International Seminar on the Treatment of Burns
31. 10. 2009
Belgrade, October 31, 2009 – The 2-day MBC (Mediterranean Burn Center) Instructional Course on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the burn patients was held at the military medical Academy in the organization of the Serbian Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Esthetic Surgery and Mediterranean Center for Burns. Around 97 experts from Serbia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia, France, Romania and Iraq took an active part in the work of the Seminar.
The MMA’s head Major General Prof. Dr. Miodrag Jevtić extended a cordial and warm welcome to all the attendees to that Seminar. He stressed that the MMA’s experts knew that medicine has no limits and that the international and inter-institutional cooperation is an important precondition for a success on a noble course towards safeguarding and improving human health and treating diseases as well, what is of particular importance in the management of severe wounds and burns.
‘’Positive experiences we have gained so far through our cooperation with colleagues from the Palermo Burn Center and the success we have jointly achieved in the treatment of a little Stevan Stajić may serve as the proof how truthful my words are, how important the joint work is and how much need there is for organizing such medical events. I wish all of you a lot of success in your work’’, said the General.
On behalf of the Republic of Serbia Ministry of Health, the attendees were addressed by the State Secretary Željko Milošević who highly welcomed the cooperation between the Military Medical Academy and the Palermo Burn Center. He also pointed out that burns are becoming today a great concern; therefore, the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the burn patients are of a considerable medical importance.
The introductory speeches of the Col. Prof. Dr. Marijan Novaković, the president of the Serbian Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Esthetic Surgery and the head of the MMA’s Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Burns, and Prof. Dr. Michele Masellis, the president of the Mediterranean Burn Association were followed by working sessions, during which eminent experts from Serbia, Italy, France, Israel and Lebanon did an outstanding job by delivering professional lectures.
Lectures given by the MMA’s physicians were well welcomed. Our lecturers Col. Prof. Dr. Jefta Kozarski, Col. Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Đurović, Major Assist. Prof. Dr. Boban Đorđević, civilian employees Assist. Prof. Dr. Viktorija Dragojević-Simić and Marina Panišić, M.D. presented their viewpoints, accomplishments and experiences in the field of etiology, pathophisiology and the treatment of burns, chemical burns, rehabilitation, antibiotic treatment and nutrition in the burn patients.
This Seminar is the first seminar of its type organized in our country. It is the result, in the first place, of cooperation between the Military Medical Academy and the Palermo Burn Center established several years ago and institutionalized by signing the Protocol on Cooperation, which envisages the establishment of the Laboratory for the skin cell cultivation at the Military Medical Academy within the Protocol’s next commitment period. That would considerably improve our possibilities of treating burns.
The experts from the Palermo Burn Center are responsible for coordination of the work of the Mediterranean Association for Burns, in the work of which the MMA’s physicians have been actively involved since last year.
The MMA’s head Major General Prof. Dr. Miodrag Jevtić extended a cordial and warm welcome to all the attendees to that Seminar. He stressed that the MMA’s experts knew that medicine has no limits and that the international and inter-institutional cooperation is an important precondition for a success on a noble course towards safeguarding and improving human health and treating diseases as well, what is of particular importance in the management of severe wounds and burns.
‘’Positive experiences we have gained so far through our cooperation with colleagues from the Palermo Burn Center and the success we have jointly achieved in the treatment of a little Stevan Stajić may serve as the proof how truthful my words are, how important the joint work is and how much need there is for organizing such medical events. I wish all of you a lot of success in your work’’, said the General.
On behalf of the Republic of Serbia Ministry of Health, the attendees were addressed by the State Secretary Željko Milošević who highly welcomed the cooperation between the Military Medical Academy and the Palermo Burn Center. He also pointed out that burns are becoming today a great concern; therefore, the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the burn patients are of a considerable medical importance.
The introductory speeches of the Col. Prof. Dr. Marijan Novaković, the president of the Serbian Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Esthetic Surgery and the head of the MMA’s Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Burns, and Prof. Dr. Michele Masellis, the president of the Mediterranean Burn Association were followed by working sessions, during which eminent experts from Serbia, Italy, France, Israel and Lebanon did an outstanding job by delivering professional lectures.
Lectures given by the MMA’s physicians were well welcomed. Our lecturers Col. Prof. Dr. Jefta Kozarski, Col. Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Đurović, Major Assist. Prof. Dr. Boban Đorđević, civilian employees Assist. Prof. Dr. Viktorija Dragojević-Simić and Marina Panišić, M.D. presented their viewpoints, accomplishments and experiences in the field of etiology, pathophisiology and the treatment of burns, chemical burns, rehabilitation, antibiotic treatment and nutrition in the burn patients.
This Seminar is the first seminar of its type organized in our country. It is the result, in the first place, of cooperation between the Military Medical Academy and the Palermo Burn Center established several years ago and institutionalized by signing the Protocol on Cooperation, which envisages the establishment of the Laboratory for the skin cell cultivation at the Military Medical Academy within the Protocol’s next commitment period. That would considerably improve our possibilities of treating burns.
The experts from the Palermo Burn Center are responsible for coordination of the work of the Mediterranean Association for Burns, in the work of which the MMA’s physicians have been actively involved since last year.
