[Physicians founders of orthopedic surgery in Serbia]

The beginnings of the development of orthopedic surgery in Serbia have been related to the name of Dr Nikola Krstić and his first radiography of the hand in 1908. The foundation of the Orthopedic Ward, led by Dr Nikola Krstić, within the General State Hospital in Belgrade, in 1919, marks the definition of orthopedics as a separate branch of surgery. In addition to Dr Nikola Krstić, Dr Borivoje Lalović and Temp. Docent Dr Borivoje Gradojević, who published the first orthopedics textbook in Serbian in 1934, also worked at the orthopedic ward between the two world wars. The work at the orthopedic ward, which grew into a clinic in 1947, was continued by Prof. Dr Milos Simović, Prof. Dr Svetislav Stojanović and Prof. Dr Ljubisa Dorić. Their successors would have high achievements: Prof. Dr Zivojin Bumbasirević became the only orthopedist who was a regular member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Chief of Staff Dr Predrag Klisić and Prof. Dr Branko Radulović provide impetus for further development of orthopedics by founding Specialist Orthopedics Hospital "Banjica".