Profile

Title

Assoc. Prof. (MD, PhD)

Full name

Goce Spasovski

Affiliation

Department of Nephrology
Medical Faculty
University of Skopje
Vodnjanska 17
1000 Skopje
Macedonia

Working group 1

Executive Committee

Management Committee

Keywords

mineral and bone disorders; phosphate binders; kidney transplantation; protocol allograft biopsy; urinary proteins

Publications

1. Spasovski G, Gelev S, Masin-Spasovska J, Selim G, Sikole A, Vanholder R. Improvement of bone and mineral parameters related to adynamic bone disease by diminishing dialysate calcium. Bone 2007; 41(4):698-703.
2. Spasovski GB, Sikole A, Gelev S, Masin-Spasovska J, Freemont T, Webster I, Gill M, Jones C, De Broe ME, D'Haese PC. Evolution of bone and plasma concentration of lanthanum in dialysis patients before, during 1 year of treatment with lanthanum carbonate and after 2 years of follow-up. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006; 21(8):2217-24.
3. Vanholder R, Massy Z, Argiles A, Spasovski G, Verbeke F, Lameire N; European Uremic Toxin Work Group. Chronic kidney disease as cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005; 20(6):1048-56.
4. D'Haese PC, Spasovski GB, Sikole A, Hutchison A, Freemont TJ, Sulkova S, Swanepoel C, Pejanovic S, Djukanovic L, Balducci A, Coen G, Sulowicz W, Ferreira A, Torres A, Curic S, Popovic M, Dimkovic N, De Broe ME. A multicenter study on the effects of lanthanum carbonate (Fosrenol) and calcium carbonate on renal bone disease in dialysis patients. Kidney Int Suppl. 2003; (85):S73-8.
5. Masin-Spasovska J, Spasovski G, Dzikova S, Petrusevska G, Lekovski Lj, Ivanovski N, Popov Z. Do we have to treat subclinical rejections in early protocol renal allograft biopsies? Transplant Proc. 2007; 39(8):2550-3.

Brief Description

Born 1962, Skopje, Macedonia
1981-1988: graduated the University of Medicine, Skopje, Macedonia
1993: 1-month-Dept. of Nephrology, Silesian School of Medicine, Katowice, Poland-Prof. F. Kokot
1994-2007: one year of intermittent stay-Dept. of Nephrology, University of Antwerp, Belgium-Prof. ME De Broe
1997: 3-months (TEMPUS-Individual Mobility Grant)-Dept. of Nephrology, University of Antwerp, Belgium-Prof. ME De Broe
1998: Master of Medical Science in Nephrology: The impact of iron during erythropoietin therapy in ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis, University of Skopje (mentor: Acad. Prof. MH Polenakovic)
2002: Doctor of Medical Science: Renal osteodystrophy in ESRF patients not yet in dialysis, spectrum & diagnostic value of biochemical markers, University of Skopje and Antwerp, (mentors: Prof. ME De Broe and PC D’Haese-Belgium)
2003: 3-months-(COMGAN/BANTAO), Dept. of Nephrology, Laiko University Hospital, Athens, Greece -Prof. Ch. Stathakis
2003-present: EUTox - European Uremic Toxin group member (under the auspices of ESAO)
2002-2007: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
2007-present: Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
2005-present: Secretary of the Macedonian Society of Nephrology (MSNDTAO)
2005-2007: Secretary of BANTAO (Balkan-Cities-Association-of-Nephrology,Transplantation-and-Artificial Organs)
2006-present: Council member of ERA-EDTA
2007-present: EBPG - European Best Practice Guidelines Committee member
2008: ISN/COMGAN Central&East European Committee member
2008: COST action - BM0702, chairman of the working group.
Community orientation:
Secretary of national congresses of nephrology and one BANTAO Congress
1991-present: 12 international research projects
2001: V BANTAO Congress, Thessalonica, Greece, Third award for oral presentation
2003: XXX ESAO Congress, Aachen, Germany, Second poster award
2003: WCN-Berlin (40thERA/EDTA, 17thISN) Poster of excellence
2003: Hemopharm’s grant for scientific research in the field of dialysis-Second-award: Adynamic bone disease–clinical outcome of the treatment with different dialysate calcium concentration.
2005: Instructor -Ethical and Regulatory Aspects on GCP-Skopje, Macedonia
2006-2008: Organizer of 5 CME international courses supported by ERA-EDTA&ISN/COMGAN and The National Nephrological Societies (2006 Macedonia, 2007 Albania, 2008 - Bosnia, Bulgaria, Greece)
Co-organizer and speaker at the BANTAO meetings, the Danube symposia, other regional Eastern European CME courses and National&ERA-EDTA Congresses
2005-present: Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BANTAO Journal
2008 - KDIGO CKD-MBD Clinical Practice Guidelines reviewer
Editorial board member: NDT, IUN, Open Bone Journal, Nefrologia (Romania); Hippokratia Journal (Greece) and Journal of Medical Science (Albania); peer-reviewer >10 journals (including NDT, TI; HDI, AJKD & KI)
Publications: 216 (76 first and 14 coauthor); 37+3 in press -Pub Med; 735 citations.

Contact Information

Phone

+38970268232

Fax

+38923231501

Email

gspas(at)sonet(dot)com(dot)mk

Address

Department of Nephrology
Medical Faculty
University of Skopje
Vodnjanska 17
1000 Skopje
Macedonia

History

Member for

3 years 27 weeks