Ass. Prof. Milenko Kostov, MD, PhD

1. Education

2017

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2. Working experience

2023 – present

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3. Foreign languages

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4. Membership

• Member of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
• Member of the Southeast Neurosurgical Society
• Member of the Serbian Neurosurgical Society
• Member of the Serbian Spinal Association
• Member of the Macedonian Society of Neurosurgeons
• Founder and Secretary of the Macedonian Spinal Association
• Member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies

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5. Publications

 2015

• Aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery -Kostov, Milenko ; Lazarova, Dobrila ; Chaparoski, Aleksandar ; Ace, Dodevski ; Jota, Gjorgi; Micunovic, Mile – Acta morphologica

2016

• The Association between Malnutrition and Pressure Ulcers in Elderly in Long-Term Care Facility, Neloska, Lenche; Damevska, Katerina ; Nikolchev, Andjelka; Pavleska, Lidija; Petreska-Zovic, Biljana; Kostov, Milenko – Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

• Anatomy of the superior cerebellar artery – Ace Dodevski, Dobrila Lazarova, Marij...

5. Publications

 2015

• Aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery -Kostov, Milenko ; Lazarova, Dobrila ; Chaparoski, Aleksandar ; Ace, Dodevski ; Jota, Gjorgi; Micunovic, Mile – Acta morphologica

2016

• The Association between Malnutrition and Pressure Ulcers in Elderly in Long-Term Care Facility, Neloska, Lenche; Damevska, Katerina ; Nikolchev, Andjelka; Pavleska, Lidija; Petreska-Zovic, Biljana; Kostov, Milenko – Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

• Anatomy of the superior cerebellar artery – Ace Dodevski, Dobrila Lazarova, Marija Papazova, Menka Lazareska, Milenko Kostov, Vjolca Aliji – Italian Journal Of Anatomy And Embryology, Vol. 121, n. 1 (Supplement): 102, 2016

 

• Dandy Walker and Extreme Macrocephaly Caused by Enormous Occipital Encephalocele, Mirchevski Vladimir, Zogovska Elizabeta, Chaparoski Aleksandar, Kostov Milenko, Micunovic Micun Bushinoska Jasna, .1515/mmr-2016-0030, Macedonian Medical Review

• Aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery Kostov, Milenko ; Lazarova, Dobrila ; Chaparoski, Aleksandar ; Mircevski, Vladimir ; Ace, Dodevski, Acta Morphologica

2017

• Circonscript subcutaneous arteriovenous malformation of the head Mirchevski, Vladimir ; Zogovska, Elizabeta ; Chaparoski, Aleksandar ; Filipce, Venko ; Kostov, Milenko ; Mirchevski, Mirko Mishel – Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts / De Gruyter

• Dermatological diseases in palliative care patients: a prospective study of 271 patients Neloska, Lenche; Damevska, Katerina ; Kuzmanova, Andjelka; Pavleska, Lidija; Kostov, Milenko ; Petreska Zovic, Biljana – JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft Neloska L, Damevska K, Nikolchev A, Pavleska L, Petreska-Zovic B, Kostov M.

• The Association between Malnutrition and Pressure Ulcers in Elderly in Long-Term Care Facility. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2016 Sep 15;4(3):423-427. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2016.094. Epub 2016 Aug 22. PMID: 27703567; PMCID: PMC5042627.

2018

• Endovascular Treatment of Wide Neck Aneurysms            Lazareska, Menka ; Aliji, Vjolca; Stojovska-Jovanovska, Elizabeta ; Businovska, Jasna; Mircevski, Vladimir; Kostov, Milenko ; Papazova, Marija – Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

• Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysm on anterior circulation Lazareska, Menka ; Aliji, Vjolca; Jakimovska Dimitrovska, Maja ; Businovska, Jasna; Janevski, Petar ; Daskalov, Dejan; Kostov, Milenko ; Papazova, Marija, Acta Morphologica

2019

• Correlation Between Risk Factors For Onset Of Disc Herniation And Localization Of The Pathologic Change – Janevski, Petar ; Lazareska, Menka ; Anastasovski, Mirko; Janevski, Georgi; Kostov, Milenko ; Talevski, D – ACTA MORPHOLOGICA

• Challenges In Endovascular Treatment Of Wide Neck Aneurysms Lazareska, Menka ; Janevski, Petar ; Kostov, Milenko ; Caparovski, Aleksandar; Mirchevski, Vladimir ; Bushinovska, Jasna; Rendevski, Vladimir ; Dodevski, Ace ; Shuntov, Blagoja; Asani, Elmedina,  – 5th Annual Meeting of Serbian Neurosurgical Society 2019 with International Participation

2020

• Spinal Epidural Hematoma after Lumbar Catheter Insertion in a Patient Who Underwent TEVAR for an Aneurysm of the Descending Aorta. Milenko K, Menka L, Jasna B, Ace D, Elmedina A (2020) J Spine Neurosurg 9:1.

• Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of computed tomography – guided periradicular therapy in patients with extraforaminal disc herniations. Veljanovski, Dimitar; Prgova, Biljana ; Kostova, Masha; Kostov, Milenko ; Dodevski, Ace – Journal of Morphological Sciences

2021

• Continuous intravenous nimodipine application for prevention of vasospasm before endovascular treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurisms – Jasna M. Bushinoska, Aleksandar Chaparoski, Menka Lazareska, Gabriela Bushinoska-Ivanova, Ljubomir Ognjenovic, Milenko Kostov, Elmedina Asani, Dina Zafirova, Marija Vesova, Journal of Morphological Sciences, [S.l.], v. 5, n. 2, p. 142-149, aug. 2022. ISSN 2545-4706.

• Peripheral neuropathy in SARS-Cov-2 – a case report, Asani E, Bushinovska J. Lazarevska M. Kostov M., Congress of the Macedonian Neurological Society

2022

• Intradural extramedullary ependymoma of conus medullaris: case report and literature review – Milenko Kostov, Robert Shumkovski, Ivica Kocevski, Elmedina Asani, Menka Lazareska, Jasna Bushinosvka –  The 16th Asian- Australian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Jerusalem, Israel

• Subarachnoid Hematoma of the Craniocervical Junction аfter Traumatic Cerebral Contusion, treated with a spinal tap: Case Report and literature review – Milenko Kostov, Aleksandar Caparoski, Elmedina Asani – The 16th Asian- Australian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Jerusalem, Israel

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6. Awards and acknowledgments

• 2009 – One-year residency as part of the specialist internship at the Clinic of Neurosurgery at the Clinical Centre of Serbia;
• 2010 – Educational residency at the Neurochirurgische Klinik des Uniklinikums Erlangen, Germany;
• 2011 – Participant at the Basic Neurosurgery Course in Istanbul, Turkiye;
• 2012 – Participant at the Basic Neurosurgery Course in Istanbul, Turkiye;
• 2013 – Participant at the Spinal Surgery Seminars organized by the Weill Cornell University in Salzburg, Austria;
• 2016 – Professional-educational residency at the Helsinki University Hospital Neurosurgery Clinic – Toolo Hospital;
• 2018 – Innovations and Trends in Spinal Surgery – Implementations in the Everyday Practice – Summer school organized by Medtronic, Helsinki, Finland;
• 2018 – Thoraco-Lumbar Fixation Course organized by Johnson & Johnson Institute, Ankaran, Slovenia;
• 2019 – Participant of the Third Transplant Coordinators Course, organized by the International Transplant Network, supported by the European Society for Organ Transplantation and Transplant Surgery and UEMS in Istanbul, Turkiye;
• 2019 – Lecturer at the Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support at the Medical Simulation Centre;
• 2022 – Lecturer at the Symposium on topic: “Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain, organized by the Macedonian Spinal Association.

Certificate for eminent role as a hospital coordinator during the first heart transplantation in Macedonia, awarded by the Government of Macedonia and the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Macedonia.