1. PETAR POPOV MD PHD
Basel, Switzerland
+41766067027
popov1960@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Well-respectedvascularsurgeonwith 30years’experience treatingpatientsforavarietyof conditions.
Board CertifiedinGeneralandVascularsurgery.Areasof interestincludecardiovascularmedicine and
vascularsurgeryspecializinginthe preventionandtreatmentof diseasescausedbyatherosclerosisin
patientsof all ages.
FellowshiptrainedinBelgrade UniversityMedical School andMontefiore Hospital,New York.Dedicated
to treat variousveinandarterial problems,diabeticfoot,specializinginvaricose veinslasertreatingand
chronicartery and veinwounds.
VascularSurgeonwith25 years’experience performingproceduresonelective vascularsurgery,trauma
and critical care patients. LasttenyearsexperiencedinEndovascularsurgeryandtreatment. Extensive
knowledge of anesthesia,complex wounds,traumaresuscitationandadvancedcardiaclife support.
Skilledinthe diagnosisandtreatmentof patientssufferingfromdiseasessuchasatherosclerosis,
hypertension,diabetes,strokesandCOPD.Excellentreputationforpatientservice andsuperiorclinical
skills.Seasonedmedical professionalwhomaintainscomposure andfocuseveninthe mostdifficultand
stressful circumstances.
SKILLS
Chronicand acute ischemicpainmanagement
Dedicatedtointegrity
Committedtorehabilitative care
Medical researchcomprehension
Medical staff management
FluentinEnglishlanguage,goodinGerman

2. Culturallysensitive stronginterpersonal skills
Open-mindedcommunicative physician
Calmunderpressure
Dedicatedtoexcellence
Good clinical judgment
Systems-basedpractice
Practicedincardiovasculardisease
WRITING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:
OriginalarbeiteninextensoinmedizinischenZeitschriften - JCRListe
1. PopovP, BoškovicS,SagićD, RadevićB, Ilijevski N,NenezićD,Tasić N,DavidovićL,Radak Đ.
“Treatmentof visceral arteryaneurysms:retrospectivestudyof 35 cases“.Vasa 2007; 36(3): 191-98. (IF
0.505, M 23)
2. Ilijevski NS,RadakS,VučurevićG,SagićD, OtaševićP,Tasić N,NenezićD, PopovP, RadakĐ. “Jugular
veinaneurysm –case report.“ Vascular2008; 16(5): 291-94. (IF0.941, M 23)
3. RadakĐ, TanaskovićS,NenezićD,VučurevićG, PopovP,Gajin P,Babić S, AleksićN,MiličićM, Matić P,
Ilijevski N.“Resekcijatromboziranogpredimenzioniranogstent-graftaufemoralnoj arteriji postavljenog
zbogarteriovenskihfistulanastalihusledprostrelnihrana“. SrpArhCel Lek 2010; 138(3-4): 233-35. (IF
0.194, M 23)
4. Ilijevski N,NenezićD, PopovP, SagićD, Radak D. “ Giant aneurysmof the abberantrightsubclavian
artery(arterialusoria).“Vasc Med 2011; 16(2): 157-58. (IF1.457/2, M23)
5. PopovP, TanaskovićS,Matić P, Babić S,NenezićD,JovanovićP,IlijevskiN,VucurevićG.“ Wound
infectionaftercarotidarteryendarterectomycausedbymethicillin-resistantStaphylococcusaureus:
case report.“Srp ArhCelokLek.2011;139(3-4): 225-28. (IF0.190, M 23)
6. NenezićD, PopovP,TanaskovićS,Gajin P,Matić P,KovačevićV,PetrovićB,Ilijevski N.“Successful
intestinal ischemiatreatmentbypercutaneustransluminalangioplastyof visceralarteriesinapatient
withabdominal angina.“Srp ArhCelokLek.2011;139(7-8): 509-13. (IF0.190, M 23)
7. TrebješaninZ,BabićS,VučurevićG, PopovP, Ilijevski N,BlagotićM.“ Perzistentnimesocolon
descendens –prikazbolesnika.“SrpArhCel Lek2012; 140(9-10): 637-40. (IF0.190, M23).
8. PopovP, SagićD, RadovanovićD,AntonićŽ, NenezićD,RadakĐ. „Pancreaticoduodenal artery
pseudoaneurysmembolisation.Vascular2008; 16: 48-52. (IF0.941, M 23)
9. PopovP,TanaskovićS,BabićS, NenezićD,RadakĐ. “Extracranial internal carotidartery
pseudoaneurysmsafterkinkingreconstruction.“Vascular.2010;18(6):356-62.(IF0,631,M23)

3. 10. Radak Đ,TanaskovićS,VukotićM,Babić S, AleksićN,KolarJ, PopovP,NenezićD,VučurevićG,Gajin
P,IlijevskiN.“Surgical treatmentof internal carotidarteryrestenosisfollowingeversion
endarterectomy“.SrpArhCelokLek.2012;140(9-10):577-82.(IF 0,228, M23)
11. Babić S,Radak Đ, SotirovićV,Unić-StojanovićD,BabićD, Popov P.Sagić D. “ Tehnical strategyin
patientwithsympomaticthoracicaneurysmnearoriginof the leftsubclavianarteryandleftinternal
thoracic arterycoronary graft.“ J Card Surg.2012 Nov;27(6):725-7 (IF1.492, M23)
12. Radak D, BabicS, PericM, PopovP, TanaskovicS,Babic D, JocicD, OtasevicP.“ Distributionof risk
factors inpatientswithpremature coronary,supra-aorticbranchesandperipheralatherosclerotic
disease.“Med PrincPract. 2012;21(3):228-33 (IF0.963 M23)
13. PopovP, TanaskovićS,SotirovićV,BabićS, NenezićD,RadakD. "Blue-toe"syndromeasa possible
complicationof the abdominal aorticaneurysm:areportof twocases.“ Srp ArhCelokLek.2014 Mar-
Apr;142(3-4):229-32.(IF 0.169 M23)
14. Radak Đ, TanaskovičS,Sagić D, AntonićŽ,Babić S, PopovP, Matić P Rančić Z. “ Carotidangioplasty
and stentingissafe andeffective fortreatmentof recurrentstenosisaftereversionendarterectomy.“J
Vasc Surg.2014 Sep;60(3):645-51 (IF2.98 M22)
15. PopovP, TanaskovićS,SotirovićV,NenezićD,RadakĐ. “Massive necrotizingfascitisfollowing
bellow-knee arterialsurgery-Therapeuticchallenge.Case report“VojnosanitPregl.2015 May;72(5):469-
72. (IF0.269 M23).
16. Radak D, TanaskovicS,KecmanovicV,BabicS, PopovP, GajinP.Bilateral „Eagle Syndrome with
associatedinternal carotidarterykinkingandsignificantstenosis.” AnnVascSurg.2016 Jul;34:271.
17. PopovP, ChapotR, TanaskovićS, VekićB,SotirovicV,Ilijevski N,RadakD.”Vocal CordParalysisasthe
FirstSignof SpontaneousCarotiddissectioninapatientwithextracranial internal carotidartery
aneurysm”VascEndovascularSurg.2016 Jan;50(1):52-6.
18. Babić S,TanaskovićS, LozukB, SamardžićD, PopovP, GajinP, Matić P, Marić V, RadakDj. “Treatment
of StumpComplicationsafterAbove-the-Knee AmputationUsingNegative-Pressure WoundTherapy”,
2016, Srp.Arch. In press.
Paperworks- Scie indexed:
1. RadakD, IlijevskiNS,NenezicD, PopovP,VucurevicG,GajinP, JocicD, Kolar J,Radak S, SagicD, Matic
P, MilicicM, OtasevicP.Temporal trendsineversioncarotidendarterectomyforcarotidatherosclerosis:
single centerexperience in5034 patients.Vascular2007; 15(4):205-10. (M 23)
2. NenezićD,Matić P,Ilijevski N, PopovP,GajinP,Jocić D, Radak Đ. Pravaaneurizmazajedničke
digitalne arterije:prikazbolesnika.SrpArhCelokLek2008; 136(5-6): 289-91. (M 24)
3. NenezićD,Matić P,GajinP, Ilijevski N, PopovP,JocićD, Radak Đ. Silver-coatedDacronprosthesisin
the treatmentof infectioninarterial surgery:case report.SrpArhCelokLek.2008; 136:410-3. (M 24)
4. PopovP, JocićD, Babić S, TanaskovićS,JovanovićP,NenezićD,Ilijevski N,RadakĐ.Pregled istorijata
hirurškoglečenjaokluzivne bolestikarotidniharterija.SrpArhCelokLek2008; 136 (5-6): 324-30. (M 24)

4. 5. BabićS, PopovP, MiličićM, IlijevskiN,NenezićD,TanaskovićS,GajinP,JovanovićP,VučurevićG,
MilinA,Radak Đ. Hirurškolečenje inflamatorne aneurizmetrbušne aorte inficirane sastaphylococcus
aureusrezistentnimnameticilinkodbolesnikanahemodijalizi.SrpArhCel Lek2008; 136(9-10): 529-32.
(M24)
6. PopovP, RadakS, Ilijevski N,NenezićD,BabićS,TanaskovićS, TasićN, Radak Đ. Okluzijaili subokluzija
unutrašnje karotidne arterije-izazovi savremene dijagnostike:prikazbolesnika.SrpArhCel Lek2009;
137(5-6): 271-74. (M24)
7. TasićN, OtasevićP,BoskovićS, PopovP. Moderate ischemicmitral regurgitation:to operate orto
ignore?SrpArh CelokLek.2009 May-Jun;137(5-6):275-7.(M24)
Other Paperworks inMEDLINE
1. Ilijevski N,RadevićB, PopovP, MilosavljevićG,SajićZ, Radak Đ, BojićM. Odložena“re-do”
rekonstrukcijafemoralnevenepanel-graftom-prikazslučaja.VojnosanitPregl1996; 53/1: 53-5. (M 51)
2. RadevićB,DugalićV,JešićR, Sagić D, PerišićV,NenezićD, PopovP,IlijevskiN,GajinP,VučurevićGet
al.Parcijalnaresekcijaslezineulečenjubenignihi traumatskihlezija.ActaChirIugoslav2002; 49/3: 67-
72. (M51)
3. RadevićB,JešićR, SagićD, PerišićV,NenezićD, PopovP,Ilijevski N etal.Parcijalnaresekcijaslezine i
spleno-renalni šantulečenjuportne hipertenzijesasplenomegalijomi hipersplenizmom.ActaChir
Iugoslav2002; 49/3: 93-8. (M51)
4. Ilijevski N ,KrivokapićB,SmiljanićB,NenezićD, PopovP, Sagić D , Radak Đ. Karotidna
endarterektomijaucervikalnoj-blokanesteziji kodbolesnikasaokluzijomkontralateralneunutrašnje
karotidne arterije.SrpArhCelokLek2006; 134(3-4): 122-28. (M 51)
Other Paperworks,not indexed Medical Journals
1. SekulovićS,PervulovS,KronjaG,MišovićS,IlijevskiN, PopovP.Kolordopplerehoflebografijau
proceni ekstenzitetaduboke venske tromboze nogu.RAS2001; 10/2, 83-6. (M53)
2. PopovP, , Radević,RadakĐ, Ilijevski N.Aneurizme visceralnihgrana.Medicinskaistraživanja,
2001;35:106.(M53)
3. RadakĐ, Ilijevski N,RadevićB,NenezićD, PopovP, VučurevićG,Lozuk B, BabićD, TrebješaninZ,Gajin
P, JocićD, KolarJ, Radak S, KuprešaninI,BuljakM,Matić P.Šta smo naučili posle 5.000 karotidnih
endarterektomijaza14 godina!? OpštaMedicina2005; 11(3-4): 147-55. (M52)
4. RadakDj, Ilijevski N,NenezićD, PopovP, Matić P, OtasevicP.Revascularisationwithsilver-coated
polyestergraftsinmanagementof prostheticgraftinfection.RomJCardiovascSurg2007; 6(3): 115-22.
5. TanaskovićS,Ilijevski N,NenezićD,VučurevićG, PopovP, Babić D, DespotovićB,RadakĐ.
Preokluzivnabolestunutrašnjekarotidne arterije:medikamentoznitretmanili hirurškolečenje.
MedicinskaIstraživanja2007; 41 (1): 34-8. (M53)

5. 6. JocićD, Matić P,Ilijevski N,GajinP, PopovP,NenezićD,Radak Đ. Monitoringvaskularnihpristupai
prevencijatromboze.MedicinskaIstraživanja2007; 41 (2): 23-30. (M53)
7. TanaskovićS,NenezićD,IlijevskiN, PopovP,VučurevićG,GajinP, BabićS, MiličićM, Matić P,Radak
Đ. Hronična okluzijaekstrakranijalnogdelaunutrašnje karotidne arterije - patofiziološki mehanizmi,
kliničke manifestacije,dijagnoza i lečenje.Medicinskaistraživanja,2008; 42(1): 39-44. (M53)
8. RadakĐ, Ilijevski N,NenezićD, PopovP,VučurevićG, GajinP etal. Šta smonaučili posle 6586
everzionihkarotidnihendarterektomija?Medicinskaistraživanja2009; 43(2): 15-24. (M53)
9. JovanovićP,NenezićD,JovanovićM, Popov P,IlijevskiN,SagićD,PetrovićB,Babić S, StanišićN,Radak
Đj. Mural aorticthrombosisaspossible source of arterial embolisationandpostoperative complications
invascular surgery.Medicinskaistraživanja2009; 43(1): 49-54. (M53)
10. Ilijevski N,NenezićD, PopovP, Matić P, JocićD, Babić S, TanaskovićS,Radak Đ. Okluzivnabolest
supraaortičnihgrana.ZvezdaraClinProc2009; 10(1-2): 25-7.
11. Radak Đ, NenezićD, PopovP,VučurevićG,Lozuk B, BabićD, KuprešaninI,JovanovićM,Ilijevski N.
Cerebrovaskularnabolesti modernakarotidnahirurgija.ZvezdaraClinProc2009; 10(1-2): 33-7.
12. Ilijevski N,KostićD,MiličićM, NenezićD, PopovP,GajinP, KuzmanoićI,JadraninD,Dragaš M, Radak
Đ. Oboljenjasupraaortalnihgranai sindromgornje aperture toraksa(TOS).Timočki medicinski glaanik,
2009, vol 34, br 1, str 37-42.
13. Radak Đ, TanaskovićS,Matić P,AleksićN,BabićS, Popov P,IlijevskiN.Inflamacijakaoprediktor
restenoze unutrašnje karotidne arterije nakoneverzione endarterektomije.Medicinskaistraživanja
2010; 44(1): 47-53. (M53)
14. Babić S,Gajin P,TanaskovicS, PopovP, Ilijevski N,MatićP,Radak Đ. TASCII CONSENZUS–
Classificationof Aorto-Iliaclesionsandtreatent.Medical researche2010;44:4-8
15. Ranković-NičićLj,StrugarevićE,TanaskovićS,ČalijaB, BajčetićD,SotirovićV,Matić P, BabićS, Gajin
P, PopovP, JocićD, JovanovićP,JovanovićM,Vučurević G,IlijevskiN,NenezićD,JovićM, RadakĐ.
Perioperativnadiseminovanaintrvaskularnakoagulacijanakonhiruškoglečenjaaneurizmatske bolesti
trbušne aorte-prikazbolesnika.Medicinskaistraživanja,2014, vol 48 (1),32-35.
16. Radak Đ, TanaskovićS,Babić S, SotirovićV,GajinP,JocićD, Matić P,JovanovićP,LozukB, Vučurević
G, NenezićD, PopovP, SretenovićS,Ilijevski N.Ulogapostojanjabaze podatakauistraživanjima
pacijenataobolelihodkarotidnearteriosklerozenakoje se može primeniti hiruškoi endovaskularno
lečenje.Medicinskaistraživanja,2014, vol 14(1), 51-53.
17. BajčetićD, TanaskovićS,SotirovićV,JovanovićM,JovanovićP, PopovP, NenezićD,DespotovićB,
Radak Đ. Dijagnostičke i terapijskemere lečenjapacijenatasaadrenalnimincidentalomom, Medicinska
istraživanja,2015 (1), 47-51.
18. PopovićV,ĐorđevićN,Ilijevski N, PopovP,TanaskovićS.Standardi i potrebe novoformiranog centra
za vaskularnu hirurgiju. Medicinska istraživanja,
WORK HISTORY
Employedasa doctor, vascularsurgeon(1987 to July,2016- CardiovascularInstitute “Dedinje”,Belgrade,
Serbia) andassociatedprofessorinSurgery(2000-2016, School of Medicine BelgradeUniversity –Serbia).

6.  Appropriatelydiagnosed and treated a variety of vascular and cardiac diseases and injuries in a
surgical practice setting.
 Ordered and executed diagnostic tests and analyzed diagnostic images to further investigate
patient conditions.
 Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment, including pharmaceutical
medications.
 Advisedandeducatedpatientsregardingdiet,hygiene andeffective disease preventionmethods.
Asanoperatororassistantparticipatedinmorethan7000vascularproceduresand over1,200open-heart
surgery. Since November 1993 performed as general and vascular surgeon at the Clinic for Vascular
Surgery,IKVB“Dedinje”.Until July2016 independentlyperformedmore than3500 operative procedures
inthe fieldof vascularsurgery. Usedtobe an active memberof the teaminthe experimental andclinical
liver transplantation.
2000, 2004 and 2008 assistant professor in surgery, Belgrade University, School of Medicine, Serbia.
2010, associated professor in Surgery, Belgrade University, School of Medicine, Serbia.
Expertise andexperiencedinwritingscientificpapersto helpyoungercolleaguesindevelopingscientific
publications, theses and dissertations
EDUCATION
1984, MD
1993, specialist in General surgery
2008, Ph.D.,
2004, Vascular Surgery specialist
School of Medicine, Belgrade University
CERTIFICATIONS
In the past the candidate has repeatedlyvisitedinthe highlyimproved,universitiesandsurgical facilities
outside the country in order to acquire new knowledge and skills in the field of vascular surgery with
angiology.
 From April to October 1998 he was a candidate in the professional development of the
Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein University, New York under the guidance of a mentor,
Professor Dr. Frank Veith and Dr. Takao Ohki.
 2003, Park-Krankenhaus hospital, Gefäßchirurgie, Leipzig, Germany, one month stay in the
department of vascular surgery as a guest professor Martin Storck head of the department.
 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany, three weeks of work and training in the university hospital
(Städklinikum), department of vascular surgery.
 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany, two weeks of work and training in the university hospital
(Städklinikum),departmentof vascularsurgery2011, AvelanaVeinCenter,Otocec,Slovenia,has
attended seminar and hands on Course of endovenous Laser/RF vein surgery.

7.  2012, Kreisklinikum, Siegen, Germany, has attended the workshop laser in proctology under
supervision of dr Guido Weyand.
 2012, Laser Center, Privatklinik Wien, Austria, has attendedan EVLA radial laser training under
supervision of Prof Alexander Flor
 2012, THD Lab training Centre,PoliclinicoUniversitario“AgostinoGemelli”,Roma, Italy, under
supervision of Dr Carlo Rotto
 2014, November11th past examinvascular surgeryUAE,Dubai,RashidHospital andgetworking
license
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2003 - 2004, Secretary of the Serbian Vascular Surgery association
Active Member:
Serbian Surgeon association
Serbian Medical Society (SLD)
Association of Cardiovascular Surgeons of Serbia,
European Society for Vascular Surgery