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Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Critical Care Medicine
Practice. research and education in emergency and acute care medicine, mechanical ventilation, shock, acute lung injury, bleeding and transfusions

Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography Ognjen Gajic, MD, MSc  

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Place of Birth: Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Citizenship: United States
Work Address: Mayo Clinic 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905 507-255-4281
Home Address: 707 Meadow Run Dr. SW Rochester, MN 55902 507-281-4039

 

    PRESENT ACADEMIC RANK AND POSITION

 

Assistant Professor of Medicine - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 2004 - Present
Senior Associate Consultant - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 2004 - Present
Teaching/Examining Privileges in Clinical Research - Mayo Graduate School 2006 - Present

 

    EDUCATION

University of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia MD 1982 - 1987
University of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Residency, Pediatric Surgery, Sarajevo University Clinical Center 1988 - 1994
Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School Visiting Fellow, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery 1995 - 1996
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York Residency, Internal Medicine 1996 - 1999
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York Chief Resident, Internal Medicine 1998 - 1999
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Fellowship, Critical Care 1999 - 2001
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Fellowship, Pulmonary Critical Care 2001 - 2003
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine MSc, Clinical Research 2002 - 2004
Additional Education  
Stanford Course of Medical Informatics Stanford University San Francisco, California 2005

 

    BOARD CERTIFICATION(S)

 

American Board of Internal Medicine  
Internal Medicine 1999
Critical Care Medicine 2001
Pulmonary Diseases 2003

 

    LICENSURE

Minnesota  

 

    HONORS/AWARDS

Hasan Brkic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Medical School - University of Sarajevo 1987
Best Resident - New York Methodist Hospital 1998
Best Resident - New York Methodist Hospital 1999
Outstanding Research Award - New York Methodist Hospital 1999
Outstanding Fellow Teacher Award, Critical Care Fellowship Program - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 2000
Academic Clinician Award, Critical Care Fellowship Program - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 2001
Dr. Ralph and Marian C. Falk Trust Grant to advance promising clinical research careers - Mayo Foundation 2002
In Training Award - Society of Critical Care Medicine 2004
Presidential Citation, Critical Care Assembly - American Thoracic Society 2006
Best Abstract Award for "Transfusion from Male-Only vs Female Donors in Critically Ill Recipients of High Plasma Volume Components" - International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) 2007

 

    MILITARY SERVICE

Infantry - Former Yugoslavian National Army 1981 - 1982
Member, Mobile Emergency Medicine and Surgical Team - Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the war in Bosnia Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 - 1994

 

    PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND MAJOR APPOINTMENTS

Resident, Pediatric Surgery, Member of the Mobile Emergency Medicine and Surgical Team, Sarajevo University Clinical Center - Bosnia And Herzegowina, Sarajevo 1988 - 1994
Visiting fellow - Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School 1995 - 1996
Resident, Internal Medicine - New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 1996 - 1999
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine - New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York 1998 - 1999
Dr. Ralph and Marian C. Falk Research Fellow - Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 2003 - 2004
Instructor of Medicine - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 2003 - 2004

 

    PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS, SOCIETIES AND SERVICES (*indicates office held)

Professional Memberships & Services  
  American Association of Blood Banks  
Working Group on TRALI 2006 - Present
  American Thoracic Society  
*Member 2000 - Present  
Critical Care Assembly  
Executive Committee 2003 - Present
Critical Care Web Site  
*Director 2003 - 2006  
  European Society of Intensive Care Medicine  
*Member 2005 - Present  
  National Institutes of Health  
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network  
Steering Committee 2006 - Present
  Society of Critical Care Medicine  
*Member 1999 - Present  
  American College of Chest Physicians   2000 - Present
*Fellow 2005 - Present  
  Mechanical Ventilation International Study Group   2004 - Present
  Faculty of 1000 Medicine   2006 - Present
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 2006 - Present
*Faculty Member 2006 - Present  
  Surviving Sepsis Minnesota   2006 - Present
Journal Review & Editorial Activities  
  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine  
Scientific Reviewer 2000 - Present  
  Anesthesiology  
Scientific Reviewer 2004 - Present  
  Canadian Medical Association Journal  
Scientific Reviewer 2006 - Present  
  Chest  
Scientific Reviewer 2006 - Present  
  Critical Care  
Scientific Reviewer 2003 - Present  
  Critical Care Medicine  
Scientific Reviewer 2003 - Present  
  Intensive Care Medicine  
Scientific Reviewer 2005 - Present  
  Journal of Critical Care  
Scientific Reviewer 2006 - Present  
  Journal of General Internal Medicine  
Ad Hoc Scientific Reviewer 2005 - Present  
  Respiratory Research  
Scientific Reviewer 2005 - Present  

 

    EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Curriculum/Course Development

Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum for Medical Residents New York Methodist Hospital, Cornell University Medical College Brooklyn, New York 1998 - 1999
Critical Review of the Literature, http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/critcalcare/ccat.asp Concise, online, evidence-based reviews in Critical Care Medicine American Thoracic Society 2000 - Present

 

Teaching

 

Shock States Simulation Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine  
Manipulating Stress Response Critical Care Grand Rounds Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 10/1999
Sepsis Critical Care Conference Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 05/2000
Acute Abdomen in the Intensive Care Unit Critical Care Grand Rounds Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 11/2000
Understanding Hemodynamics Critical Care Conference Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 01/2001
Brain Failure in the Intensive Care Unit Critical Care Conference Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 03/2001
Alveolar Wounding and Repair Thoracic Disease Research Conference Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 05/2002
Ventilator Associated Lung Injury Critical Care Grand Rounds Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 11/2002
Postoperative Pulmonary Complications Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 11/2002
Acute Lung Injury after Lung Resection Pulmonary Conference Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 06/2003
Late-Onset Acute Lung Injury Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 10/2003
Iatrogenic Acute Lung Injury Pulmonary Conference Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 01/2004
Ventilator and Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury Pulmonary Research Conference Duke University Durham, North Carolina 01/2004
Ventilator Associated Lung Injury University of California San Francisco San Francisco, California 06/22/2004
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury University of California San Francisco San Francisco, California 06/22/2004
Acute Lung Injury: A Common Complication of the Intensive Care Grand Rounds, Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 06/30/2004
Pulmonary Case Conference Presentation Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 12/01/2004
Pulmonary Case Conference Presentation Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 03/16/2005
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury Pulmonary Critical Care Conference Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 06/03/2005
Quality Improvement and Outcome Research in Critical Care: From APACHE Database to ICU Information Critical Care Grand Rounds Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 06/16/2005
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - The Use of Electronic Databases for Quality Improvement and Research in the ICU Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 08/01/2005
Pulmonary Case Conference Presentation - Lung Abscess Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 08/24/2005
Surgical Conference - Shock Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 09/12/2005

 

Mentorship

 

Chandrasekhar, J. (Critical Care Fellow) 2003
Rana, Rimki (Clinical Research Fellow) 2003 - 2005
Fernandez, Evans (Critical Care Fellow) Mentorship for Clinical Research Training Program 2004 - Present
Reilkoff, R (Medical Student) 2004
Hess, Eric (Critical Care Fellow) Research mentorship 2004 - 2006
Khan, Hasrat (Critical Care Fellow) 2005 - Present
Salman, Salam (Critical Care Fellow) 2005 - 2006
Jenad, Hussam (Clinical Research Fellow) 2005 - 2006
van Buskirk, Camille (Resident) 2006 - Present
Siddiki, Hassan (Research Fellow) 2006 - Present
Herasevich, Vitaly (Research Fellow) 2006 - Present
Cartin-Ceba, Rodrigo (Critical Care Fellow) 2006 - Present
Yilmaz, Murat (Visiting Scientist) 2006 - Present

 

Scholarship Presentations

Critical Care Fellows Website Critical Care Conference Rochester, Minnesota 05/2000
American Thoracic Society Critical Care Website International Conference, American Thoracic Society Orlando, Florida 05/21/2004

 

Memberships

  Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association  
Council of Teaching Hospitals  
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine  

 

Honors and Awards for Education

Outstanding Fellow Teacher Award - Critical Care Fellowship Program, Mayo Clinic 2000

 

Academic Career Development

Teaching in Pulmonary and Critical Care American Thoracic Society Atlanta, Georgia 05/2002
FCCS Fundamentals of Critical Care Instructor Course Society of Critical Care Medicine Orlando, Florida 02/2004

 

    INSTITUTIONAL/DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES, COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES (* indicates office held)

Mayo Clinic  
  Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Research  
Protocol Review Panel 2007 - 2009
  Mayo Foundation Committees  
Clinical Research Training Program Education Committee  
Clinical Research Training Program Admission/Academic Progress Committee  
Critical Care Research Committee 2005 - Present
  Strategic Alliances  
Ventilator Management Interest Group 2004 - Present
Critical Care Informatics Committee 2005 - Present
Mayo Clinic Rochester  
  Department of Internal Medicine  
Critical Care Service  
Critical Care Education Committee 1999 - Present
*Member 1999 - Present  
Development and Maintenance of Critical Care Fellowship Web Site 1999 - 2003
  Transfusion in the ICU interest group   2004 - Present
  Sepsis Interest Group   2004 - Present

 

    PRESENTATIONS

International  
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury in Medical Intensive Care Unit. A Pilot Study 17th Annual Congress of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Berlin, Germany 10/13/2004
Comparison of Intensive Care Unit Mortality Performances: Standardized Mortality Ratio vs Absolute Risk Reduction International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) Brussels, Belgium 03/2007
Transfusion from Male-Only vs Female Donors in Critically Ill Recipients of High Plasma Volume Components International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) Brussels, Belgium 03/2007
National  
Predictive Value of the CT Scan in the Follow Up Management of Conservatively Treated Splenic Injury. How Long Should Activity be Restricted? 16th Annual Pediatric Surgical Residents' Conference Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 11/1995
Acute Abdomen in the Medical Intensive Care Unit Critical Care Medicine, December 2000, Suppl A192 Society of Critical Care Meeting 12/2000
The Accuracy of the History, Physical Exam, and Routine Tests in Predicting Postoperative Pulmonary Complications. For the CARE-PREOP 1 Group Chest, September 2001, Suppl A364 American College of Chest Physicians 09/2001
The Management of Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Evaluation of Current Practice Variability and the Impact of Evidence-Based Online Teaching Tool Crit Care Med, December 2001, Suppl A240 Society of Critical Care Medicine 12/2001
Assessment of Ventilator-Induced Plasma Membrane Wounding and Repair in the Intact Lung Am J Resp Crit Care Med, Suppl D42, 2002 American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting 2002
Infectious Complications Following Cardiac Arrest Chest, October 2002, 205S American College of Chest Physicians 10/2002
Hypercapnic Acidosis Impairs Plasma Membrane Repair after Mechanical Injury in Alveolar Epithelial Cells Am J Resp Crit Care Med, May 2003, A2197 American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting 05/2003
Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury in Patients Without Acute Lung Injury at the Onset of Mechanical Ventilation 33rd Critical Care Congress Orlando, Florida 02/2004
Transfusion Related Lung Injury American Federation for Medical Research - Clinical Research Chicago, Illinois 04/16/2004
The Risk of Ventilator Associated Lung Injury is Increased in Women American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting Orlando, Florida 05/2004
Red Blood Cells Storage and Acute Lung Injury in Mechanically Ventilated Patients American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting Orlando, Florida 05/2004
Applying Systematic Reviews in Clinical Practice Session A73 American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting San Diego, California 05/22/2005
The Effect of Ventilation and Transfusion Protocols on Prevention of Acute Lung Injury in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Society of Critical Care Medicine 36th Critical Care Congress Orlando, Florida 02/2007
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury in Medical Critically Ill Patients: Nested Case-Control Study American Thoracic Society 2007 Conference San Francisco, California 05/2007

 

    INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

 

Invited Presentations  
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury in the ICU 6th Annual Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (NATA) Symposium Prague, Czech Republic 04/18/2005
Applying systematic reviews in clinical practice American Thoracic Society San Diego, California 05/2005
Should albumin be avoided in ICU 1st Congress of the Croatian Society for Advancement of Bloodless Medicine Zagreb, Croatia 09/2005
Restrictive Transfusion Policy in the ICU 1st Congress of Croatian Society for Advancement of Bloodless Medicine Zagreb, Croatia 09/23/2005
Transfusion Related Lung Injury (TRALI) 1st Congress of Croatian Society for Advancement of Bloodless Medicine Zagreb, Croatia 09/24/2005
Noninvasive ventilation International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium 03/2006
How low should the tidal volume be? International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium 03/2006
Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium 03/2006
Medical Informatics to Improve Quality International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium 03/2006
Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium 03/2006
The use of Fresh Frozen Plasma in the critically ill International Symposium on Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium 03/2006
Research Vignette: Preventing Iatrogenic Lung Injury Internal Medicine Grand Rounds Rochester, Minnesota 06/2006
New ventilator modes: principles and evidence Respiratory Care Grand Rounds 09/2006
TRALI: Etiology and Epidemiology Illinois Association of Blood Banks Chicago, Illinois 09/2006
A Quality Care Initiative In Action: Academic Chest Physician American College of Chest Physicians: Postgraduate course Salt Lake City, Utah 10/2006
Sepsis Society of Intensive Care Medicine Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 11/2006
Acute Lung Injury Society of Intensive Care Medicine Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 11/2006
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury 8th Annual NATA Symposium Budapest, Hungary 04/2007
Prophylactic Use of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Platelet Transfusions in Critically Ill Patients 8th Annual NATA Symposium Budapest, Hungary 04/2007
TRALI Etiologies: Body of Evidence and Current Studies CBBS/SCABB Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada 05/2007
Visiting Professorships  
Pulmonary Research Conference presentation on Iatrogenic Acute Lung Injury Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 01/2004
Presentation on Ventilator and Transfusion Related Lung Injury at Pulmonary Research Conference Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Duke University Medical School Durham, North Carolina 01/2004
Presentation on Ventilator and Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury in the Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary and Transfusion Medicine Research Conferences University of California San Francisco San Francisco, California 06/2004

 

    CLINICAL PRACTICE, INTERESTS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Interests: Quality Improvement in Critical Care, Evidence Based Critical Care, Acute Lung Injury, Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Failure, Mechanical Ventilation, Transfusion in Critical Care, Medical Informatics in Critical Care Accomplishments: Development of Institutional Protocol for Blood Transfusion in Critical Care Development of Institutional Protocol for Sepsis Management Clinical Honors: Academic Clinical Award, Critical Care Fellowship Program, Mayo Clinic 2001; Best Resident, New York Methodist Hospital, 1998 and 1999

RESEARCH INTERESTS Acute respiratory failure, Acute lung injury, Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI), Ventilator induced lung injury, Clinical and translational and health services research in critical care, Quality improvement in critical care, Medical informatics in critical care, Invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation, Sepsis, Shock, Iatrogenic lung injury, Iatrogenic illness in critical care, Transfusion practice in critical care, Accuracy of history and physical examination RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED Active Grants Federal

 

Principal Investigator Transfusion Related Lung Injury in the Critically Ill. Funded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (K23 HL 78743) 07/2005 - 06/2010
Principal Investigator Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) In Transfusion Biology and Medicine- Project 2 in: Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) In Transfusion Biology and Medicine - Mayo Clinic. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (P50 HL 81027) 09/2005 - 08/2010
Principal Investigator Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) In Transfusion Biology and Medicine - Project 1 in: Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) In Transfusion Biology and Medicine - Mayo Clinic. Funded by National Institutes of Health. (P50 HL 81027) 09/2005 - 08/2010

 

Foundation

 

Co-Investigator The Accuracy of Natriutretic Peptides (BNP and N-pro-BNP) in the Differentiation Between Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) and Transfusion Associated Circulatory Overload (TACO). Funded by National Blood Foundation. 07/2005 - 06/2007

 

Mayo Clinic

 

Principal Investigator Guidelines for Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the Intensive Care Units at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Funded by Mayo. (20CPIOG) 12/2004 - 12/2005
Principal Investigator The Impact of Standardizing Initial Sepsis Management in the Medical ICU: A Quality Improvement Intervention. Funded by Mayo Department of Medicine MIDAS Award. (MIDAS 2005 20GAJIC1) 01/2005 - 12/2005
Co-Investigator Ventilator Management during Anesthesia as a Risk. Funded by CR Programs. 10/2005 - 09/2007

 

Completed Grants Foundation

 

Principal Investigator Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury in the Intensive Care Unit. Funded by National Blood Foundation. (NBF 2004-05) 07/2004 - 06/2006

 

Mayo Clinic

 

Principal Investigator Falk Fellowship, Dr. Ralph and Marian C. Falk Trust grant to advance promising clinical research careers. Funded by Mayo Foundation. 06/2003 - 06/2004
Principal Investigator Restrictive Versus Liberal Fresh Frozen Plasma Transfusion Prior to low Risk Invasive Procedures. Funded by CR Programs. 10/2005 - 09/2006
Co-Investigator Recruitment Maneuver in Elderly Patients Undergoing Non-Thoracic. Funded by CR Programs. 04/2005 - 03/2007

 

    OTHER

 

Hobbies: Hiking, Skiing, Traveling  
Keyboards & sax in "No Smoking Band" - one of the most popular 1980s rock 'n roll bands in the Balkans http://www.emirkusturica-nosmoking.com/eng/frmBiogr.html http://www.zabranjeno-pusenje.com/biografije/pusenje.html 1983 - 1987

 

      BIBLIOGRAPHY Peer-reviewed Articles 1. Gajic O, Urrutia LE, Sewani H, Schroeder DR, Cullinane DC, Peters SG. Acute abdomen in the medical intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2002 Jun; 30(6):1187-90. 2. McAlister FA, Khan NA, Straus SE, Papaioakim M, Fisher BW, Majumdar SR, Gajic O, Daniel M, Tomlinson G. Accuracy of the preoperative assessment in predicting pulmonary risk after nonthoracic surgery. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 2003 Mar 1; 167(5):741-4. 3. Gajic O, Lee J, Doerr CH, Berrios JC, Myers JL, Hubmayr RD. Ventilator-induced cell wounding and repair in the intact lung. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003 Apr 15; 167(8):1057-63. 4. Finkielman JD, Gajic O, Afessa B. Underweight is independently associated with mortality in post-operative and non-operative patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A retrospective study. BMC Emergency Medicine 2004; 4(1):7. 5. Gajic O, Festic E, Afessa B. Infectious complications in survivors of cardiac arrest admitted to the medical intensive care unit. Resuscitation 2004 Jan; 60(1):65-9. 6. Belda TE, Gajic O, Rabatin JT, Harrison BA. Practice variability in management of acute respiratory distress syndrome: bringing evidence and clinician education to the bedside using a web-based teaching tool. Respir Care 2004 Sep; 49(9):1015-21. 7. Gajic O, Dara SI, Mendez JL, Adesanya AO, Festic E, Caples SM, Rana R, St Sauver JL, Lymp JF, Afessa B, Hubmayr RD. Ventilator-associated lung injury in patients without acute lung injury at the onset of mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med 2004 Sep; 32(9):1817-24. 8. Gajic O, Rana R, Mendez JL, Rickman OB, Lymp JF, Hubmayr RD, Moore SB. Acute lung injury after blood transfusion in mechanically ventilated patients. Transfusion 2004 Oct; 44(10):1468-74. 9. Gajic O, Sprung J, Hall BA, Lightner DJ. Fatal acute pulmonary embolism in a patient with pelvic lipomatosis after surgery performed after transatlantic airplane travel. Anesth Analg 2004 Oct; 99(4):1032-4, table of contents. 10. Toy P, Gajic O. Transfusion-related acute lung injury. Anesth Analg 2004 Dec; 99(6):1623-4. 11. Afessa B, Keegan MT, Hubmayr RD, Naessens JM, Gajic O, Long KH, Peters SG. Evaluating the performance of an institution using an intensive care unit benchmark. Mayo Clin Proc 2005 Feb; 80(2):174-80. 12. Gajic O, Moore SB. Transfusion-related acute lung injury. Mayo Clin Proc 2005 Jun; 80(6):766-70. 13. Gajic O, Warner DO, Decker PA, Rana R, Bourke DL, Sprung J. Long-haul air travel before major surgery: a prescription for thromboembolism? Mayo Clin Proc 2005 Jun; 80(6):728-31. 14. Doerr CH, Gajic O, Berrios JC, Caples S, Abdel M, Lymp JF, Hubmayr RD. Hypercapnic acidosis impairs plasma membrane wound resealing in ventilator-injured lungs. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005 Jun 15; 171(12):1371-7. 15. Gajic O, Frutos-Vivar F, Esteban A, Hubmayr RD, Anzueto A. Ventilator settings as a risk factor for acute respiratory distress syndrome in mechanically ventilated patients. Intensive Care Med 2005 Jul; 31(7):922-6. 16. Festic E, Gajic O, Limper AH, Aksamit TR. Acute respiratory failure due to pneumocystis pneumonia in patients without human immunodeficiency virus infection: outcome and associated features. Chest 2005 Aug; 128(2):573-9. 17. Afessa B, Keegan MT, Gajic O, Hubmayr RD, Peters SG. The influence of missing components of the Acute Physiology Score of APACHE III on the measurement of ICU performance. Intensive Care Med 2005 Nov; 31(11):1537-43. 18. Dara SI, Rana R, Afessa B, Moore SB, Gajic O. Fresh frozen plasma transfusion in critically ill medical patients with coagulopathy. Crit Care Med 2005 Nov; 33(11):2667-71. 19. *Reilkoff R, Mehta V, Gajic O. 67-Year-old man with fever, back pain, and lower extremity weakness. Mayo Clin Proc 2005 Nov; 80(11):1510-3. 20. Rana S, Pendem S, Pogodzinski MS, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Tracheostomy in critically ill patients. Mayo Clin Proc 2005 Dec; 80(12):1632-8. 21. Finkielman JD, Gajic O, Farmer JC, Afessa B, Hubmayr RD. The initial Mayo Clinic experience using high-frequency oscillatory ventilation for adult patients: A retrospective study. BMC Emergency Medicine 2006; 6. 22. Pendem S, Rana S, Manno EM, Gajic O. A review of red cell transfusion in the neurological intensive care unit. Neurocritical Care 2006; 4(1):63-7. 23. Rana S, Jenad H, Gay PC, Buck CF, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Failure of non-invasive ventilation in patients with acute lung injury: observational cohort study. Critical Care 2006; 10(3):R79. 24. Yilmaz M, Dosemeci L, Cengiz M, Sanli S, Gajic O, Ramazanoglu A. Repeat percutaneous tracheostomy in the neurocritically ill patient. Neurocritical Care 2006; 5(2):120-3. 25. Whalen FX, Gajic O, Thompson GB, Kendrick ML, Que FL, Williams BA, Joyner MJ, Hubmayr RD, Warner DO, Sprung J. The effects of the alveolar recruitment maneuver and positive end-expiratory pressure on arterial oxygenation during laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Anesth Analg 2006 Jan; 102(1):298-305. 26. Gajic O, Dzilk WH, Toy P. Fresh frozen plasma and platelet transfusion for nonbleeding patients in the intensive care unit: Benefit or harm? Crit Care Med 2006 May; 34(5 Suppl S):S170-3. 27. Gajic O, Gropper MA, Hubmayr RD. Pulmonary edema after transfusion: How to differentiate transfusion-associated circulatory overload from transfusion-related acute lung injury. Crit Care Med 2006 May; 34(5 Suppl S):S109-13. 28. Fernandez-Perez ER, Keegan MT, Brown DR, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Intraoperative tidal volume as a risk factor, for respiratory failure after pneumonectomy. Anesthesiology 2006 Jul; 105(1):14-8. 29. Rana R, Keegan MT, Whalen FX, Nuttall GA, Evenson LK, Peters SG, Winters JL, Hubmayr RD, Moore SB, Gajic O. Evidence-based red cell transfusion in the critically ill: Quality improvement using computerized physician order entry. Crit Care Med 2006 Jul; 34(7):1892-7. 30. Rana R, Vlahakis NE, Daniels CE, Jaffe AS, Klee GG, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. B-type natriuretic peptide in the assessment of acute lung injury and cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Crit Care Med 2006 Jul; 34(7):1941-6. 31. Rana R, Fernandez-Perez ER, Khan SA, Rana S, Winters JL, Lesnick TG, Moore SB, Gajic O. Transfusion-related acute lung injury and pulmonary edema in critically ill patients: a retrospective study. Transfusion 2006 Sep; 46(9):1478-83. 32. Ali MI, Fernandez-Perez ER, Pendem S, Brown DR, Wijdicks EFM, Gajic O. Mechanical ventilation in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome. Respir Care 2006 Dec; 51(12):1403-7. 33. Sprung J, Gajic O, Warner DO. Review article: Age related alterations in respiratory function - anesthetic considerations. Can J Anaesth 2006 Dec; 53(12):1244-57. 34. Fernandez-Perez ER, Winters JL, Gajic O. The addition of decision support into computerized physician order entry reduces red blood cell transfusion resource utilization in the intensive care unit. Am J Hematol 2007 Jan 18. 35. Gajic O, Afessa B. Combining decision making, protocols, and computerized physician order entry: It is the future. Crit Care Med 2007 Feb; 35(2):680. 36. *Salman SS, Fernandez Perez ER, Stubbs JR, Gajic O. The practice of platelet transfusion in the intensive care unit. J Intensive Care Med 2007 Mar-Apr; 22(2):105-110. 37. *Khan H, Belsher J, Yilmaz M, Afessa B, Winters JL, Moore SB, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Fresh frozen plasma and platelet transfusions are associated with development of acute lung injury in critically ill medical patients. Chest 2007 Mar 30. 38. Gajic O, Afessa B, Thompson BT, Frutos-Vivar F, Malinchoc M, Rubenfeld GD, Esteban A, Anzueto A, Hubmayr RD. Prediction of death and prolonged mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury. Critical Care 2007 May 10; 11(3). 39. *Yilmaz M, Keegan MT, Iscimen R, Afessa B, Buck CF, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Toward the prevention of acute lung injury: Protocol-guided limitation of large tidal volume ventilation and inappropriate transfusion. Critical Care Medicine 2007 May 15. 40. Gajic O, Yilmaz M, Iscimen R, Kor DJ, Winters JL, Moore SB, Afessa B. Transfusion from male-only versus female donors in critically ill recipients of high plasma volume components. Critical Care Medicine 2007 May 22. 41. Schultz MJ, Haitsma JJ, Slutsky AS, Gajic O. What tidal volumes should be used in patients without acute lung injury? Anesthesiology 2007 Jun; 106(6):1226-1231. 42. Cartin-Ceba R, Afessa B, Gajic O. Low baseline serum creatinine concentration predicts mortality in critically ill patients independent of body mass index* Crit Care Med. 2007 Aug 14 43. Yilmaz M, Iscimen R, Keegan MT, Vlahakis NE, Afessa B, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Six-month survival of patients with acute lung injury: Prospective cohort study* Crit Care Med. 2007 Aug 14 44. Afessa B, Gajic O, Keegan MT, Seferian EG, Hubmary RD, Peters SG. Impact of Introducing Multiple Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Protocols in a Medical Intensive Care unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study. BMC Emerg Med. 2007 Aug 8;7(1):10 45. Kleinman S, Gajic O, Nunes E; on behalf of the American Association of Blood Banks Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury Task Force. Promoting recognition and prevention of transfusion-related acute lung injury. Crit Care Nurse. 2007 Aug;27(4):49-53. 46. Gajic O, Manno EM. Neurogenic pulmonary edema: Another multiple-hit model of acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2007 Aug;35(8):1979-80. 47. Gajic O, Rana R, Winters JL, Yilmaz M, Mendez JL, Rickman OB, O'byrne MM, Evenson LK, Malinchoc M, Degoey SR, Afessa B, Hubmayr RD, Moore SB. Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury in the Critically Ill: Prospective Nested Case-Control Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Jul 12 Non-peer-reviewed Articles 1. *Herasevich V, Gajic O. Medical informatics improves quality of care in the intensive care unit. ICU Management Spring 2007; 7(1):28-29. Book Chapters 1. Belsher J, Khan H, Gajic O. Transfusion as a risk factor for ALI and ARDS. In: Vincent JL, editor. Intensive Care Medicine: Annual Update 2006. New York: Springer; 2006. p. 289-96. 2. Gajic O, Hubmayr RD. Hemodynamic monitoring. In: Albert RK, et al, editors. Clinical critical care medicine. Philadelphia: Mosby-Elsevier; 2006. p. 101-8. Editorials 1. Gajic O, Toy P. Transfusion and acute lung injury in the critically ill - Introduction. Crit Care Med 2006 May; 34(5 Suppl S):S95. 2. Gajic O. Critical Care: A Volume in the Requisites in Anesthesiology Series. Anesthesiology 2006 Sep; 105(3):636-637. Audio/Video/CD-ROM/etc. 1. Gajic O, Gay PC. Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Hypoxemic (Non-COPD) Respiratory Failure. http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/criticalcare/ccat/noninvas.asp 2001. 2. Gajic O, Hubmayr RD. Respiratory Variation in the Arterial Blood Pressure as a Guide to Fluid Therapy (Hemodynamic Monitoring). http//www.thoracic.org/assemblies/criticalcare/ccat/respvari.asp 2001. 3. Gajic O, Mancebo J. Prone Position in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/criticalcare/ccat/prone.asp 2001. 4. Gajic O, Brower R. Protective (Low Tidal Volume) Mechanical Ventilation Strategy in Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). http://www.thoracic.org/criticalcare/ccat/lowtidal.asp 2002. 5. Gajic O, Brown DR. Vasopressin in Septic Shock. http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/criticalcare/ccat/vasopressin.asp 2002. 6. Gajic O, Ryu JH. Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism. http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/criticalcare/ccat.asp 2002. 7. *Chandrasekhar J, Gajic O. Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusions in Critically Ill Patients. http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/criticalcare/ccat/redblood.asp 2003. 8. Gajic O. Faculty of 1000 Medicine: evaluations for Tanios MA et al. Crit Care Med 34 (10):2530-2535. http://www.f1000medicine.com/article/id/1043117/evaluation October 2006. 9. Gajic O. Faculty of 1000 Medicine: evaluations for Terragni PP et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175(2):160-166. http://www.f1000medicine.com/article/id/1057842/evaluation January 2007. 10. *Katyal P, Gajic O. Basics of Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation. American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org/sections/clinical-information/critical-care/mechanical-ventilation/index.html Feb 2007. Abstracts and Letters 1. Gajic O, Sewani LE, Urrutia LE, Schroeder DR, Cullinane DS, Peters SG. Acute abdomen in medical Intensive Care Unit. (Abstract 629/T217). Crit Care Med 2000 Dec; 28(12 Suppl):A203. 2. Sewani H, Afessa B, Urrutia LE, Ognjen G, Peters SG. The use of Apache III database to determine the impact of ventilator associated pneumonia on the outcome of critically ill patients. (Abstract 258/M164). Crit Care Med 2000 Dec; 28(12 Suppl):A101. 3. Gajic O, Belda TE, Sewani H, Rabatin JT, Harrison BA. Practice variability in the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): educational intervention using evidence-based online teaching tool. (Abstract 240/M84). Crit Care Med 2001 Dec; 29(12 Suppl.):A75. 4. Christiansen DC, Gajic O, Festic E, Peters SG, Afessa B. The association of the APACHE III score with discharge status and location of patients admitted to the ICU following cardiopulmonary arrest. Chest. 122:201S-202S, 2002. 5. Gajic O, Lee J-H, Doerr CH, Hubmayr RD. Assessment of ventilator-induced plasma membrane wounding and repair in the intact lung. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 165:A783. 6. Caples SM, Gajic O, Doerr CH, Hubmayr RD. Effects of bicarbonate on plasma membrane wounding and repair in ventilator injured rat lungs. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:56A. 7. Festic E, Gajic O, Limper A, Aksamit T. Acute Respiratory Failure Secondary to Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: Outcome and Associated Factors. Chest 2003; 124(4):175S. 8. Gajic O. Gemcitabine Pulmonary Toxicity. Chest 2003; 124(4):244S-245. 9. Gajic O, Dara SI, Mendez JL, Caples SM, St Sauver JL, Lymp JF, Afessa B, Hubmayr RD, Adesanya AO, Festic E. Ventilator associated lung injury in patients without acute lung injury at the onset of mechanical ventilation (Abstract 85). Crit Care Med 2003 Dec; 31(12 Suppl):A22. 10. *Salman SS, Fernandez E, Stubbs JR, Gajic O. Platelet transfusion in ICU. Crit Care Med 2005; 33(12S):A175. 11. Gajic O, Messa B, Hubmayr RD. Ventilator-associated lung injury in healthy lung: How important is it? The authors reply. Crit Care Med 2005 Feb; 33(2):473-4. 12. Afessa B, Keegan M, Gajic O, Hubmayr R, Peters S. The impact of missing components of the Acute Physiology Score on the standarized mortality ratio calculated by the APACHE III prognostic model (Abstract P228). Critical Care 2005 Mar; 9(Suppl 1):S96-7. 13. Rana R, Gajic O. Respiratory failure after blood product transfusions (Abstract 31). J Investig Med 2005 Mar; 53(2):S392. 14. Afessa B, Keegan MT, Gajic O, Hubmayr RD, Peters SG. Impact of introducing evidence-based clinical practice protocols in a medical intensive care unit (Abstract 495). Intensive Care Med 2005 Sep; 31(Suppl 1):S130. 15. *Fernandez ER, Keegan MT, Brown DR, Nichols FC, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Intraoperative tidal volume as a risk factor for respiratory failure after pneumonectomy. Chest 2005 Oct; 128(4 Suppl):129S. 16. Rana R, Rana S, Fernandez ER, Khan SA, Gajic O. Transfusion related pulmonary edema in the intensive care unit (ICU). Chest 2005 Oct; 128(4 Suppl):130S. 17. *Rana S, Tolentino MM, Hubmayr RD, Gay PC, Gajic O. Risk factors for failure of non-invasive ventilation in patients with acute lung injury. Chest 2005 Oct; 128(4 Suppl):226S. 18. Ensminger SA, Gajic O, Vlahakis NE. Hyperglycemia is not associated with an increased risk of developing acute lung injury in mechanically ventilated patients (Abstract 219-M). Crit Care Med 2005 Dec; 33(12 Suppl):A112. 19. *Rana R, Vlahakis NE, Daniels CE, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O, Jaffe AS, Klee GG. Utility of early measurement of plasma B type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in the assessment of acute lung injury and cardiogenic pulmonary edema (Abstract 78). Crit Care Med 2005 Dec; 33(12 Suppl):A20. 20. Salman SS, Fernandez E, Stubbs JR, Gajic O. Platelet transfusion in ICU (Abstract 250-T). Crit Care Med 2005 Dec; 33(12 Suppl):A175. 21. Schultz MJ, Gajic O. Transfusion and mechanical ventilation: two interrelated causes of acute lung injury? Crit Care Med ; author reply 2858 2005 Dec; 33(12):2857-8. 22. Gajic O, Afessa B. Combining decision making, protocols, and computerized physician order entry: It is the future - Reply. Crit Care Med 2006 Feb; 35(2):680. 23. Afessa B, Gajic O, Keegan MT, Anderson B, Hubmayr RD, Peters SG. The impact of advanced directives on the outcome of the least sick ICU patients (Abstract 0811). Intensive Care Med 2006 Sep; 32(Suppl 1):S211. 24. Gajic O, Rana R, Winters JL, Mendez JL, Rickman OB, Evenson LK, Yilmaz M, Degoey SR, Rasmussen DL, Hubmayr RD, Moore S. Transfusion-related acute lung injury in the critically ill: a prospective study (Abstract SP164). Transfusion 2006 Sep; 46(9S):90A. 25. Ayo D, Gajic O, Afessa B. Antibiotic utilization in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP): clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) vs bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Chest 2006 Oct; 130(4):207S. 26. Fernandez Perez ER, Jenad H, Daniels CE, Ryu JH, Gajic O. Ventilator settings and outcome in patients with interstitial lung disease requiring mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. Chest 2006 Oct; 130(4):152S. 27. Mullon JJ, Subramanian S, Haro L, Wallerich T, Evenson L, Afessa B, Gajic O. Sepsis order set improves adherence to evidence-based practices. Chest 2006 Oct; 130(4):134S-5S. 28. Subramanian S, Khan H, Farmer C, Gajic O. Correlation between noninvasive and invasive blood pressure measurements in early septic shock. Chest 2006 Oct; 130(4):150S. 29. Afessa B, Mullon JJ, Wallerich TJ, Gajic O. Six Sigma highlights defects in severe sepsis/septic shock management (Abstract 460). Crit Care Med 2006 Dec; 43(12 Suppl):A129. 30. Ayo DS, Vlahakis NE, Gajic O. Pre-hospitalization use of statins is not associated with improved ICU/hospital mortality and development of acute lung injury (ALI) in mechanically ventilated (MV) patients (Abstract 318). Crit Care Med 2006 Dec; 43(12 Suppl):A87. 31. Fernandez Perez E, Gajic O, Winters J. The addition of decision support into computerized physician order entry(CPOE) reduces red blood cell transfusion resource utilization in the ICU (Abstract 105). Crit Care Med 2006 Dec; 43(12 Suppl):A22. 32. Seferian E, Afessa B, Gajic O, Peters S, Hubmayr R, Keegan M. Is there referral bias in the critically ill? (Abstract 76). Crit Care Med 2006 Dec; 43(12 Suppl):A19. 33. Yilmaz M, Afessa B, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O, Keegan MT. The effect of ventilation and transfusion protocols on prevention of acute lung injury in mechanically ventilated patients (Abstract 313). Crit Care Med 2006 Dec; 43(12 Suppl):A85. 34. Afessa B, Keegan M, Naessens J, Gajic O. Comparison of intensive care unit mortality performances: standardized mortality ratio vs absolute risk reduction. Critical Care 2007; 11(Suppl 2)S187. 35. Gajic O, Yilmaz M, Iscimen R, Kor D, Winters J, Afessa B, Farmer J. Transfusion from male-only vs female donors in critically ill recipients of high plasma volume components. Critical Care 2007; 11(Suppl 2):S164. 36. Whalen F, Gajic O, Sprung J, Warner DO, Hubmayr R. Alveolar recruitment and positive end-expiratory pressure in obesity: Another merry chase? In response. Anesth Analg 2007 Feb; 104(2):455-6. 37. Jama A, Jaffe A, Babuin L, Rio J, Gajic O, Afessa B. Correlation between troponin elevation and vasoactive medication use in patients with septic shock. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 Mar; 49(9 Suppl A):187A. 38. *Perez ERF, Keegan MT, Brown DR, Hubmayr RD, Gajic O. Association of high tidal volume with postpneumonectomy failure - Reply. Anesthesiology 2007 Apr; 106(4):876. 39. Gajic O. Transfusion-related acute lung injury Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine June 2007; 9(Suppl 1):7-8. 40. Gajic O. Prophylactic use of fresh frozen plasma and platelet transfusions in critically ill patients Transfusion Alternatives in Transfusion Medicine June 2007; 9(Suppl 1):24. * Indicates that the primary author was a mentee of this author.   Predlagac: Enes Kanlic

 

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Founding Members

Andi Arnautović MD
Family Medicine
Chicago, IL

Kenan Arnautović, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS
Neurosurgery
Memphis, TN

Almasa Bass, PharmD
Clinical Research and Drug Development
Chapel Hill, NC

Sead Beganović, MD, PhD
Oncology
Indianapolis, IN

Lejla Hadzikadić, MD, MSc
General Surgery
Boston, MA

Mirsad Hadzikadić, PhD
Computing and Informatics
Charlotte, NC

Zlatko Haverić, MD
Hospitalist
Joliet, IL

Aleksandar Hemon
Literature
Chicago, IL

Emir Hodzić, DVM, PhD
Research
Davis, CA

Migdat Hodzić, PhD
Technology
Santa Clara, California

Eldin E. Karaiković, MD, PhD
Orthopaedics
Chicago, IL

Djenita Pašić, Esq., JD
Law
Louisville, KY

Rešad Pašić, MD, PhD
Obstetric and Gynecology
Louisville, KY

Adnan Šarčević, MD, MSc
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
New York


Guests

Jasna Beganović
Civil engineering
Indianapolis, IN

Faris Gavrankapetanović, MD, PhD
Clinical Center/Klinički centar
Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina

Mirzeta Hadzikadić, MSc
Technology
Charlotte, NC

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Board of Directors

Djenita Pasic, Esq., JD (President)
Law
Louisville, KY

Andi Arnautovic MD (First Vice President)
Family Medicine
Chicago, IL

Ognjen Gajic, MD (Second Vice President)
Critical Care Medicine
Rochester, MN

Emir Festic, MD, FCCP (Secretary )
Critical Care Medicine
Jacksonville, FL

Almer Imamovic (Treasurer)

Music
Pasadena, CA

Kenan Arnautovic, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS (Former President)
Neurosurgery
Memphis, TN

Adnan Atic, MSc
Software Architecture
Memphis, TN

Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, MSc
Pediatric Genetics
Rochester, MN

Esad Boskailo, MD
Psychiatry
Phoenix, AZ

Amila Buturovic, PhD
Oriental Studies and Sociology
Toronto, Canada

Igor Lemajic, MBA
Finance
Memphis, TN

Namik Haveric, MD
Radiology
Washington, DC

Aida Hozic, PhD, MSc
Political Sciences
Gainesville, FL

Patrick McCarthy, MSc
Education
Saint Louis, MO

Gordan Srkalovic, MD, PhD
Hematology/Oncology
Lansing, MI

Azra Terzic, PhD
JCPS
Louisville, KY

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Committees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Djenita Pasic (President)
Andi Arnautovic (First Vice President)
Ognjen Gajic (Second Vice President)
Almer Imamovic (Treasurer)
Emir Festic (Secretary)
Indira Arnautovic (Technical Secretary)
Kenan Arnautovic (Former President)


WEB PAGE COMMITTEE
Ognjen Gajic (President)
Adnan Atic (Member)
Emir Festic (Member)


MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Djenita Pasic (President)
Amila Buturovic (Member)
Emir Festic (Member)


FINANCIAL AND STATUTORY COMMITTEE
Djenita Pašic (President)
Dino Kujundzic (Member)


SPOKESPERSON
Djenita Pasic


HISTORIAN
Enes Kanlic


SECTIONS
Emir Hodzic (Sciences and Sections Coordinator)
Eldin Karaikovic (Medicine)
Mirsad Hadzikadic (Technology)
Almer Imamovic (Arts)
Snjezana Buzov (Social Sciences)


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Annual Meeting in St. Louis: September 16-18, 2011)

Kenan Arnautovic (President)
Djenita Pasic (Vice President)
Andi Arnautovic (President - Medical Sciences)
Patrick McCarthy and Ajlina Karamehic (Hosts in St. Louis)


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Days of BHAAAS in Zenica: October 12-14, 2011)

Kenan Arnautovic (President)
Djenita Pasic (Vice President)
Mirsad Hadzikadic (President - Non Medical Sciences)
Eldin Karaikovic (President - Medical Sciences)
Almer Imamovic (President - Arts)
Belma Pojskic (Host in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Adnan Karaikovic (Technical Secretary in Bosnia and Herzegovina)


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Days of BHAAAS in Sarajevo 2012)

- Djenita Pasic (Social Sciences)
- Ognjen Gajic, Amer Ovcina, Nirvana Pistoljevic, Ismet Gavrankapetanovic (Medicine)
- Midgat Hodzic (Technical Sciences)
- Emir Hodzic (Natural Sciences)
- Almer Imamovic (Art)
- Adnan Karaikovic (BHAAAS Executive Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

 


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
(Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida: 19-21 October, 2012, 2011)

Djenita Pasic,
Emir Festic,
Nura Festic,
Aida Hozic,
Andi Arnautovic

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Criteria for Membership/ Membership Fees

Sve kategorije clanstva moraju ispunjavati sljedece uslove:

  1. Bosanskohercegovacko porijeklo.
  2. Drzavljanstvo ili stalni boravak u USA ili Kanadi;
  3. Visoka strucna sprema/graduate degree, sa izuzetkom kandidata iz nenaucnih oblasti;
  4. Odanost nacelima BHAAAS;
  5. Odanost ideji visenacionalne, demokratske Bosne i Hercegovine;
  6. Postovanje najvisih etickih i moralnih standarda, ukljucujuci i nacela vezana za slobodnu razmjenu ideja i misljenja;

Kriteriji za prijem:


1. Redovni clan (Active member):

  • Doktorat ili ekvivalent, sa izuzetkom kadidata iz oblasti kulture, umjetnosti, novinarstva i drugih nenaucnih oblasti;
  • Istaknuto profesionalno prisustvo (objavljene knjige, clanci, naucni i strucni radovi, odrzani koncerti, izlozbe, patenti, kriticka priznanja etc) u vlastitoj oblasti;
  • Zapazena aktivnost u okviru bosanskohercegovacke zajednice;

2. Pridruzeni clan (Associate Member):

  • Magisterij ili ekvivalent, sa izuzetkom kandidata iz oblasti kulture, umjetnosti, novinarstva i drugih nenaucnih oblasti;
  • Istaknuta aktivnost, kao i duzina prisustva, u svojoj profesionalnoj oblasti;
  • Znacajna aktivnost u okviru bosanskohercegovacke zajednice;

3. Dopisni clan (Corresponding Member):

  • Phd/ekvivalent ili magisterij/ekvivalent, sa izuzetkom kadidata iz oblasti  kulture, umjetnosti, novinarstva i drugih nenaucnih oblasti;
  • Kandidati ne ispunjavaju uslov stalnog boravka u USA/Kanadi, ali ispunjavaju uslov bosanskohercegovackog porijekla;
  • Zapazen doprinos bosanskohercegovackoj zajednici, nauci i kulturi;

4. Medjunarodni clan (International Member):

  • Kandidat ispunjava uslove i kriterije za Redovno ili Pridruzeno, osim sto ne zivi u Sjevernoj Americi, niti je bosanskohercegovackog porijekla;
  • Kandidat se istice aktivnostima vezanim za dobrobit bosanskohercegovacke zajednice, kako u zemlji, tako i u inostranstvu;

5. Pocasni clan (Honorary Member):

  • Kandidati ne ispunjavaju uslove i kriterije za ostale kategorije clanstva, ali su se istakli dosadasnjim radom vezanim za dobrobit bosanskohercegovacke zajednice u Sjevernoj Americi;

6. Kandidat (Candidate Member):

  • Kandidati su u procesu viseg stepena obrazovanja u USA ili Kanadi, a kompletiranjem procesa ce ispuniti uslove I krtierije za redovno ili pridruzno clanstvo; (vremenski limit za kategoriju kandidata je minimum jedna (1) a maksimum sedam (7) godina);
  • Kandidat ima fakultetsku diplomu;

 

 

Active members
$150.00 annually

Associate members
$75.00 annually

Corresponding members
$75.00 annually

Candidate members
$25.00 annually

International members
N/A

Honorary members
N/A

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