CURRICULUM VITAE
DRAGOMIR S. MIRKOVIC, M.D., M.Sc., General Surgeon
Business address: Home address:
“Dr. Milenko Marin” Medical Centre 15316 Banja Koviljaca,
***** *******, ******** ** ****** Zike Popovica 5, Serbia,
Europe
Phone: +381-**-******
Fax: +381-**-******
Mobile: +256-**-*******
Email: ***********@*****.*** or
******@*****.***
Skype name: dragomir.mirkovic
Objective
To secure full-time position as a general surgeon, colorectal surgeon, laparoscopic surgeon,
hepatobiliary surgeon, surgeon engaged in ultrasound and endoscopy diagnostic procedures, or
urgent surgery (thoracic-abdominal) in Africa, Middle East region, or in Western country.
Personal information
Date of birth: January 23, 1944 Place of birth: Sabac, Serbia
Marital status: divorced
Number of children, age and Three: 40(M.D.,Ophtalmologist)
Their profession: 39( M.D.),29( M.D.)
Sex: male Citizenship: Serbian
Education
1951-1962 Completed elementary school in Banja Koviljaca, Serbia and high school in Loznica,
Serbia
1962-1968 Attended School of Medicine - University of Belgrade, Serbia
Graduated from, School of Medicine - University of Belgrade, Serbia on April 26, 1968
1972-1976 Started the residency program in GENERAL SURGERY on May 1, 1972 in Zvornik
Medical Centre, continued in Loznica Medical Centre and spent the final year of residency in
Belgade at the 1st Surgery Clinic.
1976 Passed Board Examination in the GENERAL SURGERY with DISTINCTION in the class
mentored by Prof.Dr. Lj. Rasovic M.D., Ph.D.,on June 16, 1976
1978-1981 Started POSTGRADUATE STUDIES in NEUROSURGERY at the University
Neurosurgery Clinic in Belgrade, Serbia (mentored by Prof.Dr. P. Milenkovic, M.D., Ph.D.) in 1978;
M.Sc. thesis defended on April 9, 1981
1994 Completed the Yugoslav SCHOOL of ULTRASOUND in Kragujevac, Serbia and conducted
three months of practical training at the University Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia
(mentored by Prof. Dr. Nada Kovacevic, M.D., Ph.D.)
1997 Attended the 1st Yugoslav SCHOOL of DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY in Belgrade, Serbia
1998 Attended the 1st HYPERBARIC MEDICINE postgraduate course in Belgrade, Serbia
2000-2001 Completed a training course in LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY at the “Istvan Gere”
Medical Centre in Senta, Serbia(mentored by Prim. Dr. Emil Farkas M.D., M.Sc.)
2001 Attended 1st International Conferenc “European surgery in the third Millenium”
organized under the auspices of the Italian Embassy(March,16-17,Budapest).
2002 Awarded the title of the INSTRUCTOR in the LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY on February 25,
2002
2003 Attended CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION (ULTRASOUND in SURGERY -
ABDOMEN) course at Clinical Centre in Novi Sad, Serbia
2005 Attended the SSAT POSTGRADUATE COURSE,PANCREATICOBILIARY
DISEASE: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Outcomes,on Sunday,May
15-th,2005 at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois.
International professional experience
Spent one to three months in the following hospitals:
1979 Prince of Wales (Sydney, Australia)
1983 Mona Wale Hospital (Sydney, Australia)
1995 Royal Hospital (Aberdeen, UK)
1996 Mater Misericordiae Hospital (Sydney, Australia)
2000 Austin Hospital (Melbourne, Australia).
Spent one year in the abroad following hospitals:
1985 - 1986 Full-time position of Consultant General Surgeon in the “Hawary” and “Al Jalla”
hospitals, Benghazi, Libya from October 1, 1985 to October 1, 1986
2006 – 2007 Full time position of Consultant General Surgeon in Libyan Swiss Diagnostic
Center, Tripoli, Libya from May 1, 2006 to July 1, 2007.
2007 until February, 2012 as Senior Consultant General Surgeon at some private hospital on call.
Since 25.02.2012 and present as a Chief Surgeon and Clinical Director with Gulu Independent
Hospital, Gulu, Uganda
Professional experience in Serbia
1982 – 1998 Full-time position of the Chief of the Department of Surgery, Loznica Medical Centre
from April 1, 1982 to March 31, 1998
1998 – 2006 Full-time position of the Director of the Department of Surgery, Loznica Medical
Centre from April 1, 1998 to April 1, 2006
Professional memberships
International:
EDS - European Digestive Surgery
EATES - European Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
EAES - European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
SSAT - Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
National:
JUEH - Yugoslav Association of Endoscopic Surgeons,
UHJ - Yugoslav Association of Herniaeologists,
Gastrosurgical Club of Yugoslavia,
Yugoslav Association of Coloproctologists
Association of Oncologic Surgeons of Yugoslavia
HSSLD - Surgical Section of Serbian Medical Socety
Interests and scope of the work
Besides routine surgical procedures (Appendectomy, Herniaectomy - tension and tension free
method, Hemorrhoidectomy, Cholecystectomy), I perform surgery on the billiary ducts
(Choledochotomy with “T”drainage, Choledocho - duodenostomy, “Y” Roux anastomosis,
Transduodenal sphyncteroplasty, Wipple procedure), gastric surgery in ulcer disease (Billroth I
and Billroth II operations) as well as subtotal and total gastrectomy with D-1 and D-2
lymphadenectomy and “Y” Roux anastomosis in malignant cases, colon surgery (right and left
hemicolectomy ) and rectal procedures (anterior and low resections with total mesorectal excision
and paraaortal, paracaval and pelvic lymphadenectomy, either manual or using stapler, as well as
double stapling technique), breast surgery (mastectomy with axillary dissection), thyroid gland
surgery (strumectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy), laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. Currently, I am
particularly focused at laparoscopic and colorectal procedures. A-V fistula to patients who are on
dyalisis. Also I’m educated and perform oesophagogastroduodenoscopy & colonoscopy.
Laparascopic procedure which I perform: lap.cholecystectomy & gynaecological laparasopy with
dye& lap.varicocela.
All surgeries I performed are available on the DVD (Gastrectomy, Billroth I, Billroth II,
Hemicolectomy,”Low resection”/stapled or hand sewn/, Mastectomy, etc.) upon request.
Languages
Serbian – native
Croatien and Bosnien – native
English - good
German – read and write
French - read and write
Informatics
MS Office package, Internet explorer, Windows XP
References
Prof. Dr. Predrag Pesko M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Centre of SerbiaPasterova 211000
BelgradeYugoslavia
Phone: ++381-**-*******, Cell: ++381-**-******
Email: *******.*****@*****.***
Prim. Dr. Emil Farkas M.D., MSc., Medical Centre "Istvan Gere" 24400 SentaYugoslavia
Phone: ++381-**-******, Cell: ++381-**-******
Email: ******.****@*****.***
Prof. Dr. Veljko Djukic M.D., Ph.D., Sokolska 14 11000 Belgrade Yugoslavia
Phone: ++381-**-*******
Visiting Prof. Dr. Gradimir Dragutinovic M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., Neuroradiolog
Medical Director of Diagnostic Centre “Hram”-Belgrade
Tel.: +381-**-******* and 3441500
Dr. Silvia Awor, Spercialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Lecturer Gulu University Medical
School Tel: +256-***-****** Email: *******@*****.***