ASS. DR ALEKSANDRA M. PAVLOVIĆ

Department for Cerebrovascular Diseases
Neurosonology Laboratory
Position: Specialist in Neurology
Address: Clinic for Neurology, Dr Subotića 6, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Appointments: 0113663409

Dr Aleksandra M. Pavlović is employed as a neurologist at the Department for Cerebrovascular Disease and in the Neurosonology Laboratory at the Clinic for Neurology. She graduated at the School of Medicine in Belgrade in 1993 with averaged mark 9.48/10.00. She spent one year at the Internship (1993/1994) in Clinical Center of Srbia. Dr Pavlovic has been working at the Clinic for Neurology since 1994, first within her Master of Science Studies, and then as a specialist in neurology, at first as a volounteer and aferwards employed at the Clinical Center of Serbia. She was trained in neurology at the School of Medicine in Belgrade, from 1995-1999, and passed her specialist board exam in April 1999 with mark Excellent. She worked as a volounteer for a year and starting January 2000 is employed as a specialist in neurology at the Department for Cerebrovascular Diseases. She gained the title „Research Fellow” in Neurology at the School of Medicine in Belgrade in 2010. 
Dr Pavlovic finished her Master of Science thesis at the School of Medicine in Belgrade in November 1999 with the title: "Correlation of brain computed tomography finding and clinical presentation in patients with blunt head injury”, under mentorship of Professor Gordana Ocić. In February 2007 she finished her Doctoral Thesis with the title: ”Ethiopathogenesis and clinical manifestations of adult leukoencephalopathies", under mentorships of Professor Nadežda Čovičković-Šternić and Academician Vladimir S. Kostić.
Dr Pavlovic has been working as an investigator at the following research projects of the Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia: 1. “Risk factors and clinical significance of cerebral white matter changes of vascular etiology”, project no. 1979, principal investigator Professor N.Šternić, 2002-2005, 2. “Depression caused by vascular cerebral disease: application of neurovisualisation methods in prevention, early detection and treatment”, project no. 175022, principal investigator Professor N.Šternić), 2011-2014. She participated in international research projects: Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia: “Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in pathogenesis and evolution of ischaemic brain disease”, principal investigator: Prof. Dr S.Davis), 2005-2006; Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia: “PREDICT: PREDiction in Ischaemic Cerebral Transient events”, principal investigator, 2005-2006; Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia “Ischemic lesions recurrence in first three months after initial event in relation to time, vascular territory and acute DWI volume”, principal investigator, 2005-2006; Serbian-Hungarian project: “Two faces of Janus in neurology”, 2010-2011.
Dr Aleksandra Pavlović is a co-founder, co-coordinator, lecturer and mentor at the National School for Neuroangiology of Sebria since it’s founding in 2004. School has been working within the Continuous Medical Education at the School of Medicine in Belgrade, and has been accredited by the Health Councel of Serbia. Dr Pavlović is active in teaching at the School of Medicine in Belgrade in the fields of neurology, cerebrovascular pathology and neuroangiology for residents in neurology, specialist academic studies and doctoral studies in neurology since 2004. She was also a lecturer in several Continuous Medical Education Courses at the School of Medicine in Belgrade (Acute stroke management, Advances in Neurosonology, Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: diagnostic and clinical aspects). Dr Pavlovic had been participating in education of medical students, physicians on internship, and residents of neurology and neurosurgery in Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr Pavlovic is author of numerous papers in Serbian and international peer-reviewed journal with cerebrovascular topics. She is a reviewer for Stroke journal.
Dr Aleksandra M. Pavlović is active in international meetings dedicated to cerebrovascular pathology. She had several oral presentations on international congresses and conferences: ”Vasomotor reactivity and microembolus detection”, at the International Conference ”Trends in Neurosonology”, Belgrade, Serbia October 29th 2010; ”Impaired vasomotor reactivity in patients with small-vessel disease is a marker of disease clinical and imaging severity”, at the 19th European Stroke Conference, Barcelona, Spain, May 25-28th 2010; „Recurrent ischemic lesions after acute stroke – serial MRI findings and predictive factors” at the 3rd Central Eastern European Neurological Symposium, Szeged, Hungary, April 27th 2007; ”Ischemic White Matter Lesions in Younger Adults: Correlation with Cognitive Status and Depression” at the International Psychogeriatric Association 2007 European Regional Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, May 4th 2007; "Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging predictors of recurrent ischemic lesions after acute stroke" at the Stroke Society of Australasia 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, September 6-9th 2005.

European Stroke Conference
Teaching Course: Current Stroke Prevention Strategies
2010

Postgraduate studies, Doctoral studies School of Medicine, University of Belgrade
February 22nd 2007, Ph.D. thesis: ”Ethiopathogenesis and clinical manifestations of adult leukoencephalopathies", mentorship Professor Nadežda Čovičković-Šternić and Academician Vladimir S. Kostić
2007

Course: Clinical trials in Serbia: Looking upon GCP, Regulatory Issues and Bio ethics, EFGCP Conference, Business Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2006

Course “Statistics for Research Workers”, University of Melbourne
2005

15 months of clinical and research work in the field of cerebrovascular pathology and general neurology, Stroke Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital; mentorship Professor Stephen M. Davis
2005-2006

Three months education from cerebrovascular ultrasonography, Stroke Treatment Center, Hermann Hospital, The University of Texas, Houston; mentorship Professor Andrei V. Alexandrov
2004

One month clinical training, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Houston, Texas, USA; mentorship Prof. Dr Rachel Doody Smith
2003

Continuous Medical Education, course Clinical Epidemiology – Methodology of quantitative clinical investigations”, School of Medicine, Universtity of Belgrade, mentorship Professor Albert Hofman, University of Rotherdam
2003

One month clinical training at the Department of Neurology, Wilhelminenspital, Viena, Austria, grant of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) “Department to Department Cooperation” program; mentorship Professor Thomas Brücke
2002

Three months of clinical training, Stroke Unit and Neurosonology Laboratory, Ichilov Hospital, Sourasky Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel; mentorship Professor Natan Bornstein
2000-2001

Residency in Neurology, Clinic for Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade
1995 - 1999

Postgraduate studies, Master of Science in Neurology, School Medicine, University of Belgrade
November 24th 1999, Topic: ”Correlation of brain computed tomography finding and clinical presentation in patients with blunt head injury", mentorship Professor Gordana Ocić
1994 - 1999
Internship, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade
1994 – 1995

Graduate studies in Medicine, School of Medicine, University in Belgrade
1988 - 1993

Classical High School in Požarevac, biochemistry and molecular biology course, Titles: Best student of the generation, “Vuk Karadzic” diploma
1984 - 1988

Specialist in Neurology 
1999-currently

Comprehensive Examination in Neurosonology: Physics, Carotid and Transcranial Doppler, American Society of Neuroimaging), licence for neurosonology in USA
2004-currently

Cerebrovascular diseases, small vessel disease, white matter lesions, vascular cognitive impairment, rare causes of stroke, secondary stroke prevention, neurovascular ultrasound, transcranial parenchymal sonography, magnetic resonance imaging findings in cerebrovascular diseases.
Dr Pavlovic has been trained in:  
- Neuropsychological testing and neurobehavioral assessment 
- Neurosonology (extra- and transcranial ultrasonographic examination, transcranial parenchymal sonography)

Scolarship of the Republic Foundation for young scientists and artists of Serbia; Friends of the Neuroscience Foundation Grant, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

Neurological Section of the Serbian Medical Society
National Association for Neuroangiology of Serbia
International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
World Federation of Neurology (WFN)
European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS)
European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics (ESNCH)
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA)
Stroke Society of Australasia (SSA)
MENSA Serbia

Neurological diseases
Stroke
Stroke prevention
Cerebral small vessel disease
White matter lesions
Rare causes of stroke
Stroke in young
Neurosonology
Transcranial parenchymal ultrasound
Magnet resonance imaging in cerebrovascular diseases

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