Organization
PRESIDENT
assist.prof. Ivana Ćelap, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine
University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice
Department of Clinical Chemistry
Vinogradska 29, 10000 Zagreb
Tel: +385 1 3787 481; +385 1 4828 133
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VICE PRESIDENT
assoc.prof. Marija Grdić Rajković, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
University of Zagreb
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology
Domagojeva 2, 10000 Zagreb
SECRETARY
assist.prof. Antonija Perović, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine
The Private Health Care Institution Glavić
Medical Biochemistry Laboratory
Ćira Carića 3, 20000 Dubrovnik
TREASURER
Adriana Unić, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine
University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice
Department of Clinical Chemistry
Vinogradska 29, 10000 Zagreb
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY
Jasna Đogić, dipl.oecc.
Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Boškovićeva 18, 10000 Zagreb
Tel: +385 1 4828 133
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CSMBLM BODIES
MAIN BOARD
assist.prof. Ivana Ćelap, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, president
assoc.prof. Marija Grdić Rajković, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, vice president
assist.prof. Antonija Perović, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, secretary
Adriana Unić, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, treasurer
Jelena Culej, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, president of the Zagreb region branch
Iva Lukić, specialist in laboratory medicine, president of the Slavonija and Baranja branch
Željka Kelava, specialist in laboratory medicine, president of the Northwestern Croatia branch
Lada Baković, specialist in laboratory medicine, president of the Dalmatia branch
Merica Aralica, specialist in laboratory medicine, president of the Istria, Primorsko-goranska and Lika County branch
SUPERVISORY BOARD
assist.prof. Daniela Šupe Domić, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, president
Irena Linarić, specialist in laboratory medicine, vice president
Ida Gradiški, specialist in laboratory medicine, member
Marija Milić, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, member
Đurđa Winkler, specialist in laboratory medicine, member
COURT OF HONOR
Matea Ivić, specialist in laboratory medicine, president
Daniela Galez, PhD, specialist in laboratory medicine, vice president
Martina Ćoza, specialist in laboratory medicine, member
Anamarija Đuras, specialist in laboratory medicine, member
Ana Pocrnja, specialist in laboratory medicine, member
CSMBLM COMMITTEES
Committee for education
Chair: Andrea Čeri
Members: Ivona Brkić
Committee on ethics and deontology
Chair: Vesna Šupak Smolčić
Members: Ivana Babić, Martina Horvat
Committee for information and public relations
Chair: Sanja Kačkov
Members: Anamarija Banovac, Nikolina Čolan, Martha Koržinek, Ivana Nikše, Valentina Sović
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Committee for medals
Chair: Jasenka Wagner Kostadinović
Members: Lovorka Đerek, Jelena Omazić
Committee for organizational legal issues
Chair: Željka Kelava
Members: Merica Aralica, Lada Baković i Patricija Banković Radovanović
Committee for the scientific professional development
Chair: Sanja Mandić
Members: Merica Aralica, Ivana Baršić Lapić, Adriana Bokulić, Ana Bronić, Jasna Leniček Krleža, Mila Lovrić, Ljiljana Mayer, Lara Milevoj Kopčinović, Ana Mlinarić, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Vanja Radišić Biljak, Tara Rolić, Andrea Tešija Kuna, Ines Vukasović
Working group for pre-analytics
Chair: Nora Nikolac Gabaj
Members: Ivana Ćelap, Petra Filipi, Marina Hemar, Marija Kocijančić, Marijana Miler, Nora Nikolac, Ana-Maria Šimundić, Vesna Šupak Smolčić, Valentina Vidranski, Alen Vrtarić
Working group for acid-base balance
Chair: Ivana Baršić Lapić
Members: Adrijana Dorotić, Lara Milevoj Kopčinović
Working group for cerebrospinal fluid diagnostics
Chair: Ana Turčić
Members: Katarina Čepić, Snježana Hrabrić Vlah, Renata Lipovec, Sabina Matejčić, Marija Mijakić, Tihana Pavošević, Vanja Radišić Biljak, Anita Radman, Pavica Šonjić, Franciska Tomić, Željka Vogrinc
Working group for extravascular body samples
Chair: Lara Milevoj Kopčinović
Members: Marija Brzak, Jelena Culej, Ivona Herceg, Anja Jokić, Irena Kocijan, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Milena Njegovan, Alen Vrtarić
Working group for harmonisation of instructions for patients
Chair: -
Members: Adrijana Dorotić, Ksenija Fumić, Sanja Kačkov, Kornelija Klenkar, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Jadranka Sambunjak, Tihana Serdar, Valentina Vidranski, Jelena Vrdoljak
Working group for laboratory diagnosis of autoimmune diseases
Chair: Andrea Tešija Kuna
Members: Vedrana Drvar, Lovorka Đerek, Katarina Gugo, Ana Kozmar, Nada Tomić Sremec
Working group for laboratory coagulation
Chair: Ana Bronić
Members: Désirée Coen Herak, Branka Krešić, Sandra Margetić, Marija Milić, Vanja Radišić Biljak
Working group for laboratory endocrinology
Chair: Adriana Bokulić
Members: Anamarija Đuras, Koraljka Đurić, Sanda Jelisavac Ćosić, Marija Kocijančić, Sanja Krtanek, Iva Lukić, Domagoj Marijančević, Nora Nikolac Gabaj, Marija Siter Kuprešanin, Alenka Pezo, Tihana Serdar Hiršl, Lada Stanišić, Daniela Šupe-Domić, Mateja Troha, Ivana Zec
Working group for laboratory hematology
Chair: Vanja Radišić Biljak
Members: Ivona Bjeličić, Helena Čičak, Adrijana Dorotić, Martina Horvat, Erika Jurčić-Karlović, Višnja Jureša, Branka Krešić, Ivana Lapić, Ana Nikler, Alma Pipić Kitter, Fran Smaić, Brankica Šimac, Sanela Šimić Vojak, Leida Tandara, Franciska Tomić, Valentina Vidranski, Ivana Vuga, Dora Vuljanić
Working group for POCT
Chair: Ivana Baršić Lapić
Members: Maja Dolčić, Marija Grdić Rajković, Lara Milevoj Kopčinović, Nedjeljka Ruljančić, Anđela Žic
Working group for seminal fluid
Chair: Tara Rolić
Members: Mario Bažant, Vikica Buljanović, Vesna Horvat, Irena Kocijan, Luka Mavrić, Anđelka Milakara, Dijana Pamuković Jaram, Tihana Pavošević, Edi Perović, Marijan Tandara
Working group for toxicology
Chair: Mila Lovrić
Members: Marija Božović, Lana Ganoci, Dubravka Glasovac, Mihovil Horvat, Sanja Kačkov, Sanja Mandić, Ankica Mijanović Kulišić, Margita Nimac-Kalcina, Andrijana Ščavničar
Working group for tumor markers
Chair: Ljiljana Mayer
Members: Lucija Franin, Mihaela Gaće, Antonija Hanžek, Snježana Hrabrić Vlah, Robert Kolman, Sanja Mandić, Ines Sever, Milica Šostarić, Zvjezdana Špacir Prskalo, Valenina Vidranski
Working group for validation and verification of methods
Chairs: Ines Vukasović
Members: Adriana Bokulić, Ivana Ćelap, Helena Čičak, Snježana Hrabrić Vlah, Gordana Juričić, Marija Kocijančić, Mila Lovrić, Lara Milevoj Kopčinović, Manuela Miletić, Marija Miloš, Marija Siter Kuprešanin
Working group for post-analytics
Chair: Jasna Leniček Krleža
Members: Lorena Honović, Anja Jokić, Sonja Podolar, Vladimira Rimac, Jelena Vlašić Tanasković
Working group for COVID-19 (2020 – 2022)
Chair: Ivana Baršić Lapić
Members: Ivana Ćelap, Renata Laškaj, Jasna Leniček Krleža
Working group for capillary sampling (2014 – 2016)
Chair: Jasna Leniček Krleža
Members: Adriana Dorotić, Ana Grzunov, Miljenka Maradin
Working group for sweat test standardization (2013 – 2022)
Chairs: Jasna Leniček Krleža, Merica Aralica
Members: Karolina Crneković, Jelena Culej, Gordana Fressl Juroš, Verica Horvat, Dara Metzner, Dijana Pamuković Jaram, Alma Pipić Kitter, Fran Smaić, Sanela Šimić Vojak, Livija Šimičević, Valentina Verić
Working group for laboratory diagnostic of chronic kidney disease (2013 – 2022)
Chair: Vanja Radišić Biljak (2013 – 2020), Lorena Honović (2021 – 2022)
Members:Lorena Honović, Branka Krešić, Jasminka Matica, Sanela Šimić Vojak
Croatian center for quality assessment in laboratory medicine (CROQALM)
Members of the professional board: Ivana Ćelap, Jelena Vlašić Tanasković, Ana Grzunov, Merica Aralica, Adriana Unić, Alen Vrtarić
CSMBLM ASSEMBLY
Branch of Zagreb region
President: Jelena Culej
Secretary: Anita Somborac Bačura
Delegates: Dijana Bjelinski, Adriana Bokulić, Karolina Crneković, Bernard Cvitković, Andrea Čeri, Helena Čičak, Adrijana Dorotić, Lovorka Đerek, Marija Fabijanec, Zrinjka Grubišić, Marina Hemar Boćan, Anja Jokić, Erika Jurčić Karlović, Monika Kovačić, Domagoj Marijančević, Ankica Mijanović Kulišić, Manuela Miletić, Dolores Pancirov, Ana Paškvan, Andrea Radeljak, Sandra Sabolić, Andrea Snagić, Darka Stošić Đurić, Mario Štefanović, Sandra Šupraha Goreta, Jelena Vrdoljak, Alen Vrtarić
Branch of Dalmatia
President: Lada Baković
Secretary: Ivana Bilić
Delegates: Kristina Brzić, Zdravka Doljanin, Ljiljana Jurlina, Marina Njire Bratičević, Davorka Sladić, Stella Tomić, Irena Užović
Branch of Northwestern Croatia
President: Željka Kelava
Secretary: Valentina Cesar Kocijan
Delegates: Renata Lipovec, Sonja Podolar, Jasenka Trifunović
Branch of Istria, Primorsko-goranska and Lika County
President: Merica Aralica
Secretary: Jelena Vlašić Tanasković
Delegates: Patricija Banković Radovanović, Koraljka Mittel, Pavica Šonjić, Danijela Županić
Branch of Slavonija and Baranja
President: Iva Lukić
Secretary: Maja Lukić
Delegates: Melani Bodalec, Amalija Bunjevac, Maja Grabić, Marina Josipović, Ivana Marković, Jelena Omazić
CSMBLM REPRESENTATIVES
CSMBLM Representatives in International Associations within new mandate
EFLM National Representative: assoc.prof. Marija Grdić Rajković, PhD
IFCC National Representative: assoc.prof. Marija Grdić Rajković, PhD
CSMBLM Representative in EQALM: assist.prof. Ivana Ćelap, PhD
CSMBLM Representative in European Association of Science Editors (EASE): assist.prof. Nora Nikolac Gabaj, PhD
CSMBLM Representative in Council of Science Editors (CSE): assist.prof. Nora Nikolac Gabaj, PhD
CSMBLM Representative in Committee for Publication Ethics (CPE): assist.prof. Nora Nikolac Gabaj, PhD
Representatives in Working Groups and Correspondent Members active till the end of the mandate which is defined by the particular international body
Member of the EFLM Science Committee: prof. Ana-Maria Šimundić, PhD
Member of the EFLM Working Group: Harmonization: assist.prof. Lora Dukić, PhD
Member of the EFLM Task Group: Chronic Kidney Disease: Ana Nikler
Member of the EFLM Working Group: Artificial Intelligence: assoc.prof. Željko Debeljak, PhD
Member of the EFLM Working Group: Promotion & Publications: Tara Rolić
Member of the EFLM Task group: EFLMLabX: Tara Rolić
Member of the EFLM Task group: Young Scientists: Tara Rolić
Corresponding Member of the EFLM Working Group: Postanalytical Phase: assist.prof. Jasna Leniček Krleža, PhD
Corresponding Member of the IFCC Committee on Point of Care Testing (C-POCT): Lara Milevoj Kopčinović, PhD
Corresponding Member of the IFCC Commitee for Harmonization of Autoimmune Tests (C-HAT): Ana Kozmar, PhD
Corresponding Member of the IFCC Committee on Clinical Laboratory Management (C-CLM): Ana Bronić, PhD
Corresponding Member of the IFCC Communications and Publications Committee (Public Relations Committee): Tara Rolić
Corresponding Member of IFCC Committee on Reference Intervals and Decision Limits (C-RIDL): assist.prof. Jasna Leniček Krleža, PhD
Corresponding Member of IFCC Committee for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests (C-STFT): Valentina Vidranski, PhD
Corresponding Member of the IFCC Task Force Young Scientists: Tara Rolić
Chair of the EFLM Executive Board: prof. Ana-Maria Šimundić, PhD
Chair of the EFLM Education and Training Committee: prof. Daria Pašalić, PhD
Chair of the EFLM Task Group: European Lab Day: Tara Rolić
Chair of the EFLM Working Group: Register: Ivana Rako, PhD
Expert Consultant of the EFLM Working Group: Preanalytical Phase: prof. Ana-Maria Šimundić, PhD
CSMBLM Representatives in Domestic Scientific Educational Institutions and the CSMB
CSMBLM Representative on the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry: assist.prof. Ivana Ćelap, PhD
CSMBLM Representative in The Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists: assist.prof. Ivana Ćelap, PhD
CSMBLM PAST PRESIDENTS
1953 - 1957 Marijana Fišer-Herman
1957 - 1958 Davorin Peršić
1958 - 1961 Milica Perić-Božović
1961 - 1963 Nevenka Roje
1963 - 1965 Mirna Mikac-Dević
1965 - 1967 Neda Longhino
1967 - 1973 Božidar Štraus
1973 - 1975 Vera Benić
1975 - 1977 Ksenija Arko
1977 - 1980 Đurđa Janković
1980 - 1981 Ana Zimolo
1981 - 1984 Krešo Lipovac
1985 - 1988 Ernest Suchanek
1988 - 1993 Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina
1993 - 1997 Dubravka Juretić
1997 - 1999 Zlata Flegar-Meštrić
1999 - 2012 Elizabeta Topić
2012 - 2018 Ana-Maria Šimundić
2018 - 2022 Daria Pašalić
CSMBLM HONORARY MEMBERS
Prof. Anton Holasek, MD (Graz, Austria) - since April 25, 1993
Prof. Victor Blaton, MD (Bruges, Belgium) - since April 25, 2003
Prof. Mathias Müller, MD (Vienna, Austria) - since April 25, 2003
Prof. Gábor L. Kovács, MD (Pécs, Hungary) - since May 17, 2007
Prof. Jocelyn M. B. Hicks, MD (Washington DC, USA) - since June 14, 2007
Prof. Andrea Rita Horvath, MD (Szeget, Hungary / Sydney, Australia) - since June 8, 2013
Prof. Giuseppe Lippi, MD (Parma, Italy) - since June 8, 2013
Prof. Simone Zerah, MD (Bagnolet, France) - since June 8, 2013