Short Biography

Current position. cardiologist, general practitioner and lifestyle medicine expert in a private clinic network in Serbia.
Summary. PhD degree in scientific clinical and laboratory study on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and herpes virus infection in patients with ischemic heart disease. More than 15 years of experience in clinical practice in Public and Private clinics in intensive care unit, admission department and outpatient appointment with cardiology and therapeutic patients.
Extensive experience with online consulting (medical and lifestyle areas) using telemedicine technologies. Certified in good clinical practice (GCP).
Area of interest. I am interested in primary and especially secondary prevention of different diseases with a focus on cardio-vascular diseases. Physical and medical rehabilitation is as important as medical treatment itself, as well as working with patient’s habits for primary and secondary disease formation. Faces of recovering people inspire me.

Workshop Title: Lifestyle Medicine support during antidepressants discontinuation

Short description of the Workshop (WGE4):

Antidepressants therapy (AD) indication and discontinuation is a complex problem due to high level of depression in EU and globally and easiness of AD prescription. The aim of this workshop is to find a balance between AD therapy and Lifestyle Medicine approach, not to stigmatize any type of therapy or condition. We will discuss a case study patient who decided to improve her lifestyle to make process of AD discontinuation pass easily. We will observe this case for several practical objectives:

• to improve expert’s critical thinking for lifestyle intervention and understanding the timing of the process;
• to discuss decision-making process for possibility of lifestyle medicine intervention;
• to adapt lifestyle medicine intervention for patient’s needs.

An unexpected outcome and your attempt to solve it in practice are expecting you.