Prof. dr Vladislav Vukomanović

Personal information

• Prof. Dr. Vladislav Vukomanović, pediatric cardiologist.
• Born in 1964 in Belgrade, grew up in Mladenovac, where he completed primary and secondary education.
• National and regional expert in the field of interventional pediatric cardiology and non-invasive cardiological procedures (TTE, TEE, fetal echocardiography, ergometry).

Education

• Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1989 at the University of Belgrade with an average grade of 9.11.
• Specialization in pediatrics – 1995.
• Master's thesis (1996): Monitoring the natural course of disease in children with complete atrioventricular block.
• Doctoral dissertation (2003): Therapeutic and prognostic significance of anatomical and functional changes in the heart after correction of Tetralogy of Fallot.
• Subspecialty in cardiology – 2017.

International Training

He has trained in leading European and world centers, including:

• San Donato, Milan
• Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
• Hungarian Center of Pediatric Cardiology, Budapest
• Universitätsklinikum Gießen, Germany
• Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw
• Coordinator for establishing a cardiology-cardiac surgery center in Jinchuan, Ningxia, China, where he worked for 8 months.

Memberships and Roles

• Representative of Serbia in AEPC (European Association for Paediatric Cardiology) since 2011.
• President of the International Association of Preventive Pediatrics.
• President of the medical commission of the budget fund for referring children for treatment abroad (since 2015).
• Recipient of plaques from the Serbian Medical Society (2013, 2017) and recognition for contribution in the fight against COVID-19 (2022).

Work Experience

• Employed at the Institute for Health Protection of Mother and Child of Serbia 'Dr Vukan Čupić' since 1990.
• Since 1995, he has been working in the department for the treatment of heart and blood vessel diseases.
• Head of department (since 2005), manager of the Pediatric Clinic (since 2014), deputy director (2016–2024), and then elected as acting director of the Institute.

Clinical Experience

• One of the leading regional experts in interventional pediatric cardiology.
• Over 25 years, he has performed about 2500 heart catheterizations, including 1200 interventions, such as:
  • closure of ASD, VSD, PDA
  • embolization of pathological blood vessels
  • balloon valvuloplasty
  • balloon atrial septostomy
  • stenting of aortic coarctation
  • stenting of narrowed pulmonary arteries
• Expert in non-invasive diagnostics as well: TTE, TEE, fetal echocardiography, ergometry.

Educational Work

• First elected as an assistant at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade in 2000, and in 2021 as a full professor.
• Head of the Department of Palliative Medicine (2012–2024), and since 2024, head of the Department of Pediatrics.
• Mentor for subspecialty training to doctors from Banja Luka, Bijeljina, Šabac, Čačak, and Belgrade.
• Mentor for three defended doctoral dissertations + three more in the final stage.

Scientific Work

• Author and co-author of 53 SCI papers (cumulative IF > 100).
• Project leader at the Faculty of Medicine.
• Project coordinator for palliative care of pediatric patients.
• Organizer of international workshops on interventional cardiology (2006–2018).

International Professional Engagements

• Chief consultant at the University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska (since 2019).
• Consultant in children's hospitals in Skopje, Bijeljina, and Foča.