Slobodan Obradov

Prof. Dr. Slobodan Obradov
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1918 (1918-11-26) (age 92) Senta, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia
Spouse(s)	Prof. Dr. Branka Obradov
Children	Two (Dragan i Zoran Obradov)
Residence	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alma mater	Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Occupation	hematologist, professor at the university
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Slobodan Obradov (Serbian Cyrillic:Слободан Обрадов) (born November 26, 1918 in Senta, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a well known Serbian physician.^[1] In the course of his professional career he has developed the hematology specialization in former Yugoslavia and aided in world class research on the subject of blood related cancers.

Background

Obradov Slobodan, hematologist, professor at the university, born on 26.11.1918 in Senta, graduated in 1949 from the Belgrade Medical School, Serbia; finished his specialization in internal medicine in 1954 in Belgrade; he received habilitation in 1961 in the subject of anaemia; received his Phd in 1970 when he defended his dissertation "The changes of the peripheral blood and bone marrow with the reticuloendothelial system in diagnosing of malignant lymphogranuloma and tumors"; he perfected himself as professor at Prof. Davidson's in the Royal College hospital in London; he served as researcher in several European hematological centers. In 1954 he was elected assistant professor, in 1961 as professor and in 1968 as tenured professor at the medical faculty in Sarajevo; he became director of the clinic as of 1969. As of 1973 he also became director of the clinic for internal diseases, "Prof. Dr. Bogdan Zimovic" academic medical center in Sarajevo; in 1980 he became director of the clinic for Hematology; he was also expert professor at world health organization "WHO"; he retired in 1985.

He published a book "Physical examination of internal medicine" (Sarajevo, 1990) as well as over 100 papers in international and domestic magazines. Member of various professional organizations; honorary member of the international association for hematologists; president of international association for hematologists and transfusionologist Yugoslavia (1970–1980) and president of international association for hematologists and transfusionologists in Bosnia and Hercegovina; organizer of 4th conference for hematology and transfusiology in Sarajevo.

In addition he received various awards and recognitions of which the most significant: a medal of the "order of silver crest" in 1961, a medal for merit for humanity in 1963, and a medal "order of the gold crest" in 1975; He lives with his wife Prof. Dr. Branka Markovic (pediatrician) in the Netherlands. He has two sons Dr. Dragoslav Obradov (1951), internist living in the Netherlands and Dr. Zoran Obradov (1959), pediatrician living in the USA.

References

1. ^ Poznati Srpski Lekari - Famous Serbian Physicians

External links

• The American Society of Hematology

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Name	Obradov, Slobodan
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Date of birth	November 26, 1918
Place of birth	Senta, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia
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