Mr. Sci. Med. Spec.
Svetlana Jovanović, Prim.
SpecializationPneumophthisiology
SubpecializationOncology
Head of Clinic
Head of the Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Department
Phone021/480-5161
Born on July 5, 1963, in Novi Sad. Completed medical school in Novi Sad. She began her specialization in pneumonology in September 1992, when she started working at the Institute for Lung Diseases in Sremska Kamenica, and passed her specialist exam in December 1996 with excellent marks. In 2000, she passed the subspecialty exam in oncology, and in 2001, she obtained the title of Master of Medical Sciences by defending her thesis "Simultaneous Application of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Inoperable Bronchial Carcinoma." In 2008, she obtained the title of Primarius. In 2019, she defended her master's thesis on the topic of Business Control in the Function of Successful Management in Healthcare Institutions, thereby obtaining the title of Master of Business Economics – Healthcare Manager. From 1992 until December 2012, she worked at the Institute for Lung Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, where she was involved in invasive pulmonary diagnostics and interventional bronchoscopy at the Clinic for Lung Oncology, specifically in the Department of Interventional Bronchoscopy, of which she was also the head. She is the author and co-author of several scientific papers in the fields of pulmonology and oncology, which have been presented and published both domestically and internationally. In 2010, she spent a month on a study internship in the field of interventional pulmonology at Thorax Klinik in Heidelberg with Prof. Heinrich Becker and Prof. Felix Herth. She is a member of domestic and international associations for endoscopy, lung diseases, and oncology. From 2012, for the next twelve years, she was the director of the Special Hospital for Lung Diseases "Dr. Vasa Savić" in Zrenjanin and simultaneously performed medical activities in the field of interventional pulmonology and the Oncology Outpatient Clinic. From 2014 to 2021, she was the president of the Pneumonology Section of DLV SLD. After returning from Zrenjanin, in 2023, she is back at the Institute for Lung Diseases of Vojvodina as the Head of the Department for Sarcoidosis, Clinic for Interstitial Lung Diseases and TB, and from January 2026, as the Head of the same clinic. In addition to organizational tasks at the clinic, she continues to perform interventional pulmonology procedures. She is the mother of an adult male child and speaks English.
Professional expertise/field
Pulmonary Oncology, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Interventional Pulmonology / Bronchology
IASLC – International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer member since 2000
WABIP – World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology member since 2006
MASCC – Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
ESMO – European Society for Medical Oncology
ERS – European Respiratory Society member since 2000
EAPC – European Association for Palliative Care
UMOS – Association of Medical Oncologists of Serbia
SLD – Serbian Medical Society, Section of Palliative Medicine (president of the section), Regional Medical Chamber of Vojvodina President of the Pneumonology Section SLD-DLv 2015-2023
UBS – United Bronchologists of Serbia member since 2020
DLS – Section of Palliative Medicine of Serbia, Society of Physicians of Serbia
RUS – Respiratory Association of Serbia
CUMO – Montenegrin Association of Medical Oncologists
1. Jovanovic S, Zaric B, Perin B. Percutaneous transthoracic needle punction in the diagnostics of lung cancer. Medicina Danas 2005; 4(3-4):258-264
2. Jovanovic S, Zaric B, Canak V, Budisin E, Sarcev T, Perin B, Vasic T, Balaban G, Lalic N. The role of Nd: YAG laser photoresection in recurrent respiratory papillomatosis – case report. 14th World Congress for Bronchology, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Abstract book 2006; pp56.8.
3. Jovanovic S, Perin B, Budisin E, Lalic N, Panjkovic M, Klem I. Nd: YAG laser resection as a curative interventional pulmonology technique in the treatment of endobronchial granular cell tumor – a case report. Abstract Book. 1st European Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. Marseilles, France, 10-13.03.2011. pp68
4. Zaric B, Perin B, Jovanovic S, Budisin E, Lalic N, Stojanovic G, Nisevic V, Balaban G, Canak V. Combination of narrow band imaging (NBI) and autofluorescence imaging (AFI) in detection of premalignant bronchial lesions. Abstract Book, 1st European Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. Marseilles, France, 10-13.03.2011. pp 57
5. Zaric B, Jovanovic S, Stojanovic G, Lalic N, Budisin E, Balaban G, Perin B. Update on interventional bronchology techniques. J Thorac Dis 2012; 4 (S1):AB101. DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.s101
6. Zaric B, Perin B, Stojsic V, Eri Z, Jovanovic S, Lalic N, Stojanovic G, Budisin E. Relation between histological types of lung cancer and vascular patterns visualized by narrow band imaging (NBI) videobronchoscopy. J Thorac Dis 2012; 4(S1):AB10. DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.s010
7. Zaric B, Perin B, Jovanovic S, Lalic N, Stojanovic G, Antonic A. Detection of premalignant bronchial lesions can be improved by combination of autofluorescence imaging (AFI) and narrow band imaging (NBI) videobronchoscopy. J Thorac Oncol 2012; 7(6):S51-S51