Background
• Working at the Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University Clinical Center of Srpska, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina since May 2018.
• Resident of thoracic surgery, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska
since November 2018.
• Started at doctoral studies, department for biomedical research at the Faculty of Medicine, University
of Banja Luka, Republic of Sprska in October 2017. PhD Candidate
• Passed the specialist exam and obtianed the title of thoracic surgeon specialist at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Republic of Sprska in December 24th 2024.
Other Interests
UNIPORTAL VATS MASTERCLASS “Tips and trics for Uniportal VATS slecve resections”, 23-24th Avgust 2021 Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina, Director of program dr Diego Gonzalez Rivas.
• Masterclass “VATS in thoracis surgery”, 18th September University hospital Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Director of program Dr. Tomaž Štupnik
• 2nd Congress of the association of endoscopic surgeons of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9-11th September 2022, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Masterclass “VATS and RATS resections”, 4-14th December 2022, Koc University Hospital and American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
• 3rd South Eastern Europe Joint Meeting of Thoracic Anesthesiologists and Surgeons, 19-21th April, 2023 Belgrade, Serbia
• 31st Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 4-6th June 2023, Milano, Italy.
• International Uniportal VATS Training Program, 15-16th January, Shangai Pulmonary Hospital, Shangai,
China
• In-Hospital Course; VATS Core Skils Labs, J&J Institute, 29-30th October 2024, Belgrade, Serbia
Research
A CASE REPORT OF PERIOPERATIVE UVATS DETECTION AND CLOSURE OF POSTINTUBATION TRACHEAL LESION M.Kantar 1 , V.Simetić 1 , Lj.Krupljanin 1 ,R.Jurić 1 , B.Bjelošević 1 , R.Jerkić 1 , M.Stranatić 1 ,B.Štrbac 1 . University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 3rd South Eastern Europe Joint Meeting of Thoracic Anesthesiologists and Surgeons, Belgrade, Serbia, April 2023.
• UNIPORTAL VATS LUNG SEGMENTECTOMIES – INITIAL EXPIRIENCE
M.Kantar 1 , V.Simetić 1 , Lj.Krupljanin 1 ,R.Jurić 1 , B.Bjelošević 1 , R.Jerkić 1 , M.Stranatić 1 , B.Štrbac 1.
University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 3rd South Eastern Europe Joint Meeting of Thoracic Anesthesiologists and Surgeons, Belgrade, Serbia, April 2023.
• PERIOPERATIVE UVATS DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF POSTINTUBATION LESION TRACHEA M. Kantar, V. Simetic, Lj. Krupljanin, R. Juric, B. Bjelosevic, R. Jerkic, M. Stranatic, B.Strbac. A case report. Respiratio, Official Journal of Association of pulmonologists of Republic of Srpska, 2023
• THE IMPORTANCE OF SURGEONS IN STAGING AND RESTAGING LUNG CANCER, May Pulmonary Congress, Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2023; Poster presentation.
V. Simetic, M. Kantar Lj. Krupljanin, R. Juric, B. Bjelosevic, R. Jerkic, M. Stranatic, B.Strbac.
• RIB FRACTURE FRAGMENT COMPRESSING AORTA IN PATIENT WITH CHEST AND SPINAL INJURIES, Zoran Dakic, Marko Kantar, Radomir Jerkic, Bojan Bjelosevic, Branko Strbac, Miroslav Stranatic. A case report. University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, WTC 2023, Tokyo
• STABILIZATION OF THE ANTERIOR FLAIL CHEST AND LUNG RESECTION IN A PATITENT WITH BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA AND HEPATIC INJURIES
Zoran Dakic, Marko Kantar, Radomir Jerkic, Bojan Bjelosevic. Poster presentation. ESTES 2024, Rome, Italy