Professor
Senior research fellow
Department of Oncology
Dr Vladimir Kovčin is an internal medicine specialist and clinical oncology subspecialist with decades of experience treating oncology patients. He began his medical internship at the Institute of Oncology and Radiology in Belgrade, in the malignant hemopathies department. He finished his internal medicine residency in 1990 and his subspecialisation in 2008. In 1989, he completed his master’s thesis in immuno-oncology, and in 1995, he defended his PhD dissertation in oncology. He was elected associate professor of internal medicine and oncology at the US Medical School. He worked at KBC Bežanijska kosa as the head of the department for systemic malignant disorders and malignant hemopathies, the director of KBC Bežanijska kosa, and the head of the medical oncology department. He has published dozens of scientific and professional publications in both domestic and international journals. The Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Serbia appointed him as a senior scientific associate in the field of oncology in 2007.
Dr Kovčin’s professional and scientific interests include clinical oncology and immuno-oncology.
Sipetić-Grujičić SB, Murtezani ZH, Nešković-Konstantinović ZB, Marinković JM, Kovčin VN, Andrić ZG, Kostić SV, Ratkov IS, Maksimović JM. Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors in male breast cancer in Serbia. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(7):3233-8
Granić M, Zdravković D, Krstajić S, Kostić S, Simić A, Šarac M, Ivanović N, Radovanović D, Dikić S, Kovčin V. Totally implantable central venous catheters of the port-a-cath type: complications due to its use in the treatment of cancer patients. J BUON. 2014 Jul-Sep;19(3):842-6
Pillai RN, Fennell DA, Kovčin V, Ciuleanu TE, Ramlau R, Kowalski D, Schenker M, Yalcin I, Teofilovici F, Vukovic VM, Ramalingam SS. Randomized Phase III Study of Ganetespib, a Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor, With Docetaxel Versus Docetaxel in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (GALAXY-2). J Clin Oncol. 2020 Feb 20;38(6):613-622
