Work experience:

• February 2008 – August 2008 medical internship, Clinical Center of Serbia
• May 2008 – July 2009 Genetic Laboratory of the Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia
• October 2009 – October 2012 Zvezdara Health Center, Service for Health Care of Adult Citizens
• from November 2012 Clinic for endocrinology, diabetes and metabolic diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia

Foreign languages:

English

Work experience:

• 2013 full professor of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
• Prof. Dr. Žarković is the head of the department for thyroid diseases at the Endocrinology Clinic in Belgrade
• runs the Graves’ Orbitopathy Center, which is part of EUGOGO (European Group for Graves’ Orbitopathy)

Member of the editorial board of several endocrinological journals and the president of the Serbian Thyroid Society.

He is the secretary of the European Group for Graves’ Orbitopathy and a member of the European Thyroid Association Guidelines Board. He has published professional papers in all leading endocrinology journals such as JCEM, Thyroid, European Journal of Endocrinology and others and is a regular reviewer in leading endocrinology journals.

Memberships:

Serbian Medical Association 1987, President of the endocrinology section of the Serbian Medical Association 2004-2015.
ENEA (European Neuroendocrine Association) 1993
ENETS 2006 –
ESE 2008 –

Projects:

Participant in the project “New molecules in the control of growth hormone secretion and energy homeostasis in humans” and the main researcher in the project: “Molecular bases of MEN syndrome and endocrine-dependent tumors”, financed by the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia (M1717).
Participant in the project “Stress-induced modulation of glucocortioid receptor function”, funded by the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia (Bio1654).
Participant and member of the consortium on the project: “Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”, financed by the Sixth Framework Program Priority Inco – WBC- 509213.

Publications:

About 100 papers published in peer-reviewed journals; over 1800 citations; H index 18.

1. Popovic V, Damjanovic S, Micic D, Djurovic M, Diguez C, Casanueva F: BLOCKED GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING PEPTIDE (GHRP-6)-INDUCED GH SECRETION AND ABSCENCE OF THE SYNERGIC ACTION OF GHRP-6 PLUS GH-RELEASING HORMONE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY DISCONNECTION; EVIDENCE THAT GHRP-6 MAIN ACTION IS EXERTED AT THE HYPOTHALAMIC LEVEL, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 80: 942-947, 1995.
2. Damjanović SS, Petakov M., Raicević S., Micić D., Marinković J., Diguez C., Casanueva FF., Popović V.: Serum Leptin Levels in Patients With Acromegaly Before and After Correction of Hypersomatotropism by Trans-sphenoidal Surgery. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 85:147-154, 2000.
3. Damjanović SS, Nešković A, Petakov M, Popović V, Vujisić B, Petrović M, Đurović M, Simić M, Pekić S, Marinković J. High output heart failure in patients with newly diagnosed acromegaly. Am J Med 112:610-16, 2002.
4. Damjanović SS, Nešković AN, Petakov M, Popović V, Macut D, Vukojević P, Joksimović M. Clinical Indicators of Biochemical Remission in Acromegaly: Does Incomplete Disease Control Always Mean Therapeutic Failure. Clin Endocrinol 62:410-417, 2005.
5. Damjanović SS, Lalić N, Peško PM, Petakov MS, Jotić A, Miljić D, Lalić KS, Lukić Lj, Djurović M, Djukić VB. Acute Effects of Ghrelin on Insulin Secretion and Glucose Disposal Rate in Gastrectomized Patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 91:2574-2581, 2006.
6. Damjanovic SS, Stojic RV, Lalic NM, Jotic AZ, Macut DP, Ognjanovic SI, Petakov MS, Popovic BM. Relationship between Basal Metabolic Rate and Cortisol Secretion throughout Pregnancy. Endocrine, 35:262-268, 2009.
7. Damjanovic SS, Antic JA, Ilic BB, Cokic BB, Ivovic M, Ognjanovic SI, Isailovic TV, Popovic BM, Bozic IB, Tatic S, Matic G, Todorovic VN, Paunovic I. Glucocorticoid receptor and molecular chaperones in the pathogenesis of adrenal incidentalomas: potential role of reduced sensitivity to glucocorticoids. Mol Med, 18:1456-65, 2013.
8. Popovic D, Popovic B, Plecas-Solarovic B, Pešić V, Markovic V, Stojiljkovic S, Vukcevica V, Petrovic I, Banovic M, Petrovica M, Vujisic-Tesic B, Ostojic MC, Ristic A, Damjanovic SS. THE INTERFACE OF HYPOTHALAMIC–PITUITARY–ADRENOCORTICAL AXIS AND CIRCULATING BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN PREDICTION OF CARDIOPULMONARY PRFORMANCE DURING PHYSICAL STRESS. Peptides, 47:85–93, 2013.
9. Damjanovic SS, et al.: TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX PROTEIN 1 EXPRESSION IS AFFECTED BY VHL GENE ALTERATIONS AND HIF-1Α PRODUCTION IN SPORADIC CLEAR-CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA. Exp Mol Pathol, 101:323-331, 2016.
10. Damjanovic SS, Antić JA, Elezović-Kovacević VI, Dunđerovic DM, Milićević IT, Beleslin-Cokic BB et al.: ARMC5 ALTERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SPORADIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS AND MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1 (MEN1). J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 105:e4531-e4542, 2020.