Vladimir S. Kostic, PhD, Professor of Neurology

Professor of Neurology at the Medical School of Belgrade

President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Keynote Lecture

GBA and parkinsonism: lessons to learn

Scientific interest in degenerative disorders of the central nervous system, mainly etiopathogenesis and treatment. In the course of his training and subsequent academic carrier he worked apprx. 3 years in the Neurological Institute of the Columbia Univesity (New York; USA). He is the author of 7 textbooks and editor of 12 monographs. He is also the author or co-author of >250 peer-reviewed papers. He is heading several scientific projects mainly devoted to the genetic background of neurodegenerative disorders. He is the member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts and Honorary President of the Serbian Neurological Society.