Prof. dr Zorica Lazić

• Subspecialization in the field of pulmonology, 2005.
• Doctoral dissertation: "Effect of histamine methyltransferase inhibitors on the reactivity of isolated guinea pig trachea", Faculty of Medicine in Kragujevac, 1996.
• Magisterium from the field of pulmonology: "The relationship between total lung capacity and diffusion capacity in obstructive respiratory syndrome", Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade, 1993.
• Specialization of internal medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade, 1989.

She is an invited lecturer at many symposia and congresses. She is the author of numerous works published in national and international professional journals, and the author or co-author of monographs and books for postgraduate teaching at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade and Kragujevac.

As part of the continuing medical education program at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade and Kragujevac, she is a lecturer at several organized seminars in the field of bronchial asthma, COPD and chronic interstitial diseases. She is one of the co-authors of the Serbian guidelines for the treatment of asthma and COPD.

From 2016 to 2022, she was the project manager at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Kragujevac, within which a register for patients with COPD was created for the first time in Serbia. From 2018 to 2022, she was the national delegate of the SHARP project (Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centred) within the European Respiratory Association.

She is a member of various medical associations including ERS, CHEST, ATS, Respiratory Association of Serbia and Fellowship of American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP).

Prof. Dr Zorica Lazić performs a pulmonary examination that includes:

• Anamnesis - a conversation with the patient about current ailments and other illnesses (if any)
• Insight into previous medical documentation (if any)
• Physical examination (lung auscultation, blood pressure measurement, pulse oximetry)
• Pulmonary function test (spirometry with bronchodilation test)
• Examination of breathing disorders in sleep (sleep apnea) if indicated
• Advice and recommendation for further treatment and a proposal for possible additional diagnostics (allergological testing, X-ray imaging, scanner)