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EXCELLENCE AWARD

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FOR IDEAS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD

Hemofarm Foundation has established the Excellence Award as of 2018, and it will be awarded each year for outstanding achievements in the field of health, education, and culture.

The award – a crane-shaped statuette, symbolizes persistence and permanence and represents support to the ideas and projects which change the society for the better.

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Prof. dr Lazar Davidović winner of the Excellence Award 2021

Prof. Lazar Davidović, Md, PhD, vascular surgeon, dean of the Medical Faculty of the Belgrade University and international member of the Russian Academy of Science is this year’s laureate of the Excellence Award of Hemofarm Foundation. He is given the award is given for the demonstrated excellence in the field of surgical medicine, academic work and educational activities reflected in the leadership role in establishment of modern principles of vascular and endovascular surgery at the national level, publications of work results in international medical journals with the highest degree of scientific competence, leading role in European associations of vascular medicines and education of large number of medical students and young doctors from our country and European centers. His first decisions as dean of the Medical Faculty of the Belgrade University on the introduction of Covid passes for research and teaching staff and faculty students, as well as insisting on scientific facts about the effects of ivermectin despite opposition of one part of the public, show a high degree of integrity, responsibility and ethics which makes him an outstanding physician who cares for the health and well-being of people, thus protecting the integrity and honor of the medical profession in accordance with the Geneva Declaration and the laws of humanity.

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„The COVID-19 virus pandemic demonstrated how important trust in medicine and scientific community is as well as investments in medical achievements. It is very important that science constantly follows trends and pushes boundaries, because only discoveries lead the world further. I thank Hemofarm Foundation for this prestigious award, it is a special honour to me, as well as additional responsibility to future generations“, said prof. dr Lazar Davidović when receiving the award.

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Prof. dr Ivanka Popovic winner of the Excellence Award 2020

Ivanka Popovć, Rector of University of Belgrade, is the winner of the Excellence Award 2020. Recognition for excellence was awarded to Prof. Dr. Ivanka Popović for her dedicated work with students, with a resolute commitment to preserving the integrity and reputation of the University, as an institution of public importance.

'We believe that this award will encourage Rector Popović to persevere in her efforts to improve the quality of teaching and science, and that the values that are assigned to the laureate of this award - integrity, ethics, honesty and culture of dialogue will be the values that will guide society in Serbia', it is pointed out in the explanation of the decision of the Award Committee.

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'It is really a privilege to be in the company of such distinguished laureates of this award. I would like to thank Hemofarm Foundation and Hemofarm for considering me in general for such a prestigious award. It’s a really special honor for me. I would like to especially thank my home Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, which enabled me to practice my profession, but also the Serbian Chemical Society, which also influenced my professional path and means a lot to me and I believe that its work in Serbian society is exceptionally significant', Prof. Dr. Popović said during the presentation of the award and added that she would share the award with the Serbian Chemical Society.

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View the video from the third Excellence Award 2020 ceremony.

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Prof. dr Elka Stefanova winner of the Excelence Award 2019

Prof. Dr. Elka Stefanova, a neurologist and founder of the Centre for Cognitive Disorders and Dementia with the Clinical Centre of Serbia, is this year’s winner of Hemofarm Foundation Excellence Award. Prof. Dr. Elka Stefanova is one of our most prominent representatives of the school of neurology which has yielded, apart from significant scientific works, also numerous breakthroughs in the contemporary approach to studying and treating patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases.

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‘This award is an exceptional recognition for me and I am here today on behalf of all the colleagues from the Neurology Clinic. We are together a team which has put all its professional capacities and time in the service of studying neurodegenerative diseases and making a diagnosis as early as possible. On that path we are all led by curiosity and desire to fight dementia, because Alzheimer’s disease is a tough opponent. It is progressive, and contemporary medicine has not found the right cure for it yet. My biggest wish is that a therapy which changes the course of not only Alzheimer’s but also other neurodegenerative diseases will be found in the nearest future‘ - prof. dr Elka Stefanova.

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View the video from the awarding ceremony of 2019 Excellence Award.

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Vigor Majić winner of the Excellence Award 2018

The laureate of the first Excellence Award, established in 2018, was Vigor Majić, Director of Petnica Research Centre. Together with a large team of former and current scientists, Vigor Majić has developed an authentic model of extracurricular education, managing to maintain a high level of quality, with a wide impact on entire generations of young people, as well as hundreds of teachers for more than two decades.

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‘This award is an exceptional recognition and I am glad that it comes from the industry. Congratulations to the Foundation on perseverance and hard work all these years. They are a good example and an encouragement to others to spread the culture of donations for a better future of Serbia.’ - Vigor Majić.

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View the video from marking 25 years of activities of Hemofarm Foundation and awarding the first Excellence Award in 2018.

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EXCELLENCE AWARD

The decision on the Excellence Award winner is made by the Award Committee, consisting of seven members: Ronald Seeliger, CEO of Hemofarm Group, Veran Matić, Chairman of B92 Foundation and Chairman of the Excellence Award Committee, Vigor Majić, Director of Petnica Research Centre and the first laureate of the Excellence Award, Prof. Svetozar Putnik, Director of Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the Clinical Centre of Serbia, Prof. Vera Artiko, Director of the Nuclear Medicine Centre of the Clinical Centre of Serbia, Dr Đorđija Petkoski, Lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a consultant of the World Bank, and Nikola Ivica, a doctoral student of biology at MIT University.

You can find the biographies of the members of the Excellence Award Committee if you click HERE.

The Committee decides on the winner based on the received proposals, in the field of health, education and culture. This will additionally affirm individuals, groups, organisations, institutions, and their projects which change the society of the better. The following applicants from the territory of the Republic of Serbia are entitled to submit award proposals: members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, members of the Serbian Medical Association, professional scientists and/or university teachers, directors of institutes, directors of public and other healthcare, educational, and cultural institutions, directors of clinical hospital centres in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, and Kragujevac, patients’ associations, civil society (organisations, funds and foundations), as well as directors and editors-in-chief of public media.

The members of the Committee are also entitled to submit award proposals themselves in case the already submitted proposals do not meet the established criteria and standards. The Committee passes a decision on the annual award based on the submitted proposals and based on their own assessment and judgement. The deadline for submitting proposals is 1 March of the current calendar year. The process of evaluation of the received proposals by the Award Committee lasts until 30 April of the current calendar year, while the ceremony of announcing the names of winners and presenting the annual award takes place in May of the current year.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the deadline for submitting nominations for the 2020 Excellence Award was extended until 1 September 2020, and the laureate was announced on 3 December 2020.

Ronald Seeliger, CEO of Hemofarm Group, Veran Matić, Chairman of B92 Foundation and Chairman of the Excellence Award Committee, Vigor Majić, Director of Petnica Research Centre and the first laureate of the Excellence Award, Prof. Svetozar Putnik, Director of Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the Clinical Centre of Serbia, Prof. Vera Artiko, Director of the Nuclear Medicine Centre of the Clinical Centre of Serbia, Dr Đorđija Petkoski, Lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a consultant of the World Bank, and Nikola Ivica, a doctoral student of biology at MIT University.

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