Tomica Milosavljević ( sr-cyrl, Томица Милосављевић ; born 24 December 1955) is a Serbian doctor and politician. He served as

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in the

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under four Prime Ministers with the total span of seven years (2002–03, 2004–06, 2007–11). He is also employed as a full professor at the

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and works in the

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in Belgrade.

Education

Milosavljević completed elementary and high school in Paraćin, as the winner of ''Vuk diploma''. He graduated from the

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in 1979, where he also finished his master's degree studies in 1983 and PhD in 1988. He is a specialist of internal medicine with sub specialization of

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. Milosavljević finished professional postgraduate specialization in

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(Klinikum rechts der Isar),

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(

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) and

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(

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Medical and political career

He is one of the founders of once prominent Serbian political party

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, and was vice president until 2010, and Chairman of G17 plus board of the City of Belgrade, until 2009. He was appointed as Minister of Health in the

for four times. In 2002 he was elected for the first time, re-elected on 18 March 2003, on 3 March 2004 and once again re-elected on 15 May 2007. From 2005 to 2008 he served as a member of the

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's Standing Committee for Europe, and from 2009 to 2012 member of the Executive Board of WHO in Geneva. In September 2007 he was the 57th President Session of WHO Europe held in Belgrade. He has also led several European Health Conferences. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Board of EAGEN (European Association for Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and nutrition), serving as its President (2015-2016). Between 1996 and 2000, he was president of the Yugoslav Association of Digestive Endoscopy; from 2003-2007 the Chairman of the Yugoslav coloproctology society and from 2009 to 2013 President of the Association of Gastroenterologists of Serbia. In 2008, he was vice president of the World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO) in Beijing, China.

Personal life

He is married and has three children.

Publications

Books

*T.Milosavljević and I.Jovanovic. Helicobacter pylori CD - Rom edition, DanDesign in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, in 1999. *T.Milosavljević . Helicobacter pylori in clinical practice. Time books, Belgrade, 1996. *T. Milosavljevic, Mr. D.Jovanovic, V.Petrović. Helicobacter pylori, 100 questions and answers. Hemofarm Vrsac, 2000th *T.Milosavljević, M.Krstić. Diseases of the digestive system and liver in primary care. Pillars of Culture, Belgrade, 2007a.

Chapters in books

* Milosavljevic T. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. In: Teodorović J et al.: Gastroenterology, the third part of the Children newspapers Belgrade, 1991:477 - eighth *T.Milosavljević. Jaundice (216-222) of portal hypertension (227-230) postcholecystotomy syndrome (261-262) Obstructive jaundice (264-268) cholangitis (270-271) cholangiocarcinoma (272-274) In : O.Popović . Gastroenterology 100 lessons - a manual for physicians. Savinac, Belgrade, in 1995. *T.Milosavljević. Endoscopic intervention methods in biliary diseases. In : R. Čolović Surgery of the biliary system, the Institute for textbooks and teaching aids, Belgrade, 1998:369-384. *T. Milosavljević: Endoscopic diagnostic methods (67-82) Endoscopic interventions in pancreatic disease (287-298), in Colović R. Pancreatic Surgery, Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids, Belgrade, in 1998. *T.Milosavljević. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. In Kostic K, Grbic R: Bile acids in liver and biliary channels. Medical Academy of Serbian Medical Society and the Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 1999 :101 - 110th *T.Milosavljevic, and Jovanovic. Endoscopic diagnosis of diseases associated with increased secretion of HCl (95 -100). In : Nagorno A: Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive tract associated with increased secretion of

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, Prosveta Nis, Nis, 2005. *T Milosavljevic, and Jovanovic. Endoscopic therapy of diseases associated with increased secretion of HCl (183-192). In : Nagorno A: Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive tract associated with increased secretion of hydrochloric acid, Prosveta Nis, Nis, 2005. *Sokic Milutinovic A, Wex T, Todorovic V, Bjelovic M, Milosavljevic T, Malfertheiner P. Influence of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastrin / somatostatin link. Are there any differences related to the disease outcome. In: BA Levine (Editor): Neuropeptide Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers, 2007 : 65-96.

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