Doc. dr Maja Milovanović

neurologist

Doc. dr Maja Milovanović

Education:

  • 1993. Basic studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 1999. Specialization in neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 1999. Professional education in electroencephalography (EEG) with Prof. Dr. Žarko Martinović under the auspices of the Association for Clinical Neurophysiology SCG, for 9 months at the Institute for Mental Health, Belgrade.
  • 2002. Master’s studies in the field of neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 2010. Doctoral dissertation “Quality of life of patients with epilepsy”, mentor Prof. Dr. Žarko Martinović, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 2021. Subspecialization in clinical neurophysiology with epileptology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade

Work experience:

  • Since 1994, she has been employed in the Department of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology of the Institute of Mental Health, and since 2010 she has been the head of the Department.
  • In 2017, she was elected, and in 2022, re-elected to the position of assistant professor for the narrow scientific field of neurology at the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade.

Special interest:

Continuous training and research in the field of epileptology and electroencephalography (EEG) within the framework of educational courses, workshops and congresses organized by the International League against Epilepsy and national associations. Principal investigator in clinical studies of antiepileptic drugs and national coordinator of the international registry of pregnancy and antiepileptic drugs – EURAP studies (European Registry of Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy) for Serbia and Montenegro since 2014.

Memberships:

  • Association of Neurologists of Serbia
  • European Academy of Neurology
  • Serbian League for the fight against epilepsy
  • Association for Clinical Neurophysiology of Serbia, member of the presidency
  • Serbian Medical Society

Foreign languages:

English

Prof. dr Elka Stefanova

neurologist

Prof. dr Elka Stefanova

Prof. Dr. Elka Stefanova is a professor of neurology with a research interest in neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease

Education:

  • 1984 Undergraduate studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 1989 Master’s degree on the topic: “Neuropsychological disorders in children with congenital hypothyroidism” Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 1992 Specialization in neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 1995 Doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Procedural and declarative memory in Parkinson’s disease and amnestic syndrome“, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade

Work experience:

  • since 1987 Department of Involuntary Movements, Clinic of Neurology KCS
  • since 1987 Neuropsychiatrist, KCS Neurology Clinic
  • since 1997 Assistant, Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade
  • since 2008 Center for Memory disorders and Dementia
  • since 2010 Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade

Professional development:

  • 1997 – 1998 Department of Experimental Psychology, Downing College, University of Cambridge, Great Britain
  • 2001 – 2003 NEUROTEC Department, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Membership:

  • Serbian Medical Association
  • European Federation of Neurological Societies
  • EADC (European Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium)
  • ECDLB European Lewy Body Disease Consortium
  • EAN Scientific Panel Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Management Group
  • EAN Scientific Panel on Higher Cortical Functions Steering Group
  • International Association for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (MDS)
  • Alzheimer’s Association International Society for the Advancement of Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART)

Publications:

Prof. Elka Stefanova has so far published 332 scientific papers, of which 108 scientific papers were published in their entirety in journals from the JCR list, Brain, Molecular Psychiatry, Alzheimer’s Dementia, Neurobiology of aging, Neuroimage, Neurogenetics, European Neurology, etc.

H -indeks 41, citation rate  5290

Languages:

English, Swedish and French

Asist. dr Olivera Tamaš

neurologist

Asist. dr Olivera Tamaš

Education:

  • 2004. Basic studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad
  • 2010. Master studies – Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, mentor: prof. Dr. Maria Zharkov
  • 2011. Professional training within the EU IPA project RISAIND. Biological Research Center, Szeged, mentor: prof. Dr. Halaczky Gyula, Szeged, Hungary.
  • 2013. Professional study within the EU IPA project MULTSCLER Clinic of Neurology, University of Szeged, Department of Immune-Mediated Diseases of the Central Nervous System, mentor: prof. Dr. Laszlo Vecsei, Szeged, Hungary
  • 2014. Specialization in Neurology – Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 2018 – 2023. Training in the most prominent Multiple Sclerosis treatment centers: Multiple Sclerosis Perceptorship, Innsbruck, 2018. mentor: Thomas Berger, Multiple Sclerosis Perceptorship, Vienna, 2019. mentor: Thomas Berger, Multiple Sclerosis Perceptorship, Barcelona, ​​2020. mentor: Xavier Montalban, Multiple Sclerosis Perceptorship, Dresden, 2023. mentor: Tjalf Ziemssen
  • 2024. Doctoral dissertation entitled “Morphological – clinical, neuropsychological and genetic correlations of degenerative cerebellar ataxias” as part of doctoral studies in the field of Neurology, mentor: Prof dr Vladimir S. Kostić, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade

Work experience:

  • from 2010 to 2016 employed at the Department of Neurology at the Subotica General Hospital
  • since 2017 employed at the Department of Immune-Mediated Diseases of the Central Nervous System, Clinic of Neurology, UKCS
  • since 2020 clinical assistant at the Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade

Special interest:

Demyelinating and immune-mediated diseases of the central nervous system, multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebrospinal fluid examination, the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and monitoring of MS, neuroimaging in MS, modern principles of MS therapy and immunology, and clinical studies. In addition, the area of ​​interest are other inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system such as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease (NMOSD), disease associated with antiMOG antibodies (MOGAD) and cerebellum disease.

Memberships:

Association of Neurologists of Serbia

European Academy of Neurologists

Serbian Medical Association

Medical Chamber of Serbia

Foreign languages:

English, German and Hungarian

Doc. dr Gorana Mandić – Stojmenović

neurologist

Doc. dr Gorana Mandić – Stojmenović

Education:

  • 2005 basic studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 2008/2009 Research Fellowship: Vrije Universiteit – Vrije medisch centrum, Alzheimercentrum (Prof. Dr. Ph. Scheltens)
    Dementia, education in MR hippocampal volumetry, participated in the project “Join effect of hypertension and APOE genotype on CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease” Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2010 Academic Specialization – Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade (KCS Neurology Clinic) (Mentorship: Prof. Dr. Elka Stefanova)
  • 2013 Specialization in Neurology – Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • 2015 As a scholarship holder of the foundation “Prof. Dr. Risto Bokonjić” was educated in the field of postprocessing MR techniques in neurodegenerative diseases at INSPE (Prof. Dr. Massimo Filippi).
    San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
  • 2019 defended doctoral dissertation entitled “Clinical, genetic and morphological characteristics of patients with early-onset dementia” within the framework of doctoral studies in the narrow field of neurology, mentor Prof. Dr. Elka Stefanova, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade

Work experience:

  • since 2006 employed at the Clinic for Neurology of the Clinical Center of Serbia
  • since 2015, clinical assistant, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
  • In 2022, she was elected to the position of assistant professor for the subject of neurology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Belgrade

Special interest:

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonisms, cognitive disorders in Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases

Memberships:

Society of Neurologists of Serbia
Society of Young Neurologists of Serbia
European Academy of Neurology
Serbian Medical Association
Medical Chamber of Serbia

Foreign languages:

English, French, Italian

Prof. dr Ivana Basta

neurologist

Prof. dr Ivana Basta

Education:

  • In 1994, she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Belgrade
  • In 2000, she passed the specialist exam in neurology
  • In 2002, she defended her master’s thesis in the field of neuropathies
  • In 2010, she defended her doctoral dissertation in the field of myasthenia gravis
  • In 2018, she was elected to the position of assistant professor for the subject of neurology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Belgrade

Work experience:

  • Since 1996, she has been employed at the Department of Neuromuscular Diseases and Spinal Cord Diseases of the Neurology Clinic of the University Clinical Center of Serbia (UKCS).

Professional training:

In 2016, she continued training in the field of neuro-oncology, paraneoplastic neurological syndromes and autoimmune encephalitis at the Neuro-Oncology Department of the University Hospital in Lyon, France, with a special emphasis on the modern approach to their diagnosis and treatment. During her work so far, she has participated in numerous national and international projects in the field of acquired and hereditary neuromuscular diseases, as evidenced by previous publications in journals with the SCI (SSCI) list.

During 2002/2003, as part of the project of the European Association of Neurologists, she trained in clinical and experimental neuroimmunology at the University Neurological Clinic in Milan for the application of neuroimmunological methods in the field of diagnosis of inflammatory neuropathies and paraneoplastic neurological syndromes.

Prof. dr Ljiljana Beslać-Bumbaširević

neurologist

Prof. dr Ljiljana Beslać-Bumbaširević

Education:

  • In 1976, she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Belgrade
  • 1981 specialist exam in neuropsychiatry
  • In 1987 she defended her doctoral dissertation entitled Comparative study of cytological characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid and neurological manifestations in adult patients with acute leukemia

Work experience:

  • ​In 1979, she joined the Clinic for Neurology. From the beginning of her employment at the Clinic for Neurology, she worked at the Department of Demyelination and Extrapyramidal Diseases, then at the Department of General Neurology, and for almost 30 years, at the Department of Emergency Neurology. At the Department of Emergency Neurology, she was first the head of the Intensive Neurological Treatment Unit (the first in the country with respiratory support), and then the head of the entire department

Professional training and other activities:

She trained abroad (Rostock, Germany and Chicago, USA). Also, she was the manager of a research project of the Ministry of Science, and a collaborator in five such projects. He is the author and co-author of a large number of publications in international and national magazines, international and domestic monographs, as well as in domestic textbooks. He is a reviewer in several prominent international neurological journals. She led the working group for stroke in Serbia, and participated in the development of the Guide for the treatment and prevention of stroke. With a team of doctors and nurses, in 2005, at the Department of Urgent Neurology, she founded the first Stroke Unit in our country, which served as a model for other such units in Serbia, and in 2006, she introduced emergency treatment of acute stroke with intravenous thrombolytic therapy. She was the president of the Republican Expert Commission for Neurology, Ministry of Health. He is a member of the Serbian Medical Association, but also of all European associations in the field of general neurology and cerebrovascular diseases. She participated in several meetings of European experts in cerebrovascular diseases, where measures and strategies for the treatment and prevention of acute stroke were determined.