Stefan Djordjevic, MD, PhD
Stefan Djordjevic, MD, PhD
EDUCATION
2019-2024 Rheumatology subspecialty training at the Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia and
subspecialty certification in pediatric rheumatology
– Thesis: „Prevalence and risk factors for methotrexate intolerance in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis“
2015-2019 Pediatric residency training at the University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia and certification in pediatrics
2013-2021 PhD academic studies in epidemiology, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
– PhD thesis „The estimation of the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and glucose and lipid metabolism disorders in patients with spinal muscular atrophy“
2012 State medical exam, received medical license
2005-2011 Medical doctor, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
– Average grade 9.85 out of 10
MD thesis „Eligibility criteria for children suffering from cardiomyopathy to be placed on the heart transplant waiting list“
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2022 Certificate of commendation for success achieved during PhD academic studies and the results
of the doctoral dissertation published in journals from the JCR list with a cumulative impact factor ≥5 and the award „Prof. Dr. Anita Grgurević“ for publishing the results of the PhD thesis in journals from the JCR list with the highest cumulative impact factor in the Epidemiology PhD program.
2011 Annual award for the best student from the Medical Faculty of the University of Belgrade
2008-2011 City of Belgrade scholarship
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024-present Chief of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
2023-present Teaching assistant, pediatrics, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
2022-present Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
2012-2022 Department of Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
2011-2012 Rotating Internship: Primary health center Palilula and the University Children’s Hospital,
Belgrade, Serbia
2010-2011 Student assistant, Institute of histology and embryology „Aleksandar Đ. Kostić“, Belgrade, Serbia
CLINICAL TRIALS
2023-present A Randomized, Double-Blind, Dose Finding and Comparison Study of the Safety and Efficacy of a High Dose of Eteplirsen, Preceded by an Open-label Dose Escalation, in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy With Deletion Mutations Amenable to Exon 51 Skipping, NCT03992430 (study role: echocardiographer)
2019-present A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center Study With an Open-Label Extension to
Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of SRP-4045 and SRP-4053 in Patients With Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy, NCT02500381 (study role: echocardiographer)
2019-2021 Open-label, long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy study of GIVINOSTAT in all DMD (Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy) patients who have been previously treated in one of the GIVINOSTAT studies, NCT03373968 (study role: echocardiographer)
2016-2017 Orodispersible Minitablets of Enalapril in Young Children With Heart Failure Due to Congenital 2 Heart Disease, NCT02652741 (study role: study physician)
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
September 2024 Djordjevic SA, Susic G, Lazarevic D, et al. The prevalence and risk factors for methotrexate intolerance in patients with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatric Rheumatology 2024;22(2): PReS24-ABS-1650.
September 2021 Djordjevic S, Susic G, Novakovic D, Seric S, Milenkovic R. Primary hypertrophic
osteoarthropathy – a case report. The annual congress of the Rheumatology Association of Serbia
and the Rheumatology Patients Association of Serbia, Belgrade Serbia.
May 2021 Djordjevic SA, Milic-Rasic V, Brankovic V, et al. Cardiac findings in children and adolescents
with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3. The 16th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases 2021 (virtual conference).
November 2020 Djordjevic SA, Novakovic D, Susic G, et al. Rheumatic fever–a disease of the past? The annual congress of the Rheumatology Association of Serbia and the Rheumatology Patients Association
of Serbia, Belgrade Serbia.
October 2019 Pavlovic AS, Djordjevic SA, Mehmedbegovic Z, et al. Prognostic impact of the post-procedural aortic valve insufficiency on the long-term risk for surgical aortic valve repair in patients
undergoing balloon valvuloplasty for congenital aortic valve stenosis. Eur Heart J. 2019;40(Suppl. 1).
July 2017 Dejanovic I, Knezevic-Apostolski S, Basta IZ, Lavrnic DV, Djordjevic SA, Apostolski SA.
Predicting factors of clinical outcome in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Eur J Neurol. 2017;24(Suppl. 1):233-233.
October 2013 Djordjevic SA, Jovanovic I, Parezanovic V, et al. Cardiac transplantation in pediatric patients. XIX Congress of Cardiology Society of Serbia, Zlatibor, Serbia
April 2010 Djordjevic SA, Dejanovic I, Mesaros S. Clinical and paraclinical characteristics of clinically
isolated syndrome suggestive of multiple sclerosis. 51th Students’ Conference of Biomedical
Sciences, Ohrid, North Macedonia.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Kovacevic S, Zdravkovic V, Blagojevic J, Djordjevic S, Miolski J, Gasic V, et al. Association of
variants in AGTR1, ACE, MTHFR genes with microalbuminuria and risk factors for the onset of
diabetic nephropathy in adolescents with type 1 diabetes in the population of Serbia. PLoS One.
2024;19(10):e0312489.
2. Djordjević I, Djordjević S, Kosać A, Vučinić D, Ivanović Radović N, Ždraljević M, et al.
Transcranial brain parenchyma sonography in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Acta Neurol
Belg. 2024;124(4):1335-1342.
3. Pavlovic A, Parezanovic V, Stefanovic I, Dähnert I, Tzifa A, Djordjevic SA, et al. Immediate results of primary balloon dilation for congenital aortic valve stenosis predict the mid-term outcome. Cardiol Young. 2023;33(11):2267-2273.
4. Djordjevic S, Milic-Rasic V, Brankovic V, Kosac A, Dejanovic-Djordjevic I, Bijelic M, et al. Serum leptin levels in children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3. Arch Pediatr. 2022;29(7):480-483.
5. Kovačević S, Zdravković V, Đorđević S, Ješić MM, Zeljković A, Stanisavljević D, et al. Influence of metabolic parameters on LDL and HDL size and subclasses in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Medicinska istaživanja 2022;55(1):17-22.
6. Lazarević D, Đorđević S, Novaković D, Zečević M, Sušić G. Transition readiness in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their parents: Our single-center experience. Arch Rheumatol 2022;37(x):i-vi.
7. Djukic M, Djordjevic SA, Pavlovic AS, Stefanovic I, Topalovic M, Dähnert I. Protein-losing enteropathy
managed with percutaneous enlargement of a restrictive atrial septal defect. Rev Port Cardiol (Engl Ed).
2021;40(11):895.e1-895.e4.3
8. Djordjevic SA, Milic-Rasic V, Brankovic V, Kosac A, Dejanovic-Djordjevic I, Markovic-Denic L, et al.
Glucose and lipid metabolism disorders in children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3. Neuromuscul Disord. 2021;31(4):291-299.
9. Djordjevic SA, Milic-Rasic V, Brankovic V, Kosac A, Vukomanovic G, Topalovic M, et al. Cardiac findings
in pediatric patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3. Muscle Nerve. 2021;63(1):75-83.
10. Djukic M, Djordjevic SA, Bijelic M, Stefanovic I, Dähnert I. Endovascular treatment for multiple aortic
narrowings in a patient with Takayasu arteritis/Traitement endovasculaire des rétrécissements aortiques multiples chez un patient atteint d’artérite de Takayasu. Presse Med. 2019;48(4):468-469.
11. Djukic M, Djordjevic SA, Ilic S, Stefanovic I, Kalimanovska-Ostric D. Two-stage surgery for a large ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus associated with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension in an adult patient. Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2018;146(11-12):677-680.
12. Djukic M, Djordjevic SA, Dähnert I. Transcatheter closure of a residual aorto-left ventricular tunnel: report of a case with a 6-year follow-up. Cardiol Young. 2017;27(8):1618-1621.
13. Djordjevic SA, Glumac S, Kalanj J. Cardiac haemangioma associated with a duct-dependent congenital heart disease in a newborn infant. Cardiol Young. 2017;27(5):990-992.
14. Djukic M, Parezanovic V, Djordjevic SA, Stefanovic ID, Miranovic V, Ilic S, Jovanovic IV. Transcatheter
closure of patent ductus arteriosus using Flipper coil and Amplatzer Duct Occluder: Ten-year experience from a single center. Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2017;145(11-12):564-570.
INVITED TALKS
29 March 2025 Speaker, 12th Congress of the Association of Preventive Pediatrics of Serbia, „When should one suspect vasculitis in children?,“ Zlatibor, Serbia
22 October 2022 Speaker, 8th Global Students’ Conference of Biomedical Sciences, „The prevalence of
Cardiovascular Abnormalities and Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders in Patients with Spinal
Muscular Atrophy,“ Belgrade, Serbia
15 April 2022 Speaker, 42nd National Consultation on Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Symposium on
Autoinflammatory Diseases, „Muckle-Wells syndrome – a case report,“ Belgrade, Serbia
1 April 2022 Speaker, 9th Congress of the Association of Preventive Pediatrics of Serbia, „Musculoskeletal examination for children and adolescents,“ Sokobanja, Serbia
30 March 2022 Speaker, The SMA Serbia Association 2nd Annual Conference, „Cardiac and metabolic changes in children with spinal muscular atrophy,“ Belgrade, Serbia
JOURNAL PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
2024. Scientific Reports (ISSN: 2045-2322)
2023. Preventive pediatrics (ISSN: 2466-3247)
2022-2023 Muscle & Nerve (ISSN:1097-4598)
2021-2022 The Central European Journal of Paediatrics (ISSN: 2490-3639)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
September 2024 PReS Pediatric Capillaroscopy Course, Gothenburg, Sweden
September 2023 PReS/EULAR paediatric musculoskeletal ultrasound course, intermediate level, Rotterdam, Netherlands
September 2022 PReS/EULAR paediatric musculoskeletal ultrasound course, basic level, Prague, Czech Republic
January 2022 Salzburg CHOP Seminar in Pediatric Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Salzburg, Austria
CERTIFICATES
March 2024. Foundation Tempus certificate of successfully completed training for teaching in English
(certificate number: 2024-HEDU-0307-107)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, The Rheumatology Association of Serbia
Member, The Paediatric Rheumatology INternational Trials Organisation (PRINTO)
Member, The Serbian Medical Society
LANGUAGES
English (highly proficient in spoken and written English)
French (working knowledge)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Power Point), Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW, DreamWeaver,
Internet, XL Stat, Statistica, SPSS.