About us
IFMSA-Serbia (YuMSIC) is a full member of the IFMSA( International Federation of Medical Students’ Organization) . IFMSA started to work in 1951 as a non-governmental, non-profit and non-political organization aimed at advancing international cooperation between students of medicine all over the world. Today IFMSA has more than a million members, students of medicine from 100 member countries from six continents. In 1953, YuMSIC became a full member of IFMSA, so that today it is one of the oldest members of IFMSA. This year, YuMSIC celebrates its 55th anniversary, which makes this organization one the oldest students’ organizations not only in the Balkans, but also in Europe.
YuMSIC operates through six committees that deal with different areas of international cooperation of medicine students:
- Professional exchange
- Scientific exchange
- Projects and actions in the public health area
- Projects and actions in the reproductive health area
- Following trends in the area of medical education
- Activities related to human rights and peace.
Each committee has a National coordinator, who synchronizes functioning of the committees on both international and national level. On local level (Faculties of Medicine in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Nis) local coordinators organize activities of the committees and represent a connection between the national coordinator and students in their faculties.
History
IFMSA-Serbia was founded in 1953. And ever since has been a full member of IFMSA. At the beginning the organization was named JORMASMIS, later on it was KMASMIS and did international exchanges only, just like the very IFMSA. Since 90s until 2003. it was called YuMSIC (Yugoslav Medical Students' International Committee), which is the acronym that we still like to use. Until 2005. it was IFMSA-Serbia and Montenegro and since 2005. it has its present title IFMSA-Serbia.
IFMSA-Serbia was the host organization for the IFMSA 51st March General Assembly in 2002. on Kopaonik and IFMSA 55th August General Assembly in 2006. on Zlatibor. So far no other National Member Organization (NMO) in IFMSA has managed to organize such big event twice in only 4 year period.
In 2003 in Bečići, Montenegro, IFMSA-Serbia held a spectacular 50th Founding Anniversary. Numerous NMOs from surrounding countries participated in the celebration as well as many of our eminent professors.
Some of the IFMSA-Serbia members were the IFMSA officials, and even IFMSA EB members.
Dr Jelena Zajeganović, SCORA Director 95-97,
Dr Nikola Jagodić, Friendship Clubs Project Coordinator 96-97,
Dr Aleksandar Bodiroža, Secretary General 97-99, deputy in charge of IFMSA President 98-99
Dr Tigran Vilotijević, SCORP Director 97-98
Dr Silvija Koso, SCORA Director 98-2000
Dr Igor Barjaktarević, SCOPE Director 99-2000
Dr Predrag Ðukić, SCORE Director 00-01, IFMSA Supervising Council Member 01-03
Dr Ana Ušćumlić, IFMSA Supervising Council Member 06-08
Many eminent Belgrade University professors were members of IFMSA-Serbia, such as prof. dr Nebojša Lalić, prof. dr Vesna Bjegović, prof. dr Dragan Delić…Some of the members live and work abroad, such as Aleksandar Bodiroža in UNFPA in New York, dr Igor Barjaktarević in the USA, dr Ljubica Latinović in Mexico, dr Milomir Vasiljević in Slovenia, and others work in regional office of international organizations i.e.UNICEF in Serbia - dr Jelena Zajeganović and dr Silvija Koso. At the School of Medicine University of Belgrade work ass. dr Vuk Ðulejić and ass. dr Bosiljka Ðikanović.
The IFMSA Alumni Club was created on AM04 in Macedonia on an international level for old and experienced graduated IFMSA members. The Alumni members from IFMSA NMOs are directly members of the IFMSA. The aim of the Club is to help younger members with creative ideas and experience of the still enthusiastic Alumni members. Naturally, it is a wonderful opportunity to keep in touch with colleagues and friends from all around the world, and the most important is not to forget each other.
Honorary life members of the IFMSA-Serbia are:
Dr Predrag Ðukić, Honorary life member of the IFMSA
Dr Tigran Vilotijević
Petar Maraš
Dr Igor Barjaktarević
Members who were active in the past 10 years or so in the IFMSA-Serbia, out of which some are the official IFMSA Alumni Club members, beside the above mentioned, are:
Dr Jelena Dotlić, lifetime IFMSA Alumni Recruiting Officer for Serbia
Dr Miroslav Jeremić
Dr Milica Brkić
Dr Tatjana Gazibara
Dr Milica Brkić
Dr Marija Matić
Dr Milomir Vasiljević
Dr Jelica Alargić
Dr Milan Ćirković
Dr Ana Ušćumlić
Dr Aleksandar Bodiroža
Dr Nikola Jagodić
Dr Ljubica Latinović
Dr Marta Bižić
Dr Marko Majstorović
Dr Gordana Ðorđević
Dr Marko Arsić
Dr Nataša Čivčić
Dr Marija Petrović
Dr Srđan Gavrilović
Dr Vladimir Gogić
Dr Vladimir Kljajević
Dr Mladen Ječmenica
Dr Aleksandar Vukmirović
Dr Lidia Vognar
Dr Tijana Tatić
Dr Jelena Malogajski
Dr Filip Uščendić
Dr Tanja Janjić
Dr Silvija Koso
Dr Jelena Zajeganović
Dr Milica Ristić
Dr Irena Jelić
Dr Jelena Kostić
Dr Nemanja Vranić
Dr Ðorđe Inđić
Dr Milena Jovanović
Dr Milena Drašković
Dr Natasa Jovanovic
Jelena Ćurčić
Asist. dr Bosijka Ðikanović
Asist. dr Vuk Ðulejić
As well as many colleagues who were more or less active throughout the years.
