Radiation oncology of lung cancer in the 21st century : a view from building x
Date
2013-09
Authors
Jeremic, Branislav
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Branislav Jeremic obtained his medical degree at the
University of Belgrade, Serbia. He followed this with a
radiation oncology residency – finishing it in 1987 at the age
of 29 – after which he obtained his PhD degree in neurooncology
at the University of Kragujevac, Serbia in 1992.
Having expressed an early interest in pursuing an academic
career, he occupied various posts leading to the post of full
Professor at the University of Kragujevac, Serbia. He embarked
on clinical research in lung, head and neck, and brain tumours,
mostly investigating optimisation of concurrent radiation
therapy and chemotherapy in locally advanced disease. He
designed and executed more than 30 clinical trials in this
setting, which resulted in more than 190 peer reviewed papers
in major oncological journals worldwide.
He frequently visits various leading institutions around the
world and is frequently invited as Visiting Professor (Harvard,
Mayo Clinic) and lecturer worldwide. For his intriguing ideas
he was granted prestigious fellowships and awards, such as
those from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, including the
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize. As staff radiation oncologist
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) he shared
with other staff and the director of the IAEA the Nobel Peace
Prize in 2005 and was responsible for organising the resulting
continental (African) event in Cape Town in 2006.
Since December 2012, he occupies the position of
Professor and Head of the Division of Radiation Oncology at
the Stellenbosch University. He is married to Aleksandra, an
electronic engineer, with whom he has one daughter, Marta,
herself a freshman student of medicine. His extra-curricular
activities include dedication to travel, wine, art and jazz, with
emphasis on John Coltrane and late harvest sweet wine.
Description
Inaugural lecture delivered on 05 September 2013
Keywords
Lungs -- Cancer -- Radiotherapy, Hospitals -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Radiological services, Stellenbosch University. Division of Radiation Oncology, Tygerberg Hospital
Citation
Jeremic, B. 2013. Radiation oncology of lung cancer in the 21st century: a view from building x. Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, South Africa.