SVETOZAR PUTNIK

Department for Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia

EDUCATION
Diploma and M.D. Certificate. License for General Medical Practice. Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 1989.-1995.
• Residency in General Surgery Belgrade, License for Surgical Practice. Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Dept. for Cardiac Surgery, 1996.-2001.
• License for Cardiac surgery Practice. Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade.
• Postdoctoral Educational Program in Cardiology for gaining M.Sc. Research field: OFF PUMP coronary artery bypass grafting 2004. Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade.
• PhD in Cardiac surgery. Research field: surgical aspects of myoepicardial approach for CRT. Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Consultant cardiac surgeon, Chief of the Clinic for Cardiac surgery, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade Surgeon.
• More than 3000 open heart procedures as the first surgeon (on and off pump CABG, mitral valve replacement and reconstruction, aortic valve surgery, aortic root surgery, surgery of the ascending aorta and aortic arch, acute aortic dissections, heart transplant and left ventricular assist device implantations – 32 Heartmate, 8 Heartware implantations).
• Professor in surgery, Medical Faculty University of Belgrade.
• Provided with necessary skills for all mayor vascular surgical procedures and pacemaker implantation
• Medical doctor of the U-21 football national team of Serbia (2007-2012)

FELLOWSHIP AND TRAINING
• One year fellowship in Leiden University Medical Centre (Prof Rober Dion) 2001.
• One month fellowship Texas Heart Institute (Prof Denton Cooley) 2006.
• One month fellowship in MCS and heart transplant programme Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard Paris (Prof Nataph) 2012.
• Surgical training program in LVAD HeartMate II and III implantation
• HeartWare training program for LVAD implantation
• Active member of the European Association For Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)