@inbook{
author = "Чоловић, Радоје and Грубор, Никица",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Savo Perović was born on 21st February, 1937, in Maglaj, Bosnia and
Herzegovina. He graduated from Belgrade School of Medicine in 1963 as the
best student in his generation, with the GPA of 9,40/10,00. Aft er completing his
residency, he started working at the Children’s Surgical Clinic, in April 1964.
He passed his paediatric surgery qualifying exam in October 1969, and in 1982
he also passed his urology qualifying exam.
He defended his master’s thesis, entitled Intramedullary Fixation of
Kuntscher’s Nail in Paediatric Diaphyseal Femur Fractures, in November 1970.
In July 1977, he defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled Contribution to the
Technique for the Surgical Treatment of Undescended Testicles in Children.
He attended professional training courses at urology and paediatric
surgery clinics in Germany (Mainz, Berlin and Munich), England (London),
the USA (Chicago) and Italy (Rome, Florence and Padua).
He was appointed assistant at the Belgrade School of Medicine for the
subject Surgery – Paediatric Surgery in June 1978, docent in May 1984,
associate professor in June 1988 and full profesorr in May 1993. Not only did
he give regular practical and theoretical lectures to medical students but he also
taught residency and postgraduate students of paediatric surgery, general
surgery, urology, urogenital surgery and pediatrics.
He was a member and President of the Assessment Committee for
paediatric surgery qualifying exams. As a professor, he was a mentor to a
number of Ph.D and master’s students and set on the committees for the
assessment and defence of doctoral dissertations and master’s theses.
At fi rs t, he persued the entire area of paediatric surgery. In time, he
focused his interests on paediatric urogoly which is the area that the majority
of his most important papers pertain to. He produced original surgical
techniques for the treatment of congenital anomalies of genitourinary system
in children, undescended testicles, penoscrotal hypospadias, epispadias, and
other anomalies of the penis, bladder exstrophy, vesicoureteral refl ux, bladder
augmentation and autoaugmentation, and other, oft en complex, bizarre
congenital anomalies in children, Peyronie’s disease, and other conditions such
as trauma and postrauma, avulsions and structure of the urethra found both in
children and adults. He oft en represented the last chance to the patients
affl icted by those conditions. In later years, he directed his attention on
andrological surgery (various forms of intersexualism, transsexualism).
He is the author of the book Atlas of Congenital Anomalies of the External
Genitalia (1999), numerous chapters published in foreign and domestic books and textbooks, the most prominent ones being Ausgewahlte Urologische OP
Techniken (1994), Advances in Urology (1997), Inovations in Urological Surgery
(1997), Komplikationen in der Urologie (2002) and Disfuncao Sexual (2003). He
also wrote several articles on paediatric surgery and urology that can be found
in surgical textbooks for students of medicine and urology.
He publi shed over 470 various publications. A great many of his articles
appeared in leading international urology journals. He gave about 350 lectures
at national and international congresses and other professional and scientifi c
gatherings, oft en by invitation. He carried out surgical demonstrations on
many occasions at most prestigious clinics in the world, showing original
operative techniques of reconstructive surgery of congenital anomalies and
disorders of the urogenital tract and disorders, many of which were transferred
by video link to congress meetings. He also delivered many State of the Art
Lectures and moderated, or presided over, congress sessions. He was the
founder and the Head of the Belgrade Centre of European School of
Reconstructive Urologic Surgery (2004). Th e centre organized courses which
were attended by a large number of medical professionals from abroad. In an
anonymous survey by the attendants, the courses were given the highest level
of recognition and declared the best in Europe and the world. In 1991, as part
of the symposium Tendencies and Advances in Medicine, organized to mark the
Belgrade School of Medicine Day, he organized the symposium Advances in
Genital Surgery.
He also made professional and scientifi c fi lms on paediatric urology and
andrological surgery. His video fi lm Male to Female Surgery is included in the
international library of scientifi c video fi lms.
He was Guest Editor No3 (June 1998) and No4 (August 1998) of the
World Journal of Urology for the subject of genitourinary reconstruction. He
was a reviewer for the Journal of Urology, British Journal of Urology, European
Urology, Urology, Brazilian Journal of Urology. He led a number of national and
international scientifi c research projects.
Professor Perović was member of the Serbian Medical Society (SMS) for
many years, working mostly in the Paediatric Surgery Department and Urology
Department. He was a full member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the
SMS and several professional associations in the former SFRY and the Socialist
Republic of Yugoslavia.
He also held a membership in a large number of international
professional associations: the European Association of Urology (EAU), the
European Society for Paediatric Urology (ESPU), Th e British Association of
Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), Th e British Association of Urological Surgeons
(BAUS), Th e American Academy of Paediatrics – Urology Section (AAP), Th e
Society for Paediatric Urology (SPU), Th e Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive
Surgeons (GURS). He was a corresponding member of the American Urological Association (AUA), board member of Th e European Society for Sexual Medicine
(ESSM) and many more national urological associations, such as Th e American
Academy of Phalloplasty Surgeons (AAPS) etc. He was elected honorary
member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Urologie (DGU), Th e Polish Urological
Association (PUA), Th e Romanian Urological Association (RUA), Th e Hungarian
Urological Association (HUA), Th e Serbian Association for Plastic, Reconstructive
and Aesthetic Surgery (SRBPRAS) and several national urological associations.
He received numerous commendations and awards. From the Serbian
Medical Society he received the Annual Scientifi c Research Award and Lifetime
Achievements Award. He was granted the following fi rst prizes for best video
presentations: Intersex – Masculinization Surgery at the 45th German Society
for Urology (DGU) Congress in 1993, Preputial Continent Vesicostomy in Men
and Women at the 12th European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress in
1996, Complete Penile “Disassembly” Technique for Epispadias Repair – A
New Variant at the 51st DGU Congress in 1991, Surgical Treatment of Peyronie’s
Disease: New Approaches at the 15th EAU Congress in 2000. He also awarded
the second prize for video presentation entitled Diff alia-Successful Penis
Transplant at the 55th DGU Congress in 2003, third prize for video presentation
entitled Dorsal Dartos Flap for Prevention of Fistula aft er a Snodgrass
Hypospadias at the 57th DGU Congress in 2005, fi rst prize for oral presentation
entitled Iatrogenic Trapped Penis: 1-stage repair at the Annual Meeting of the
European Association of Sexual Medicine in Kopenhagen in 2005, etc.
He retired in 2002 but continued working, with even greater enthusiasm,
as an operator and consultant to several private and state health institutions in
the country. He was particularly active on the international scene. He was
elected corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
(SASA) in 2003 and its full member on November 5th, 2009. His untimely death
prevented him from giving the acceptance speech at the Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts on May 26th, 2010.
He passed away on April 4th, 2010 following a long and debilitating
illness, not living long enough to give the acceptance speech on his election
into the SASA as a full member which was to be held on May 26, 2010.
A commemorative gathering, following the passing of academician Savo
Perović, was held at the Serbian Academy of Sciencies and Arts on May 17th,
2010. Th e journal Serbian Archives for the Whole Medicine, Almanac of the
Serbian Academy of Sciencies and Arts, and several other reputable
international journals of urology, published fi tting tributes. Academician Savo
Perović was the pride of the Serbian urological community, especially pediatric,
and will be remembered by his little patients, their parents, and numerous
colleagues and friends all over the world.",
publisher = "Београд : Српска академија наука и уметности",
journal = "Живот и дело српских научника",
booktitle = "Саво Перовић : (1937–2010)",
pages = "539-599",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10444"
}
