Asim Kurjak

Dr. Asim Kurjak (born 1942 in Kotor Varoš, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). He is well known scientist who published 390 peer review articles; 102 books (written or edited); invited lectures at major international meetings - more than 500; MSc thesis supervisor - 52; PhD thesis supervisor - 31. His papers have been cited more than 4500 times in Science Citation Index [1].

AWARDS, HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: The Fetus as a Patient Society's Prize "William Liley" (1998); "Maternity Prize" given by European Association of Perinatal Medicine (2000), "The Order of the Croatian Starr with the Effigy of Rudjer Boskovic" (2001); "Pavao Culumovic" Prize of Croatian Medical Association (2003), Golden Amnioscope given by International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (2008). He is a regular fellow of World Academy of Art and Science, European Academy of Sciences and Art, International Academy for Human Reproduction, Italian Academy of Science and Art of Reggio Puglia, Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia; honorary member of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology; foreign member of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Vice-president of International Academy of Perinatal Medicine and director of Ian Donald Inter-University School of Medical Ultrasound.

Doctor Honoris causa - Universities of Banja Luka, Budapest, Barcelona and Bucharest. He is honorary member of 18 international societies for ultrasound or perinatal medicine. Member of Editorial board or editor in chief of several international journals.

Controversial: Kurjak got into the focus of Croatian and Bosnian public regarding controversies surrounding the death of a patient in 2002, and for allegations of plagiarism of 1 book chapter in 2005 and 1 article published in 1974 in Acta Medica Iugoslavica. The plagiarism was identified by Iain Chalmers in the beginning of the 1990s. He contacted the editors of the journal as well as the University of Zagreb, which only has little effect. In 2006 Chalmers published an article in BMJ detailing the case.

Dr. Kurjak is about to retire in autumn 2007. Croatian newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija is speculating that his retirement is to serve the purpose of avoiding consequences for the plagiarism.

Dr. Kurjak, his wife Biserka Funduk-Kurjak, assistant Sanja Kupešić and Ernest Suchanek have been in 2007. officially charged for corruption and abusing eggs harvested from women on fertility treatment to impregnate other patients.

Prof. Kurjak won all processes against him and his work in Croatian courts [2].

References

• [1] World Association of Perinatal Medicine
• [2] Index.hr
• Asim Kurjak proglašen za najboljeg opstetričara na svijetu, Pogled
• Nastavljeno suđenje Asimu Kurjaku, eZadar
• tekst o umirovljenju Dr. Kurjaka, Slobodna Dalmacija
• Ministarstvo znanosti prekinulo potporu Kurjakovu projektu, Croatian Ministry of Science
• Mišljenje odbora za etiku u znanosti i visokom obrazovanju o plagijatima Asima Kurjaka, Ethical Committee of AZVO
• Tužiteljstvo obustavilo već gotovu optužnicu protiv Asima Kurjaka Template:Hr icon