Dr. Aleksandar Stojanovic, MD, PhD
University Hospital Northern Norway
MD, PhD, WCRS
Øyelegesenteret
Tromsø, Havnegata 2, 9008
Norway
About
2001 – present Consultant in charge of refractive surgery and keratoconus
University Hospital of North Norway, Department of ophthalmology
Tromsø, Norway
1995 – 2019 Medical director
SynsLaser Kirurgi AS,
Tromsø and Oslo, Norway
1985 - present Practicing ophthalmologist
Øyelegesenteret
Tromsø, Norway
Academic Background and Main Positions:
2018 – present: Associate clinical professor at the University in Tromsø, Norway
2017: Completed PhD study at the Faculty of Medicine of the University in Oslo with thesis «Corneal Optical Regularization and Biomechanical Stabilization in Keratoconus and Irregular Astigmatism by Use of Topography-Guided Custom Ablation and Corneal Cross-Linking». The thesis included a total of nine articles with a total impact factor of over 30.
2001– present: Senior consultant in charge of refractive surgery and keratoconus at the eye dpt. of the University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
1995– present: Medical director of the SynsLaser Surgery Clinics, Tromsø and Oslo, Norway
1985- present: Precticing ophthalmologist, Øyelegesenteret, Tromsø, Norway
1983: Specialist in ophthalmology after residency at the University Hospital of North Norway (1980 -1983)
1978-1980: Internship and general medical practice in Vardø, Norway
1977-1978: Clinical internship at the General Hospital in Celje, Slovenia
1972: Exchange student at the Medical Scholl of the University of Utah, USA
1969 –1976: Student at the faculty of Medicine of the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Honours/Awards
Acheivment award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2013
Nominated for Kritzinger award at the International Society of Refractive Surgery 2012
Best paper award, Socleta Italiana Cellule Staminali e Superficie Oculare, Rome, Italy, 2012
Honours/Awards
Acheivment award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2013
Nominated for Kritzinger award at the International Society of Refractive Surgery 2012
Best paper award, Socleta Italiana Cellule Staminali e Superficie Oculare, Rome, Italy, 2012
Chairman of the Scientific Committee for the Nordic Ophthalmology Congress, Tromsø, Norway, 2008
Chairman of the Scientific Steering Committee for Refractive surgery for the Nordic Ophthalmology Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006
Elected member of the International Council of the International Society of Refractive Surgery since 2004