Prof. dr Aleksandar Nešković
cardiologist
Education:
- 1988 basic studies at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
- In 1993, he received his master’s degree in post-graduate studies in cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
- In 1999, he defended his doctoral dissertation under the title »Echocardiographic study of left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction
Work experience:
- 1988 Clinical and hospital center Zemun
- 1994 Head of Coronary Unit, Clinical and Hospital Center Zemun
- 1996 head of the Clinical Research Department at the Cardiovascular Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases in Dedinje
- 1999-2003 manager of the Center for Cardiovascular Research for Cardiovascular Diseases in Dedinje
- Professor of internal medicine and cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
- Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun, Belgrade
Head of Interventional Cardiology, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun, Belgrade
Advanced training:
- 1990 Training in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography at the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- 1993 Training in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography at the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
- 2001 Elective and primary percutaneous coronary intervention training, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy (full time fellowship)
Areas of interest:
· Urgent echocardiography
· Interventional cardiology
· Acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, left ventricular function
International Committees:
2008 – 2012 Board member, European Association of Echocardiography
1999 – Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (F.E.S.C.)
2001 – Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (F.A.C.C.)
Editorial Boards:
Member of the editorial board of “Cardiovascular Ultrasound” and “European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging”
Publications:
· 97 papers in extenso in international journals indexed in Current Contents/SCI (papers cited more than 1700 times, cumulative impact factor 340, H-index 19)
· Co-editor of the book “Emergency Echocardiography”, Taylor & Francis, London, 2005 – the first publication in this field in the world, and 2016 (2nd edition)
· Co-editor of the book “Stress echocardiography: Essential Guide and DVD”, Informa Healthcare, London/New York, 2010.
· 10 chapters in international books
· Chairman of the committee for writing recommendations for emergency echocardiography of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) (2013) and focus-ultrasound of the heart (2014)
