Serbian Association for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Research/Serbian ATVBR

Members: 100
Web address: www.physiology.org.rs

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President, IAS Delegate
Prof. Dr. Dragan M. Djurić, MD, PhD, FIACS
Professor of Physiology

Institute of Medical Physiology
Richard Burian", Faculty of Medicine,
University of Belgrade
str. Visegradska 26/II
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
phone +381 11 36 07 112
fax +381 11 36 11 261
E-mail: drdjuric@eunet.rs

Secretary General
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Lj. Jakovljević, MD, PhD, FIACS
Professor of Physiology

Department of Medical Physiology
Faculty of Medical Sciences
str. Svetozara Markovica 69, P.O.Box 124
34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
phone +381 34 34 29 44
fax +381 34 30 68 00 / ext. 112
E-mail: drvladakgbg@yahoo.com

Background:

In 2002 basic cardiovascular research group of the former Yugoslav Atherosclerosis Society and the Serbian Physiological Society founded the Serbian Association for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Research (formerly known as the Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Research of the Serbian Physiological Society). The newly established scientific association in Serbia consisted of physiologists, pharmacologists, molecular biologists, geneticists, clinical chemists and clinicians with experience and interest in the field of arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology research. The members of the Serbian ATVB are recognized members of several international scientific organizations and they established strong research contacts with the International Atherosclerosis Society, European Atherosclerosis Society and International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. The co-founders of the former Yugoslav Atherosclerosis Society (in 1997) and co-organizers of the First Yugoslav Congress on Atherosclerosis with International Participation (Belgrade, 2001) were Prof. Dr. med. Dragan M. Djuric and Prof. Dr. med. Vladimir Lj. Jakovljevic.
The Serbian Association for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Research has become a constituent member of International Atherosclerosis Society since 2003.

List of Activities:

The Serbian Association for Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Research performed the following activities:

1. CME educational courses in 2003, 2004 and 2006 on "Scientific basis of atherosclerosis prevention with Introduction to harmonized IAS guidelines"  for large health professional community. It was accredited by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbian Medical Society and International Atherosclerosis Society, and held in Belgrade and Vojvodina.

2. CME educational courses in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 on "Atherosclerosis, risk factors, pathogenesis, therapy and prevention" accredited by Faculty of Medicine (now Faculty of Medical Sciences), University of Kragujevac. These activities were organized in different parts of Serbia (Belgrade, Kragujevac, Valjevo) as a result of cooperation with local health centres, and also with the specialized hospitals for heart and cerebrovascular diseases.

3. The monograph entitled "Atherosclerosis: risk factors, pathogenesis, therapy, prevention" with IAS harmonized guidelines for atherosclerosis prevention (in Serbian language) was published in 2005 for large health professional community. The monograph entitled "Nutrition, treatment and cardiovascular risk management" was published in 2007.

4. Satellite symposium of the XIV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis (ISA Rome 2006) entitled "From vascular biology to the atherosclerosis prevention: an eastern European perspective" with recognized Union of European Medical Specialists (UEMS) certificate was held on June 15-16, 2006, Belgrade, Serbia. The report from that event was published in CV Network (bulletin of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences).
http://www.heartacademy.org/newsletter/5/2.pdf
Please see the program through web address
http://www.physiology.org.rs/eng/htm/konf2006/announcement.pdf
www.isa2006.org/satsym.html

5. International scientific symposium entitled "Oxidative stress and the mechanisms of protection"  was held on November 2-3, 2006, Kragujevac, Serbia.

6. Scientific conference entitled "Nutrition, treatment and cardiovascular risk management" with the recognized UEMS certificate was held on May 24-27, 2008, Novi Sad, Serbia, and under patronage of the International Atherosclerosis Society and the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. The report from the conference was published in CV NETWORK (bulletin of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences).
http://www.heartacademy.org/newsletter/6/2.pdf
Please see the program through web address
http://www.physiology.org.rs/eng/htm/konf2007/program.pdf

7. During second congress of physiological sciences of Serbia with international participation (Kragujevac, September 17-20, 2009) different symposia were held on stem cell biology, cardiovascular biology, physiology and pathophysiology.

8. During the scientific conference with international participation on preclinical testing of active substances and cancer research (Kragujevac, March 16-19, 2011) international symposium was organized on anti-cancer agents and cardiovascular toxicity.

9. During joint scientific meeting of national physiological societies, ie. from Slovakia and Serbia (Kovacica, June 20-22, 2013), different symposia were organized on cell and smooth muscle physiology, cardiovascular physiology, nutrition, exercise, and hyperbaric physiology.  

10. During third congress of physiological sciences of Serbia with international participation (Belgrade, October 29-31, 2014) different symposia were held on advances in cardiovascular research, cardiac physiology and pharmacology, novel therapeutic interventions and cardiovascular diseases.

11. Different scientific presentations were also organized together with the Serbian Neurocardiological Society and the Serbian Autonomic Society in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 in Belgrade (see links below)
http://sas-serbia.org/files/neurocard_2011.pdf
http://sas-serbia.org/files/neurocard_2012.pdf
http://www.aria.co.rs/images/stories/kongresi/2013/neurocard_2013/1_announcement_neurocard_2013.pdf
http://sas-serbia.org/files/neurocard_2014.pdf

12. European section meeting of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences will be organized in Belgrade (October 7-11, 2015).