Nuclear Medicine Institute

Nuclear Medicine Institute
 
 


The Institute of Nuclear Medicine deals with nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, scientific-research work in diagnostics, monitoring of the clinical course of the disease of various organs and their treatment as well as the study of and learning about normal physiological processes and the effects of nuclear energy on the human body.
In addition to that, the Institute offers medical education and training programs for residents and medical technicians,
CONTACT:
The Institute for Nuclear Medicine, MMA, 17 Crnotravska  St., Belgrade,

MMA’s Information Office: 381 11 2661 122, 2662 755
Head of the Institute, Prof. Dr. Boris Ajdinović: 381 11 3608 642,  
Clinic’s Administration Office: 381 11 3608 625   

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Fifty years of existence of the Nuclear Medicine Institute
 
Nuclear Medicine Institute
 
 
The Institute of Nuclear Medicine deals with nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, scientific-research work in diagnostics, monitoring of the clinical course of the disease of various organs and their treatment as well as the study of and learning about normal physiological processes and the effects of nuclear energy on the human body.
In addition to that, the Institute offers medical education and training programs for residents and medical technicians,
CONTACT:
The Institute for Nuclear Medicine, MMA, 17 Crnotravska  St., Belgrade,

MMA’s Information Office: 381 11 2661 122, 2662 755
Head of the Institute, Prof. Dr. Boris Ajdinović: 381 11 3608 642,  
Clinic’s Administration Office: 381 11 3608 625   

 
History

LtCol. Milovan Antić, MD is the founder of the Department of Radioisotope Application in Medicine established in 1959 as a part of the MMA’s Clinic for Internal Diseases.  In 1969, that Department named Radioisotopes Department began to operate as an independent unit. It was soon extended by adding the Radioimmunology Laboratory led by LtCol. doctor Miodrag Odavić to its roster. With the procurement of the first gamma camera in 1977, it considerably broadened the scope of its work and continued to develop through the years. In 1979, it grew into the Nuclear Medicine Department.

In the late 1980, upon moving into a new building, it got new equipment and significantly improved its working conditions. In 1983, the Department was renamed the Nuclear Medicine Institute, which is its current name.

Over the period between of 1959 through 1984, the Institute was managed by Col. Prof. Dr. Milovan Antić. His successors were Col. Prof. Dr. Miodrag Odavić (1984 to 1994), Col. Prof. Dr. Stevan Marković (1994 through 2004), and  Prof. Dr. Boris Ajdinović (since 2004).



Activities

-    Nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures;
-    Scientific-research work in diagnostics, monitoring of the clinical course of the disease of various organs and their treatment;
-    The study of and learning about  normal physiological processes and the effects of nuclear energy  on the human body, and
-    Education and training of residents and medical technicians

 
Organizational structure:
 
-    The Management of the Institute
-    Department for Morphological Diagnostics
-    Section for Functional Diagnostics
-    Laboratory for Radioimmunology

Personnel:

The Institute has 20 staff members, of whom 8 are doctors (3 with PhD and 3 with Master’s degree), 1 pharmacist, 4 senior medical technicians, 7 medical technicians and 1 administrative officer.

Services:

-    In-Vivo diagnostic services (examination of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, bones, endocrine organs and other);
-    In-Vitro diagnostic services (hormone and tumor marker testing), and
-    Treatment of thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) as well as   policitemia.

Efficacy:

The Institute performs each year about 5 000 In-Vivo and around 50 000 In-Vitro examinations
 
Teaching and Teachers:

Prof. Dr.Boris Ajdinović
Assist. Prof. Dr.. Zoran Janković
Asist. Ljiljana Jauković, MD, M.Sc.

The Institute offers graduate programs for internal medicine and surgery residents, physicians from the Medical Services Reserve Officers School and the students of higher nursing schools as well.
 

Scientific-Research Work:

From the very beginning of its existence until the present day, staff members of the Institute were the authors and coauthors of about 1000 professional and scientific papers published or announced in the country and abroad.
The Institute hosted two national congresses on Nuclear Medicine in 1997 and 2001, and the international symposium on the application of mononuclear antibodies in the clinical practice in 1991.
 

Medical team:

Head of the Institute
Prof. Dr. Boris Ajdinović
LtCol. Dragan Pucar, M.Sc. specialist in Nuclear Medicine
Assist. Prof. Dr. Zoran Janković, specialist in Nuclear Medicine
Assist. Ljiljana Jauković, specialist in Nuclear Medicine
Sanja Dugonjić, M.Sc. in Nuclear Medicine
Col. Baškot Branislav, MD, specialist in Nuclear Medicine
Marija Dopuđa, MD, specialist in Nuclear Medicine
Mirjana Joksimović, Phar.B. pharmacist, specialist in laboratory endocrinology
 
 
CONTACT:
The Institute for Nuclear Medicine, MMA, 17 Crnotravska  St., Belgrade,

MMA’s Information Office: 381 11 2661 122, 2662 755
Head of the Institute, Prof. Dr. Boris Ajdinović: 381 11 3608 642,  
Clinic’s Administration Office: 381 11 3608 625