Biography

Dragan M. Djuric (born in 1961 in the city of Krusevac, Serbia), received his MD degree in 1987, MS degree in 1991, PhD degree in 1993, and Board certified in Clinical Physiology in 2007, all from the Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade. Academic positions: Research Assistant (1989-1991), Assistant (1991-1994), Assistant Professor (1994-1999), Associate Professor (1999-2008), Full Professor of Medical Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade (2008-present). Postdoctoral training obtained in Germany (Max Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research – Kerckhoff Heart Centre, Bad Nauheim, 1998, 2001-2002), and USA (College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, 2000). From 1997-2000 he was Head at the Centre for Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology in the Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute, Belgrade. In period 2006-2009 he was a Director, than in period 2009-2012 he was a Chair of the Board of Medical Physiology, both at the Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade. He initiated and co-founded PhD program in physiological sciences (2009), and from that time he is a Chairman of that program at the Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade. He initiated and co-founded the establishment of the Yugoslav Atherosclerosis Society in 1998, than he was a first Secretary General (1998-2002). He was a President of the Executive Committee and Assembly of the Serbian Physiological Society (2006-2013), President of the Program and Nominating committee of the Serbian Physiological Society (2013-2017), and he was elected again as a President of the Assembly of the Serbian Physiological Society (2018-2021). Dr. Djuric also had a lot of international responsibilities: 2000-present, Council Member, International Atherosclerosis Society; 2003-2013 Council Member, Federation of European Physiological Societies (FEPS); 2005-2009 Council Member, International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS); 2006-2014 Council Member, International Society for Pathophysiology; 2011-present, Member, Steering Committee, Global Network for Global Fight Against Cardiovascular Diseases, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (IACS); 2015-present, Council Member, European Section, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences; 2018-present, Executive Council Member, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. He was elected as Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019).