
• 3 papers published in abstract form in international and national journals.
• Reviewer for journals: "World Neurosurgery" and "Vojnosanitetski Pregled"

Professional Conferences

• 1st Annual Meeting of Serbian Neurosurgical Society (SNSS), 2015
• 2nd Congress of Southeast European Neurosurgical Society (SeENS), 2015
• XII Congress of Neurosurgeons of Serbia, 2014
• Balkan Congress of Military Medicine, 2014
• 1st Congress of Southeast European Neurosurgical Society (SeENS), 2013

Membership in Professional Associations

• Association of Neurosurgeons of Serbia (UNHS)
• Neurosurgical Section of the Serbian Medical Society
• Association of Neurosurgeons of Southeast Europe (SeENS)

Foreign Languages

• English