Academician and cardiovascular surgeon Ninoslav Radovanović has died in Novi Sad in his 86th year, local outlet 021.rs reported on November 11. He founded cardiac surgery at the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina in Sremska Kamenica and served as its first director.
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Born in Niš, he studied medicine in Belgrade and pursued specialist training in Switzerland, Geneva, Paris and Houston. In an earlier account, Radovanović said the institute began open-heart procedures in 1984 and performed about 26,000 such operations before his retirement in 2006.
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Radovanović personally performed more than 13,000 complex cardiovascular operations and was a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts’ medical sciences department. His work shaped the development of specialist cardiac care in Vojvodina. Condolences to his family and colleagues.
Source: 021.rs, 11.11.2026.
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