Prof. Bajraktari is currently a Full Professor of Internal Medicine–Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prishtina, President of Kosovo society of Cardiology, Head of the Working Group of Heart Failure (Kosovo Society of Cardiology), and post-doc researcher at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine (Umea University, Sweden). Professor Bajraktari was the Dean of Medical Faculty, University of Prishtina, from 2009 to 2011. He was the Director of Internal Medicine Clinic (in two mandates) and Director of the Clinic of Cardiology at the University Clinical Centre of Kosova. He was the Head of Internal Medicine Department, at the Medical Faculty of the University of Prishtina (2012-2017). He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC). He is currently a Member of the Editorial of Board of Journal of Clinical Medicine and reviewer of several international peer-reviewed journals. He was the National Coordinator and Steering Committee Member of six registries at the EURObservational Research Programme from the European Society of Cardiology. Prof. Bajraktari has published over 100 indexed articles and has presented over 300 lectures/chairmanships at national and mostly international meetings. Professor Bajraktari was awarded with the Price “Scientist of the Year 2014” by the Ministry of Education, the Republic of Kosovo.
University of Prishtina
Pristina, Kosovo
Medical Faculty
Umeå University
Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
01 Oct 2012 - present