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The Serbian Association of Pain Research and Treatment [SAPRT]

Multidisciplinary, nonprofit organization which within Serbia comprises physicians of different clinical and preclinical medical disciplines, psychologists, physiotherapists, social workers, nurses and others, interested in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in pain and in pain research for the benefit of patients.

Aims

To improve the management of patients with acute and chronic pain
To promote the provision of appropriate healthcare services for pain management
To bring together basic medical scientists, health professionals of various disciplines and others who have interest in pain management and research
To foster and support pain research
To promote education and training in the field of pain
To promote and to facilitate the dissemination of new information in the field of pain
To promote and sponsor national, regional and local scientific, educational and other meetings
To encourage the adoption of a uniform classification, nomenclature and definition relating to pain and pain syndromes
To inform the general public of the results of current research in the field of pain
To promote the formulation and use of national evidence-based guidelines relating to pain syndromes and management
To encourage the adoption of standards relating to the use of devices, drugs and other procedures in the therapy of pain
To promote communication and co-operation among other societies, organisations, institutions, government health authorities, the health care professionals and the public generally
To promote communication and co-operation between European and international societies and organisations with similiar objectives
To promote an understanding and provide suggestions to national health care system, other bodies and organizations and follow up its realization
To engage in such other activities in furtherance of the aforementioned purposes

Constitution

President:	Prof. Miroslava Pjević,MD,PhD (Anesth)
Vice-President:	Ruzica Lilic, MD (Pharmacology Clin )
Board Members:	Eržebet Huber-Patarica, MD, MSc (Anesth) Snezana Bosnjak, MD, PhD (Pharmacology Clin) Prof. Dr Dragan Pavlovic, MD, PhD (Anesth) Vesna Nisevic, MD,PhD (Anesth) Lepa Jovanovic, MD, MSc (Pharmacology Clin) Svetlana Simic, MD, PhD (Neurology) Nedeljka Boskov, MD (Oncology)
Supervising Committee:	Ass.Prof. Ksenija Boskovic, MD, PhD (Physical Med & Rehab & Rheumatol) Djerdji Sarić, MD (Oncology) Suncica Dagovic, MD (Oncology)