Hajrudin Hadžiselimović

Medical doctor, professor, founder of the Institute of Anatomy in Sarajevo and one of the most eminent European anatomists of his time. Born in Banja Luka, he completed his medical degree at the University of Belgrade. He became an academic early in his career and the head of the Institute and the Department of Anatomy of the Medical Faculty in Sarajevo from 1949. It was considered one of the best in Yugoslavia. He published over 100 research works and was dean of the medical faculty from 1964-65 & 1966-67. He was an honorary member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Association of Anatomists of the USSR, the Austrian Medical Association, and the Association of American Medical Authors.