Ognjen Gajić (born 1963), is a Bosnian–American

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physician,

pulmonologist Pulmonology (, , from Latin ''pulmō, -ōnis'' "lung" and the Greek suffix "study of"), pneumology (, built on Greek πνεύμων "lung") or pneumonology () is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract.

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and a former musician. He serves as a Clinical Informaticist and a Critical Care Specialist of the

Pulmonary Medicine Pulmonology (, , from Latin ''pulmō, -ōnis'' "lung" and the Greek suffix "study of"), pneumology (, built on Greek πνεύμων "lung") or pneumonology () is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. ...

Department at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. and as a professor of medicine at the

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. He first found mainstream success as a member of the original lineup of a Bosnian rock band

Zabranjeno Pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Curre ...

Medical career

Gajić received his medical degree from

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest ...

Faculty of Medicine in 1987. He earned his

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's degree in

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from the

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in 2004. Also, a specialization and postgraduate training has been done at the Pediatric Surgery of the Sarajevo University Clinical Center (1994), at the Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery of

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, Brown University Medical School, and at New York Methodist Hospital.

Awards, honors and recognition

Selected awards and honors. *2012 Fellow (FCCM) in Critical Care Medicine by American College of Critical Care Medicine *2012 Epidemiology and Outcomes Specialty Award by

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*2012 Exemplary mentor in the positive development of junior colleagues in the profession by The Quality of Life Research Center, Claremont Graduate University *2008 Epidemiology and Outcomes Specialty Award by

*2007 CHEST Meeting – Best Poster Award by American College of Chest Physicians *2006 Presidential Citation, Critical Care Assembly by

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*2002 Dr. Ralph and Marian C. Falk Trust Grant to advance promising clinical research careers by

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*2000 Outstanding Fellow Teacher Award and 2001 Academic Clinician Award; by

*1998 & 1999 Best Resident and 1999 Outstanding Research Award; by New York Methodist Hospital *1987 Hasan Brkic Award for Outstanding Achievement in Medical School by

Musical career

What would eventually become Zabranjeno Pušenje was started in 1979 by Nenad Janković and

Davor Sučić Davor Sučić (; born June 7, 1961), better known by his stage name Sejo Sexon, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, film score composer, actor and television director. He is most notably the bandleader and a co-founder of the rock group Zabranjen ...

, two teenage friends and neighbors who lived in the same apartment building on the Fuad Midžić Street in the

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

neighborhood of Koševo. Two of them expanded their setup by adding Gajić, who was also a neighborhood teenage friend who possessed some basic musical knowledge having attended a music school. Though, by Janković's own admission, Gajić played the piano better than him, Gajić decided to switch over to flute as an homage to his favorite band Jethro Tull. He managed to become comfortable on a new instrument fairly quickly, soon becoming a bit of a musical authority among this now three-piece. Gajić performed with Zabranjeno Pušenje around Sarajevo for two years before beginning to record material for a debut album during fall 1983. The shambolic recording process took seven months before the album named ''

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'' got released by

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in April 1984 in the small print of 3,000 copies, clearly indicative of the label's extremely low commercial expectations. Though the album was initially released in the small print, the final count was 100,000 copies sold, setting a record for exceeding the initial release by 30 times. In Autumn 1984, they embarked on a 60-concert nationwide

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, making them one of the biggest

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attractions after just one album. In the mid-1980s Gajić worked on two more album. The second studio album ''

Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom ''Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom'' () is the second studio album by Yugoslav band Zabranjeno Pušenje released on June 11, 1985. It was released through Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia. It is the band's first double album. Following the unexpected ...

'' (English: While you're awaiting dawn with the devil) is released through Jugoton on June 11, 1985, and the third '' Pozdrav iz zemlje Safari'' () is released through his hometown based record label

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in 1987. He left the band in 1987.

Zabranjeno Pušenje Discography

* ''

'' (1984) * ''

'' (1985) * '' Pozdrav iz zemlje Safari'' (1987)

Personal life

Gajić was born and raised in

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

(present-day

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

). He left Sarajevo in 1994, during the Bosnian War. Gajić is an active member of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS).

References

External links

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