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Miroslav<\/span> Samar\u017eija<\/span><\/strong> was<\/span> born<\/span> in<\/span> Krasno<\/span> in<\/span> 1958.<\/span> He<\/span> graduated<\/span> from the<\/span> Faculty<\/span> of<\/span> Medicine,<\/span> University<\/span> of<\/span> Zagreb<\/span> and<\/span> earned<\/span> a<\/span> phD<\/span> degree<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> age<\/span> of<\/span> 33.<\/span> He<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> educated<\/span> abroad<\/span> on<\/span> several<\/span> occasions,<\/span> especially<\/span> in<\/span> America<\/span> (Columbia<\/span> University;<\/span> Harvard<\/span> University;<\/span> NIH,<\/span> Bethesda)<\/span> and<\/span> Austria<\/span> (AKH<\/span> Vienna).<\/span><\/p>\n Today<\/span> he<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> leading<\/span> Croatian<\/span> pulmonologist<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> great<\/span> international<\/span> scientific<\/span> and<\/span> professional<\/span> reputation.<\/span> In<\/span> his<\/span> second<\/span> consecutive<\/span> term,<\/span> he<\/span> heads<\/span> the<\/span> leading<\/span> pulmonology<\/span> clinic<\/span> in<\/span> Croatia.<\/span> He<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> president<\/span> and<\/span> founder<\/span> of the<\/span> Croatian<\/span> Thoracic<\/span> Society.\u00a0<\/span>So<\/span> far,<\/span> he<\/span> has<\/span> chaired<\/span> six<\/span> national<\/span> thoracic<\/span> congresses<\/span> and<\/span> several<\/span> elite<\/span> international<\/span> scientific<\/span> conferences.<\/span> He<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> full<\/span> professor<\/span> of<\/span> the Faculty<\/span> of<\/span> Medicine,<\/span> University<\/span> of<\/span> Zagreb.<\/span><\/p>\n He<\/span> has<\/span> published<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 250<\/span> publications,<\/span> of<\/span> which<\/span> 59<\/span> are<\/span> cited<\/span> in<\/span> international<\/span> databases,<\/span> cited<\/span> 440<\/span> times<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> WoS<\/span><\/em> base<\/span> and<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 500<\/span> times<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Scopus<\/span> <\/em>base<\/em>.<\/span> He<\/span> co-authored<\/span> 14<\/span> books<\/span> with<\/span> 27<\/span> chapters.<\/span> He<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> researcher<\/span> in<\/span> ten<\/span> scientific<\/span> projects<\/span> at<\/span> home<\/span> and<\/span> abroad,<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> holder<\/span> of<\/span> one<\/span> patent.<\/span><\/p>\n He<\/span> has<\/span> made<\/span> a<\/span> notable<\/span> and<\/span> original<\/span> scientific<\/span> and<\/span> professional<\/span> contribution<\/span> in<\/span> research<\/span> into<\/span> diseases<\/span> of<\/span> pulmonary<\/span> circulation,<\/span> lung<\/span> cancer,<\/span> chronic<\/span> obstructive<\/span> pulmonary<\/span> disease<\/span> and<\/span> lung<\/span> transplantation.<\/span> He<\/span> has<\/span> given more<\/span> than<\/span> two<\/span> dozen<\/span> invited<\/span> lectures<\/span> at<\/span> respected<\/span> universities<\/span> abroad<\/span> and<\/span> at<\/span> international<\/span> meetings.<\/span> He<\/span> introduced<\/span> several<\/span> new<\/span> teaching<\/span> facilities<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> School<\/span> of<\/span> Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n He<\/span> received<\/span> international<\/span> and<\/span> domestic<\/span> awards<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> scientific<\/span> and<\/span> professional<\/span> work,<\/span> including<\/span> the<\/span>