Area of Expertise
Dr Brankica is a Consultant Neonatologist with a PhD and 30 years of clinical and research experience. She is a certified Neonatologist by the Serbian Medical Chamber, the American Academy of Paediatrics and the European Board of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
- Antenatal Counseling
- Neonatal Resuscitation and Neuroprotection
- Neonatal invasive (AC, PSV, VG, SIMV, HFOV, iNO) and non-invasive ventilation (NCPAP, NIPPV, BiPAP, HFNC) with lung protection and lung ultrasound
- Haemodynamic assessment and support for critically ill newborns (integrated multimodal monitoring including continuous vital signs monitoring, perfusion index monitoring, echocardiography and NIRS)
- Early diagnosis of congenital anomalies utilising advanced ultrasound techniques (ECHO, cranial ultrasound, abdominal ultrasound and chest ultrasound)
- Management of extremely immature newborns and newborns with high-risk and complex health conditions
- Therapeutic Hypothermia, seizure therapy, brain activity monitoring (aEEG) and neuroimaging (cranial ultrasound, MRI and MRS)
- Optimal parenteral and enteral nutrition and growth evaluation
- Treatment of neonatal jaundice, including exchange transfusion
- Follow up on NICU patients and developmental challenges
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in NICU
- Neonatal research and Reports in International conferences
Languages
- English
- Serbia
- Croatian
- Russian basics
Qualifications
- MD Doctor of Medicine, Belgrade University of School of Medicine, Serbia 1989
- Paediatric Ultrasound, Yugoslav School of Ultrasound, Kragujevac, Serbia 1994
- Paediatric Specialisation, Belgrade University of School of Medicine, Serbia 1997
- MSc Scientific Thesis “Assessing size of abdominal organs by ultrasound in children under five years of age in correlation the basic anthropometric parameters” Belgrade University of School of Medicine, Serbia 1999
- Neonatology Sub-Specialisation “Neonatal sepsis in the neonatal intensive care unit: incidence, diagnosis and treatment” Belgrade University of School of Medicine, Serbia 2004
- PhD Thesis “Early indicators of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and neurological sequels in neonates with perinatal hypoxia” Belgrade University of School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia 2011
- Post Graduate Program in Pediatric Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA 2016
- International Program on Preterm Nutrition, University Western Australia 2018
- Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, 2019
- The Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership by Emeritus Institute of Management 2021
- International School of Neonatal Emergency Transportation (Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Italy) 2022
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