Background
Dr. Dimitrijevic founded the field of Restorative Neurology and is a contributor to the field of Human Neurosciences. During his fifty years of clinical and neurological work, he worked to develop Human Neurophysiology as well as mentored hundreds of post-graduates working in the early development of a new branch of Neurological practices and science. (Atlas of Human Spinal Cord Evoked Potential, M. Dimitrijevic and J. HalterKarger, Butterworth-Henemann, 1995 and Restorative Neurology of Spinal Cord Injury, M. Dimitrijevic, B. Kakulas, W. McKay, and G. Vrbova, Oxford University Press, 2012)
Born in Nis, Serbia, Dr. Dee received his MD in 1955 and his PhD 1966 from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He continued with post-doctoral training in clinical neurophysiology at the Stockholm School of Medicine and the University Hospital in Ljubljana. He completed a fellowship training in clinical neurophysiology at the Schools of Medicine in Marseilles, France and Linkoping, Sweden. Dr. Dimitrijevic was awarded honorary doctorate degrees from the Warsaw Medical Academy, Poland and the Linkoping University, Sweden. He also completed fellowships in Radiochemistry in the Institute of Nuclear Science at the University of Belgrade and Neurology at Queens Square in London. He has held many posts, most recently as the Vivian L. Smith Professor and head of the Division of Restorative Neurology and Human Neurobiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also the Principal Investigator for the Foundation of Movement Recovery in Oslo, Norway. Professor Dimitrijevic has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on human neurophysiology and the answers it provides for questions involving neurological disorders with the largest focus on spinal cord injury. Dr. Dimitrijevic has published 224 research reports, 190 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 56 chapters, and 5 books.
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Education
School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, M.D. 1955
School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ph.D.. (Human Neurosciences) 1966. Dissertation: Studies of Reflex Activity in Peripheral Neuropathies
Postgraduate Training
Internship: Regional Hospital, Nis and Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1956-1958
Department of Neurology and Clinical neurophysiology, Serafimer Lazarett, Stockholm School of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, 1958-1959
Residency: Clinical neurology at the Neurological Clinic, University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1958-1962
Fellowship: Research Fellow in Radiochemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade (3 months), 1956
Fellow, EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology Department, St. Thomas Hospital, School of Medicine, Marseilles, France, 1961.
Fellow in Neurology at the Institute of Neurology, Queens Square, London W.C. 1 (3 months), 1963.
Fellow of Clinical Neurophysiology, Central Laboratory of Clinical neurophysiology, School of Medicine, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden (3 months), 1965.
Board Certified in Neurology & Psychiatry, Ljubljana, 1962
Academic Appointments
Principal Investigator of the Foundation of Movement Recovery, Oslo, Norway, 2005-Present
Emeritus Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, 2007-Present
Visiting Professor of the Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria, 2001-2002
Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, 1992-2006
Professor, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 1989-2006
Head, Division of Restorative Neurology and Human Neurobiology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1987-1997.
Professor, Neurophysiology, Department of Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, 1980-1987
Vivian L. Smith Professor of Restorative Neurology and Human Neurobiology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1987-1997
Director of Research of the Vivian L. Smith Foundation for Restorative Neurology, 1978-1997.
Visiting Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, 1971-1980
Professor, Neurophysiology, Department of Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, 1980-1987
Visiting Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, 1971-1980
Honors and Awards
Visiting Professor, University of Nis, Serbia. The Medical School, 2006
Honorary Doctorate awarded by the Medical Academy of Warsaw, Poland 1988
Corresponding member of the Institute for Medical Research of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1983
Doctor of Medicine Honoris Causa awarded by the Medical Faculty of The University of Linkpoking, Sweden, 1984
Distinguished Professor of the University of Belgrade, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1983
Award of the Miroslav Zotovic Institute for Rehabilitation for basic and applied research in rehabilitation medicine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1983
Corresponding member of The Slovene Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1980
Gold Medal of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Yugoslavia for contributions to the development of knowledge in and support of research in muscular dystrophy, 1978
Commendation by the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Yugoslavia for contributions to the development of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1977.
Boris Kidric Award for research achievements in medical sciences, 1975
Boris Kidric Fund Award for research achievements in studies of spasticity in man, 1968
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS TIMELINE
1967 involuntary movements, spasticity Dimitrijevic, M. R., Nathan, P.W. "Studies of spasticity in man. 1. Some features of spasticity." Brain 90 (1967a): 1-30
1983 spinal cord stimulation Dimitrijevic, M. R. "Neurophysiological evaluation and epidural stimulation in chronic spinal cord injury patients." In Spinal Cord Reconstruction, edited by C. C. Kao, R. P. Bunge, P. J. Reier, 465-474. New York: Raven Press, 1983.
1983 paralysis: upper motor neurone Dimitrijevic, M. R., Dimitrijevic, Meta M. , "Neurocontrol of upper motor neurone muscle paralysis. Scandinavian Journal Rehabil Med Suppl. 1983, 9:40-44
1987 discomplete Dimitrijevic, M. R., Neurophysiology in spinal cord injury, Milan R. Dimitrijevic, Paraplegia volume 25, pages 205-208
2013 spinal brain Dimitrijevic, M. R., The conducting and processing capabilities of the human lumbar cord network and “spinal brain”, Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering 58(s1-keynote):1-4, DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2013-4001
