About Balkan Society of Arthroscopy
Balkan Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine was founded in Sofia 2014.
By understanding the need of the Balkan region to standardize its level of medical education and in order to deliver a premier health care system which ensures high quality patient care, the society has and shall continue to be commited to the constant medical education of orthopaedic surgeons, through close collaboration with many National Societies from Balkans as well as from the rest of Europe. The extreme energy and dedication of the past and current Board members enables us to share with you the enjoyment of accomplishment of our priorities: conducting well organized congresses with many invited well-known surgeons, experts in their own fields, and publication of our newsletter and journal.
BASAKOS History
Balkan Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (BASAKOS) was founded in Sofia 2014. The idea of establishing this new scientific society came after the positive encouraging feedback by many colleagues around Balkans, who experienced the highly successful outcomes of the Five Congresses (Sandanski – Bulgaria, Ohrid – North Macedonia, Ankara – Turkey, Novi Sad – Serbia, Sofia – Bulgaria). Four more successful congress were held in 2015 in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2016 in Thessaloniki, Greece, 2017 in Struga, North Macedonia and 2019 Sandanski, Bulgaria.
Balkan Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine has gone through a very important growth period during the last years. By understanding the need of the Balkan region to standardize its level of medical education and in order to deliver a premier health care system which ensures high quality patient care, the society has and shall continue to be commited to the constant medical education of orthopaedic surgeons, through close collaboration with many National Societies from Balkans as well as from the rest of Europe. The extreme energy and dedication of the past and current Board members enables us to share with you the enjoyment of accomplishment of our priorities: conducting well organized congresses with many invited well-known surgeons, experts in their own fields, and publication of our newsletter and journal.
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BASAKOS History
Balkan Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (BASAKOS) was founded in Sofia 2014. The idea of establishing this new scientific society came after the positive encouraging feedback by many colleagues around Balkans, who experienced the highly successful outcomes of the Five Congresses (Sandanski – Bulgaria, Ohrid – North Macedonia, Ankara – Turkey, Novi Sad – Serbia, Sofia – Bulgaria). Four more successful congress were held in 2015 in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2016 in Thessaloniki, Greece, 2017 in Struga, North Macedonia and 2019 Sandanski, Bulgaria.
Balkan Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine has gone through a very important growth period during the last years.
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Board Members
Prof. dr Miroslav Ž. Milankov M.D., PhD, 2022-2023
President, Orthopeedic Surgery (knee surgery, sport medicine)
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clinical Center Vojvodina, Medical Faculty of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 1, 21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel.: +381 21 484 3364; Fax +381 21 420 064
E-mail: milankom@eunet.rs
Dr Mihail Vuldzhev
1st Vice President, Head of Orthopedics and traumatology department
Saint Sofia General Hospital, 104 Bulgaria blvd., Sofia 1404, Bulgaria
Assistant Professor Alan Andonovski, MD
2nd Vice President, Assistant Professor on the Medical Faculty” University St. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, North Macedonia.
Jurij Gagarin 6-12/1-10, Skopje 1000, North Macedonia
Past Presidents
Dr. Christos Papageorgiou MD, Phd, 2019-2021
Director in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery
University Hospital of Ioannina Greece
Niarxou Avenue, 45500, Ioannina
Prof. Dr. Zlatko Temelkovski, MD, PhD, 2017-2019
Head of University Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery
Medical Faculty SkopjePast President of MAOTPast President of Balkan Association for Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery.
t: +389 70 245 818
e: ztemelkovski2002@yahoo.com
Dr. Hristo Mazneikov, MD, 2015-2017
Manager of Hospital “Saint Sofia General Hospital” and head of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department
104 Bulgaria blvd., Sofia 1404, Bulgaria
Members at Large (Country Representatives)
Prof. Mahmut Doral, MD
Professor, Chairman of the Dept. of Orthop.&Traum. Ufuk University, Medical Faculty
Dr. Rύdvan Ege Hastanesi, Konya Yolu No: 86-88, 06830, Balgat, Ankara-Turkey.
Past Chairman Dept. of Orthop.&Traum.Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Ankara-Turkey.
Dr. Doru Filipescu
Sanador Buzesti Clinic
Romania
Dr. Ladislav Kovacic, MD
UMC Ljubljana, Dept of Traumatology
Zaloska cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
Prof. Nikola Čičak, MD, PhD
Head of Akromion Special Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery
Krapinske Toplice, Croatia
Dimitrios V. Papadopoulos
Clinical Fellow, Upper Extremity Fellowship Program
Dr. Slavko Manojlovic
Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
Dr. Georgios Theodosiou
Director in Orthopedics Hippocrates Clinic
Paphos Nursing Institution, Cyprus
Dr. Cami Ergys
Chief of Orthopaedic Department
Hyveia Hospital Tirana, Albania
Dr. Eustathios Motsis, MD, PhD
Director in Orthopaedics
University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece
Dr. Semin Bećirbegović
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Orthos Poliklinika, Bosnia and Herzegovina