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Updated May 25, 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE AMILA ORUCEVIC PRESENT APPOINTMENT Pathologist, Department of Pathology Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga TN BUSSINESS ADDRESS Department of Pathology 975 East Third Street Erlanger Medical Center Chattanooga TN 37403 HOME ADDRESS 6837 Old Stage Road Chattanooga TN 37421 Phone (423) 892-1632 Cell phone (708) 595-8910 E-mail: aorucevi@hotmail.com PERSONAL Female, married, one son Date of birth: December 14, 1959 Place of birth: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Citizenship: Canadian US visa status - Green Card EDUCATION M.D. 1983 University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine, Bosnia and Herzegovina M.Sc. 1989 University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine, Bosnia and Herzegovina Ph.D. 1996 Department of Anatomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Pathology 1998-2002 Combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Program, resident Department of Pathology, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Surgical pathology 2002-2003 Department of Pathology, Loyola University fellow Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Anatomic Pathology (2002) The American Board of Pathology in Combined Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology (2002)

EXAMINATIONS

USMLE Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3 in 1997 and 1998

MEDICAL LICENSES

State of Illinois (#036-104580), expires 7/31/2011State of Tennessee (# MD0000042408), expires 12/31/09 MEMBERSHIPS Fellow, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Of CanadaDiplomate, The American Board of PathologyMember, U.S. and Canadian Academy of PathologyMember, Chattanooga Regional Oncology Association

COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES

Member of the Quality Improvement Committee for Gynecology, Erlanger Medical Center (June 2008 - present) Member of the Pathology Residency Committee, J. H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County (2003-2007) Liaison of the residency program of the RPSLMC Department of Pathology for the American Society of Clinical Pathology - Resident Physician Section (July 1999 - June 2002) HONOURS AND AWARDS 2000 Award for the best presentation at the Annual Rush Surgical Society meeting 1997 - 1998 Medical Research Council of Canada Post Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellowship 1991 - 1996 Medical Research Council of Canada Post M.D. Post-doctoral Fellowship 1996 Arthur W. HamGraduate Student Award of the Canadian Association of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology for the best research during graduate studies 1996 Morris Kroll Award - Scholarship for excellence in cancer research (The University of Western Ontario) 1996 Keith Moore Award in Anatomy The best graduate student in anatomy (The University of Western Ontario) 1994 Travel Award of the Canadian Association of Anatomists (for CFBS meeting) 1990 - 1992 The University of Western Ontario and the Government of Ontario - Bursary Award for reduction in Foreign Tuition Fees to the level paid by Canadian students (These are competitive awards) 1990 Graduate Studies Admission Scholarship Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada 1982 "Dr. Bogdan Zimonjic Award" for outstanding students who have GPA over 9/10 and marks 10/10 for the subject of internal medicine, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1979, 1981, 1982 3 Silver Medals "Hasan Brkic" awarded to the topmost students in the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS AND CAREER RECORD July 2007 - present Staff Pathologist, Department of Pathology, Erlanger Medical Center Chattanooga, TN, USA March 2003 - June 2007 Attending Pathologist Department of Pathology, Stroger Hospital of Cook County Chicago, IL, USA March 2004 - June 2007 Assistant Professor of Pathology Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Sept. 2002 - Feb 2003 Fellow in Surgical Pathology Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL, USA July 1998 - June 2002 Pathology Resident

Department of Pathology, Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

July 1996 - June 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow (post Ph.D.)

Dept. of Surgery, Medical School of University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Sept. 1995 - June 1996 Demonstrator, Anatomy, Occupational Therapy 224, Dept. of Anatomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Jan. 1993 - June 1995 Demonstrator, Anatomy, I year Medicine, Dept. of Anatomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Sept. 1993 - Sept. 1993 Lecturer, Kinesiology 020 Faculty of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Sept. 1990 - April 1991 Demonstrator, Histology 500/309, Dept. of Anatomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Sept. 1990 - June 1996 Graduate student, Ph.D. program, Dept. of Anatomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, (Dr. P.K.Lala, Supervisor), Research project: "Mechanisms of IL-2 Induced Capillary Leak Syndrome" Feb. 1988 - April 1989 M.Sc. Program. Research was conducted at Dept. of Histology and Embryology (Prof.Dr. Mustafa Hrnjicevic, Supervisor) and Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Academician Prof.Dr. Seid Hukovic, Supervisor). M. Sc. Thesis title: "The Reaction of Coronary Blood Vessels Under the Influence of Endothelial Vasoactive Factors" Feb. 1988 - Aug. 1990 Research Assistant: Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Nov. 1985 - Aug. 1990 Teaching Assistant: Histology (medical and dentistry students), Dept. of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Research Assistant: Dept. of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina May 1985 - Nov. 1985 Physician for sick children, Walk-in Clinic for Sick Children, Medical Center of the Univ. of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 1985 - June 1985 Lecturer, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of Nursing, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 1984 - Sept. 1984 Obligatory Internship Program, Univ. of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN PATHOLOGY SURGICAL PATHOLOGYSERVICE Involved in a busy intra-operative consultation service, and sign-out of complex and routine surgical pathology cases and biopsies Reported about 3400 surgical pathology cases in 2008 Serve as the departmental gastrointestinal/liver and gynecologic pathology specialist and consultant DIAGNOSIS "Clinical" style of diagnosis correlating clinical and laboratory data, and active communication with the clinical colleagues AUTOPSY SERVICE Covering of autopsy service for Department of Pathology together with other 5 pathologists INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONFERENCES Continual review and feedback through: - monthly pediatric gastrointestinal conferences for the clinical faculty - biweekly hospital gynecology tumor board conference- biweekly review of cases with a colorectal surgery clinical colleague - occasional presentations at the hospital tumor board conference CURRENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN PATHOLOGY 2007- present - teaching medical students and residents rotating through pathology department and attendings as follows: Medical students and residents rotating through the department of pathology: Everyday teaching of surgical pathology, 20 hours/month during surgical pathology sign-out using glass slides, clinical and laboratory data from clinical data base, and gross specimens. Pediatric gastroenterology attendings with residents: One hour/month Gynecologic hospital tumor board: Six hours per year Hospital tumor board conference: Approximately four hours per year PRIOR TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN PATHOLOGY 2003 - 2007 teaching residents, fellows, attendings and pathology assistant students in Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL as follows: Residents: Everyday teaching of surgical pathology, 40 hours/month during surgical pathology sign-out using glass slides, clinical and laboratory data from clinical data base (Cerner), gross specimens, and archival slides Four hours/year of didactic teaching/lectures Pathology assistant students: Teaching of grossing of surgical pathology specimens during surgical pathology "on- call days" (approximately 10 hours per month) Fellows, GI/Liver, and colorectal surgery attendings through the following conferences: Four hours/month: GI/Liver attendings and fellows Two hours/month: Colorectal surgery multidisciplinary conference (Colorectal surgeons, radiation therapy and oncology attendings) Six hours/year Hospital Tumor Board Conference PRIOR ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT 2003-2007 Assistant Professor of Pathology Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL PUBLICATIONS 1. Gould V.E., Orucevic A., Zentgraf H., Gattuso P., Martinez N., Alonso, A.. (2002) Nup88 (Karyoporin) in human malignant neoplasms and dysplasias: Corellation of immunostaining of tissue sections, cytologic smears and immunoblot analysis. Human Pathology 33: 536-544 2. Orucevic, A., Reddy, V., Bloom, K., Bitterman, P., Magi-Galluzzi, C., Oleske, D., Phillips M., Gould, V.E., Cobleigh, M., Wick, M.R., Gattuso, P. (2002) Predictors of lymph node metastasis in T1 breast carcinoma, stratified by patient age. Breast J. 8(6):349-355 3. Gould, V.E., Martinez, N., Orucevic, A., Schneider, J. and Alonso, A. (2000) A novel , nuclear pore-associated, widely distributed molecule overexpressed in oncogenesis and development. Am. J. Pathol. 157: 1605-1613. 4. Huang, X., Orucevic, A., Li, M., and Gorelik, E. (2000) Nitric oxide (NO), methylation and TIMP-1 expression in BL6 melanoma cells transfected with MHC class I genes. Clin. Exp. Metastasis 18:329-335 5. Orucevic, A., Reddy, V.B., Selvaggi, S.M., Green, L., Spitz, D.J., Gattuso, P. (2000) Fine-needle aspiration of extranodal and extramedullary hematopoietic malignancies. Diagn. Cytopathol. 23: 318-321. 6. Orucevic, A., Bechberger, J., Green, A.M., Shapiro, R.A., Billiar, T.R., and Lala, P.K. (1999) Nitric-oxide production by murine mammary adenocarcinoma cells promotes tumor-cell invasiveness. Int. J. Cancer, 81: 889-896. 7. Lala, P.K. and Orucevic, A. (1998) Role of nitric oxide in tumor progression: Lessons from experimental tumors. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 17: 91-106. 8. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1998) Role of nitric oxide in interleukin-2 therapy induced capillary leak syndrome. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 17: 127-142. 9. Lala, P.K., Al-Mutter, N. and Orucevic, A. (1997) Effects of chronic indomethacin therapy on the development and progression of spontaneous mammary tumor in C3H/HeJ mice. Int. J. Cancer, 73: 371-380. 10. Orucevic, A., Hearn, S. and Lala, P.K. (1997) The role of active inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in the pathogenesis of capillary leak syndrome resulting from interleukin-2 therapy in mice. Lab. Investigation , 76 (1): 53 -65. 11. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. Relationship of nitric oxide production to interleukin-2 induced antitumor killer cell activation in vivo and in vitro in splenocytes of healthy and tumor bearing mice (in The Biology of Nitric Oxide part 5, Portland Press, London, 1996) 12. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1996) Effects of NG-Nitro-L-Arginine methyl ester, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, on IL-2 induced LAK cell generation in vivo and in vitro in healthy and tumor bearing mice. Cell. Immunol, 169: 125 - 132. 13. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1996) NG-Nitro-L-Arginine methyl ester, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, ameliorates interleukin-2-induced capillary leak syndrome in healthy mice. J. Immunother, 18: 210 - 220. 14. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1996) Effects of NG-Methyl-L-Arginine, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, on IL-2 induced capillary leakage and anti-tumor responses in healthy and tumor-bearing mice Cancer Immunol. Immunother, 42: 38 - 46. 15. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1996) NG-Nitro-L-Arginine methyl ester, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, ameliorates interleukin-2 induced capillary leakage and reduces tumor growth in adenocarcinoma bearing mice Br. J. Cancer, 73: 189-196. 16. Orucevic, A. and Hukovic, N. (1989). The contractile effect of endothelial native extract (ENE) on the coronary blood vessels. Iugoslav. Pharmacol. Acta, 25,(suppl.7), 107-108. 17. Hrnjicevic, M., Susko, I. and Orucevic, A. (1988). The effects of administration of melatonin on the acinar cells and mastocytes of the pancreas. Medicinski Arhiv, 42, 3-8. ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. Orucevic A, Sekosan M, Bastawrous A, Abboud A, Ferrer K. (2006) Gynecological malignancies presenting as a primary colonic mass or as a synchronous tumor – a clinical and pathologic challenge – Poster Presentation at the XXVI International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, published in Modern Pathology, vol 19 suppl 3, 2006, p 67 abstract # 298 2, Keilin S, Abrahamian F, Attar BM, Richter HM III, Orucevic A. (2006) Giant Cell Tumor of the Common Bile Duct : A Rare Benign Neoplasm – Poster Presentation at the 71st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol 101 (supplement), 2006, p s292, abstract # 715 3. Shi F, Ferrer K, Attar B, Chinga-Alayo E, Pandolfi G, Sekosan M, Orucevic A. (2005) Histopathology of the liver in untreated human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C (HIV/HCV) coinfected patients in a county hospital - Poster Presentation at the 94th Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, published in Modern Pathology, vol 18 suppl 1, 2005, p 264 abstract # 1222 4. Keilin S, Demetria M, Attar BM, Orucevic A. (2005) Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Rare Primary Malignancy of the Liver – Poster Presentation at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol 100 (number 9), 2005, p s228, abstract # 683 5. Iyer RV, Atten MJ, Attar BM, Vladic F, Orucevic A. (2005) A tale of two sisters: Hereditary hemochromatosis - Poster Presentation at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol 100 (number 9), 2005, p s200, abstract # 530 6. Iyer RV, Atten MJ, Attar BM, Shi F, Orucevic A. (2005) Peri-sinusoidal hepatic stellate cell activation is increased in HIV/HCV coinfected patients – Poster Presentation at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterology Association, published in Gastroenterology, vol 128 (4) suppl 2, p A334, abstract # M1222 7. Attar BM, Evans AT, Pandolfi G, Vladic F, Chinga-Alayo E, Orucevic A, Reilly BM. (2005) Diabetes mellitus versus HIV co-infection: Which one leads to more fibrosis in HCV patients - Poster Presentation at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterology Association, published in Gastroenterology, vol 128 (4) suppl 2, 2005, p A333, abstract # M1217 8. Attar BM, Guthrie WG, Chinga-Alayo E, Orucevic A. (2005) Are Hispanics at increased risk for NASH? – Poster Presentation at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterology Association, published in Gastroenterology, vol 128 (4) suppl 2, 2005, p A541, abstract # T1743 9. Attar BM, Pandolfi G, Vladic F, Chinga-Alayo E, Orucevic A, Atten MJ, Evans AT Reilly BM. (2004) Prediction of HCV-related fibrosis and inflammation based on a constructed model - Poster Presentation at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterology Association, published in Gastroenterology, vol 126 (4) suppl 2, 2004, p A308 abstract # M1312 10. Niklinski V and Orucevic A (2005) Squamous cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis - Presented at Illinois Registry of Anatomic Pathology Meeting 11. Attar B, Pandolfi G, Vladic F, Chinga-Alayo E, Orucevic A, Atten MJ, Evans AT and Reilly B. (2004) The impact of diabetes mellitus and steatosis on hepatic fibrosis and inflammation in HCV patients - 55th Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, published in Hepatology 12. Samuel J, Osafo D, Samuel J, Orucevic A, Mullai N. (2004) Endobronchial tumor as initial presentation of malignant melanoma: role of detailed history and immunocytochemistry. Poster presentation at the Rush University Forum for Research and Clinical Investigation, Chicago IL - 2004 13. Orucevic A, Hammadeh R, Alkan S. (2003) A simple technique to generate tissue microarrays: Utilization of punch biopsy of paraffin block - Poster presentation at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, published in Modern Pathology, 2003 14. Orucevic, A., and Jakate, S. (2000) A case of Churg-Strauss syndrome with gastrointestinal manifestations. Presented at the Illinois Registry of Anatomic Pathology Meeting 15. Orucevic, A., Reddy, V., Bloom, K., Bitterman, P., Magi-Galluzzi, C., Oleske, D., Hankammer, M., Gould, VE., Cobleigh, M., Wick, MR., and Gattuso, P. (2000) Predictors of lymph node metastasis in T1 breast carcinoma stratified by patient age. Presented at the Rush Surgical Society Annual Meeting 16. Orucevic, A., and Reddy, V. (1999) A case of sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy presenting in the vulva. Presented at Illinois Registry of Anatomic Pathology Meeting 17. Hum, K., Jadeski, L., Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1997) Relationship of nitric oxide synthesizing ability to the progression of murine mammary tumors. Proc. Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 19. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1997) Nitric oxide and tumor progression: implications for therapy (invited speaker for symposium - Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, June 1997) 20. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1996) Role of nitric oxide in tumor progression (invited speaker for minisymposium - Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, June 1996) 21. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1996) Nitric oxide production by murine mammary adenocarcinoma cells promotes tumor cell invasiveness. Proc. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. 37, 77. 22. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1995) Relationship of nitric oxide production to IL-2 induced antitumor killer cell activation in vivo and in vitro in splenocytes of healthy and tumor bearing mice. Endothelium, 3, s 60.. 23. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1995) NG-Nitro-L-Arginine prevents IL-2 induced capillary leak syndrome in tumor-bearing mice and enhances anti-tumor effects of IL-2 therapy. Proc. Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, 38, abstract # 200. 24. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1995) Prevention of IL-2 induced capillary leak syndrome in healthy and tumor bearing mice with NG-Nitro-L-Arginine. Proc. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. 36, 496 25. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1994). Effects of NG-Nitro-L-Arginine, a nitric oxide inhibitor, on IL-2 induced capillary leak syndrome. Proc. Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, 37, 117. 26. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1994). Effects of NG-Methyl-L-Arginine on IL-2 induced anti-tumor killer cell generation in vivo and in vitro. Proc.Am.Assoc.Cancer Res. 35, 521. 27. Lala, P.K. Connelly,I.H., Khoo,N.K.S., Saarloos,M.N., and Orucevic, A. (1993) Tetracycline is a potential adjuvant for indomethacin and IL-2 immunotherapy of cancer. Proc. Third International Symposium on Combination Therapies in Cancer and Infectious Diseases, Houston, Texas. 28. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1993). Effects of an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis on the outcome of IL-2 therapy in tumor-bearing mice. Research in the Nineties, American Cancer Society, Fourth Annual Research Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sept. 10, 1993, page III A2. 29. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1993). Effects of NG-Methyl-L-Arginine and Indomethacin on IL-2 induced capillary leak syndrome in tumor-bearing mice. Proc. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. 34, 459. 30. Orucevic, A. and Lala, P.K. (1992). Effects of NG-Methyl-L-Arginine and Indomethacin on IL-2 induced pulmonary edema and pleural effusion. Proc. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. 33, 332. 31. Orucevic, A., Hukovic,N. and Hukovic,S.(1989). Spastic and ulcerogenic effects of endothelin on the isolated stomach. Archives of Gastroenterohepathology. 8,(No.3) 118. REFERENCES: Shauna Lorenzo-Rivero, MD, FACS, FASCRSColorectal SurgeonAssistant Professor of SurgeryDepartment of SurgeryErlanger Medical Center975 East Third Street,Chattanooga TN 37421Phone: (423) 503-3214 Shriram Jakate, MDAssociate Professor of PathologyDepartment of PathologyRush University Medical Center1750 W. Harrison St, Jelke 584Chicago, IL, 60612Phone: (312) 942-5227, (312) 942-5260 Carol Czapar, MDDepartment of PathologyStroger Hospital of Cook County1901 W. Harrison StChicago, IL, 60612Phone: (312) 864-7533 Bourke Firfer, MDDepartment of PathologyStroger Hospital of Cook County1901 W Harrison St.Chicago, IL, 60612Phone: (312) 864-7517


 

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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
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