Sanjin Racki KBC RijekaCroatia

I was born in Rijeka, Croatia in 1964. I graduated at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka in 1990. I completed my postgraduate studies in Rijeka, and part of my specialist training in Vienna. My area of scientific interest is nephrology, especially dialysis and kidney transplantation. In the last 20 years, I have published a total of 350 scientific and professional papers. I actively participated in all congresses of the Croatian Society for Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, of which I was president for 4 years. I was an invited lecturer and chair of plenary sessions of a large number of nephrology meetings and conferences. I have given about 50 invited lectures at international conferences and about 200 invited lectures at domestic conferences. I am a founder and current president of the distinguished national symposium "DiaTransplant", which is held every 3 years. I have led 18 international clinical trials as principal investigator at the home institution. Since 2005 I have been a reviewer in 10 scientific journals and a member of the editorial board in 3 journals. Since 2016, I have been a full member of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences. I have received several awards and recognitions for my scientific work. I was a mentor of 10 qualifying papers, editor of 2 university textbooks and author of 11 chapters in books. Since 2001, I have been the head of the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation at the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka and a full professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka. Currently, I am a Board member of the Croatian Medical Association in Rijeka, Croatian Society for Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation and Croatian Obesity Society and member of the several Boards of the International Associations – International Society of Nephrology (Eastern and Central Europe Regional Board), Balkan Association of Nephrology, Dialysis and Artificial Organs (BANTAO) and Mediterranean Kidney Society.