Venko Filipče
Venko Filipče | |
|---|---|
| Венко Филипче | |
.jpg) Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 25 December 2017 – 17 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Arben Taravari |
| Succeeded by | Bekim Sali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1977 SFR Yugoslavia |
| Alma mater | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |
Venko Filipče (
Early life and education
Venko Filipče was born on 13 June 1977 in
In addition to his PhD, Filipče also studied for a year at
Career
Filipče has published several scientific studies as the leading author in a variety of neurosurgical journals. He serves as the Secretary of the Macedonian Neurosurgical Association and the Association of Neurosurgeons of Southeastern Europe.[3]
Before starting his mandate as the health minister of North Macedonia in December 2017, Filipče was a health counselor to prime minister Zoran Zaev and worked as a professor at the Medical Faculty in Skopje. He is a pioneer in the field of neurovascular techniques used in the treatment of vascular anomalies in the brain.[1]
Filipče served as the Health Minister during the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia, which gave him a lot of exposure during his frequent public appearances and press conferences.[4]
On 10 September 2021, following a fire incident at a modular COVID unit in Tetovo in which 14 patients lost their lives, Filipče announced a written resignation to the PM due to "moral reasons".[5][6]
Personal life
Filipče is married and has one son.[3]
List of published articles
- Filipce, V; Pillai, P; Makiese, O; Zarzour, H; Pigott, M; Ammirati, M (2009). "Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the working area obtained by endoscope and microscope in various approaches to the anterior communicating artery complex using computed tomography-based frameless stereotaxy: a cadaver study". S2CID 7806633.
- Filipce, V; Ammirati, M (2015). "Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the working area obtained by endoscope and microscope in pterional and orbitozigomatic approach to the basilar artery bifurcation using computed tomography based frameless stereotaxy: A cadaver study". doi:10.4103/1793-5482.14506 (inactive 31 January 2024).)
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- Baltsavias, G; Khan, N; Filipce, V; Valavanis, A (2014). "Selective and superselective angiography of pediatric moyamoya disease angioarchitecture in the posterior circulation". Interventional Neuroradiology. 20 (4): 403–412. PMID 25207901.
- Filipce, V; Caparoski, A (2015). "The Effects of Vasospasm and ReBleeding on the Outcome of Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysm" (36). Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts: Medical department.
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References
- ^ a b c Popovski, Martin (16 August 2018). Сите луѓе на Венко Филипче во македонското здравство [All of Venko Filipče's people in the Macedonian health ministry] (in Macedonian). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Доц. Д-р Венко Филипче" [Dr. Venko Filipče] (in Macedonian). Zdravstvo.gov.mk. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Биографија на новиот министер за здравство – кој е Венко Филипче" [Biography of the New Minister of Health - who is Venko Filipče]. Vesti 24 (in Macedonian). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Jakov Marusic, Sinisa (10 September 2021). "North Macedonia's Health Minister Urged to Resign Over Hospital Inferno". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Talha Ozturk, Mustafa (10 September 2021). "North Macedonian health minister resigns over deadly COVID hospital fire". Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Министерот за здравство Венко Филипче си поднесе оставка од функцијата по трагедијата во Тетовo [Health Minister Venko Filipce announced his resignation after the tragedy in Tetovo] (in Macedonian). Kanal 5 Televizija. YouTube. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
External links
- "Венко Филипче (Venko Filipče)". Government of the Republic of North Macedonia. Archived from the originalon 14 March 2020.