Specific professional orientation:
Professor Dr. Zorica Mladenović is one of the leading experts in echocardiographic diagnostics in the field of cardiology in Serbia. She is an associate professor at the Department of Internal Medicine at VMA, head of the echocardiography department at VMA, and president of the echocardiographic society of Serbia – ECHOS. Professor Dr. Zorica Mladenović has delivered over 50 lectures at domestic and international conferences, authored and co-authored approximately 80 publications, and contributed chapters to 5 textbooks. In addition to cardiological examinations, Prof. Dr. Zorica Mladenović performs transesophageal echocardiography, pharmacological stress tests, 3D echocardiography, and expert echocardiography.
Education:
- 2000 – Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
- 2005 – Master’s degree, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
- 2006 – Specialization in Internal Medicine, VMA Belgrade
- 2013 – PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
- 2016 – Subspecialization in Cardiology, VMA Belgrade
Employment data:
- 2024 – Puls Cardiology Center – Cardiologist
- 2020 – Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, VMA University of Defense
- 2018 – Head of the echocardiography department, VMA Clinic for Cardiology
- 2014 – Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, VMA
- 2009 – Assistant, Department of Internal Medicine, VMA
- 2006 – Physician, 1st Department of the Cardiology Clinic
- 2002 – Specialization in Internal Medicine, VMA
- 2000-2001 – Internship, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade
Professional development:
- 2008 – Stress echocardiography, Clinical Center of Serbia
- 2008 – Doppler echocardiographic assessment of coronary flow reserve, Clinical Center of Serbia
- 2006-2010 – Transesophageal echocardiography, VMA
- 2015/2016 – 3D echocardiography and invasive guidance of echocardiographic procedures, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
- 2017 – Advanced 3D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography training course at the Semmelweis Heart and Vascular Center, Budapest.
- 2017/2019 – 3D ECHO Padova, Italy
- 2018 – Guidance of invasive procedures by echocardiography, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Organized several echocardiographic workshops on 3D echocardiography and TEE echocardiography.
Professor Zorica Mladenović has delivered approximately 50 lectures at domestic and international conferences.
Publications:
- Author and co-author of approximately 80 publications, author of chapters in 5 textbooks
- Editor of Selected Echocardiographic Chapters I, II, III
- Co-editor of the book Clinical Echocardiography
- Reviewer in several domestic and foreign journals
Scholarships and awards:
- 2006 – European Echocardiographic Association Award
Memberships:
- European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- European Association of Echocardiography (EAE)
- Echocardiographic Society of Serbia
- Association of Cardiologists of Serbia
- Serbian Medical Society
- Medical Chamber
- Echocardiographic Society of Serbia, ECHOS, Secretary of the Association 2018, President since 2023
- President of the ECHOS Echocardiography Accreditation Committee 2018
