https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-3745

Professor Sefik Hasukic, MD, PhD, has rich professional development and broad spectrum of national and international activities with remarcable achievements and contribution to the development of Surgery, especially in the field of minimally invasive surgery, where he was a pioneer in BiH in the introduction of new laparoscopic surgeries. Professor Hasukic had the following academic degrees, educations and position held: in 1983 he earned M.D. at University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina; in 2000 he earned M.A. at University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina (thesis title: « The changes in the pulmonary function after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy»). In 2002 he earned Ph.D. at University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina (thesis title: «The changes in hepatic function aftter laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy»). in 2003 he has been elected as Assistant-professor, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Tuzla, 2006: Vice dean for science and research, Medical faculty, University of Tuzla, in 2008: Associate Professor of Surgery, and in 2014 he has been elected as Professor of Surgery, Medical faculty, University of Tuzla. Education: 1976-1982: Tuzla University School of Medicine, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1988-1990: Postgraduate education, general surgery, Zagreb University, Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia; 1988–1990: Surgery Resident program, University Hospital «Rebro», Department of Surgery, Zagreb, Croatia; 1990: he fulfilled all conditions to take degree of general surgeon. In 1996 he finished Postgraduate education in laparoscopic surgery, Kreiskrankenhaus Erbach, Germany (Chefaertzte Dr. med. F. Mandel). 2001: November 11-12, EAES-Upper GI Tract Surgery course, Pecz, Hungary.(Prof A.Fingerhut, Prof K. Fucks). In 2011he became subspecialist in abdominal surgery. Position Held: 2000. UCC Tuzla, Head Deapartment of Laparoscopic surgery, 2005. UCC Tuzla, Head Deapartment „A“ of abdominal surgery, 2010. UCC Tuzla, Head of the Surgical clinic. Prof. Hasukić participated in writing many textbooks, being editor or co-editor of some of them and author of many teaching modules, for postgraduate education in laparoscopic surgery. He is the author of one book in the field of laparoscopic surgery and 3 chapters in other books. He contributed actively to many international laparoscopic surgery conferences and meetings in almost all countries in the region and broader at the European and global level. Prof Hasukic is a member of the following surgical associations: Bosnia and Hercegovina Association of General Surgeons, since 1995; European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), since 2001. Prof. Hasukic is one of the founders of the Association of Endoscopic Surgeons of BiH, founded in 2018 and was the president of the founding assembly of this association. He is author and coauthor of 70 scientific and professional papers published in national and international medical journals and proceedings of national and international conferences, from the narrow scientific field of laparoscopic and abdominal surgery. In the journals which are indexed in Current Contents database he published as the author 9 articles. The articles which are cited in the Medline database count 40 articles. Prof Hasukic was the leader of several projects in the area of laparoscopic surgery. He was a mentor for the preparation of doctoral dissertations in 11 projects. She is an active leader of the course “Clinical Research-Surgical Disciplines” at the doctoral study of the Faculty of Medicine in Tuzla.