Orthopaedic and traumatology surgeon

Specific professional orientation:

• Cartilage transplantation using OATS system
• Stem cells
• Bioengineering in traumatology and orthopaedics
• Arthroscopic surgery of shoulder, knee, elbow and ankle surgery
• Ligamentoplasty, hip replacement, knee replacement
• Bioregenerative therapy

Education:

• Specialization in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology, 1991
• Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade

Job:

• Atlas General Hospital since 2015
• Department for sports traumatology  at the Institute of orthopaedics and surgery “Banjica” in Belgrade since 1999
• Greek hospital Ygeia during 1999
• Specialist in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology at the Institute of orthopaedics and surgery “Banjica” in Belgrade, Orthopaedic department since 1991
• Assistant at the Institute of Anatomy and Orthopaedics

Foreign languages:

• English
• Greek

Place and duration of specialization and professional trainings abroad:

• After nostrification in Greece, he worked in Greek hospital Ygela until 1999. During that period, he attended numerous professional trainings in traumatology in many European countries.
• After coming back to Belgrade, he continued his work at the Institute  of orthopaedics and traumatology “Banjica”, where he introduced a few operational techniques in traumatology and sports medicine.
• He was the first to  introduce cartilage transplantation using OATS system in 2000.
• After that, he published several orthopaedic publications in the fields of sports medicine and traumatology.
• He improved arthroscopic surgery by organizing and leading the trainings in shoulder, elbow, knee and ankle surgery.
• In 2009 he introduced the transplantation of artifical knee cartilage with the help of colleagues from Switzerland.
• Since 2003 he has been the major researcher on the study “Evaluation of the Agili-C Biphasic Implant on cartilage regeneration and osteochondral defect” of CartiHeal company Ltd (2009), at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Surgery “Banjica” in Belgrade.
• He has joined the eminent team of doctors at the Atlas General Hospital in 2015.