The first pediatricians in Serbia

Abstract

Dr. Platon Papakostopulos (1864-1915), Dr. Milenko Materni (1875-1929), Dr. Milan Petrović (1886-1963), Dr. Nadežda Stanojević (1887-1979) and Dr. Đura Jovanović (1892-1977) were founders of modern pediatrics in Serbia. They established and managed the first pediatric institutions: Hospital pediatric departments, Mother and Child Health Care Consultations and Child welfare clinics in Belgrade and Novi Sad. They also established Pediatric Section of the Serbian Medical Association and published numerous scientific and popular articles in pediatrics.

Keywords

• Serbia
• first pediatricians