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Prof. Dr. Svetomir Ivanovic has published over 130 specialized and scientific papers in home and foreign journals; he wrote three books and monographs, and was a co-author of four books. The twenty thousand operations that he has performed, out of which the majority were open-brain surgeries, are considered an artistic virtuosity. He was born in Pec, where he finished high school, and he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade.
Prof. Svetomir Ivanovic became an honorary member of the neurosurgeon association of Latin America in 1996, and a correspondence member of the Montenegrin Academy of Science and Arts in 2004.
Extract from the winner’s speech:
‘... It is not easy to live up to such a prestigious award, particularly when one is in company of renowned people from the field of culture, science, arts and wisdom, from both our country and abroad. I thank Bogoljub Karic, creator of this prestigious award, for following the old tradition of Serbian benefaction that has lasted since the Nemanjic period; he succeeded in drawing attention to people that promote and contribute to the progress of civilization, and even more of their nation. I am sorry to say that he is not present this evening. His temporary absence is caused by the conflict of his visionary views with the backward mindset. However, the great always return.’