Nina Milevoj (DVM, PhD, MRCVS)

DVetMed Resident in Small Animal Oncology

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Background

Nina Milevoj graduated from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2016. During her studies, she spent two years as an exchange student at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro in Portugal. Prior to graduation, she completed practical training in oncology and internal medicine at the Royal Veterinary College London, the Veterinary Referral and Critical Care Centre in Essex. After graduation, she started working as a small animal veterinarian in the Small Animal Clinic, Veterinary Faculty, where she worked mainly in the field of small animal oncology. Nina enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine (University of Ljubljana) and successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in 2020.

Qualifications

2020 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2016 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Research summary

MILEVOJ, Nina, LAMPREHT TRATAR, Urša, NEMEC, Ana, BROŽIČ, Andreja, ŽNIDAR, Katarina, SERŠA, Gregor, ČEMAŽAR, Maja, TOZON, Nataša. A combination of electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer of plasmid encoding canine IL-12 and cytoreductive surgery in the treatment of canine oral malignant melanoma. Research in Veterinary Science. 2019, vol. 122, p. 40-49. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034528818314693, DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.11.001.

MILEVOJ, Nina, TOZON, Nataša, LIČEN, Sabina, LAMPREHT TRATAR, Urša, SERŠA, Gregor, ČEMAŽAR, Maja. Health-related quality of life in dogs treated with electrochemotherapy and/or interleukin-12 gene electrotransfer. Veterinary medicine and science. 2020, vol. 6, p. 290-298. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/vms3.232, DOI: 10.1002/vms3.232.

MILEVOJ, Nina, NEMEC, Ana, TOZON, Nataša. Metronomic chemotherapy for palliative treatment of malignant oral tumors in dogs. Frontiers in veterinary science. 2022, vol. 9, art. 856399, str. 1-8, ilustr. ISSN 2297-1769. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.856399/full, DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.856399

NEMEC, Ana, MILEVOJ, Nina, LAMPREHT TRATAR, Urša, SERŠA, Gregor, ČEMAŽAR, Maja, TOZON, Nataša. Electroporation - based treatments in small animal veterinary oral and maxillofacial oncology. Frontiers in veterinary science. 2020, vol. 7, art. 575911, p. 1-17. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.575911/full, DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.575911.

BRLOŽNIK, Maja, KRANJC BREZAR, Simona, BOC, Nina, KNIFIC, Tanja, ČEMAŽAR, Maja, MILEVOJ, Nina, SERŠA, Gregor, TOZON, Nataša, PAVLIN, Darja. Results of dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound correlate with treatment outcome in canine neoplasia treated with electrochemotherapy and interleukin-12 plasmid electrotransfer.

Frontiers in veterinary science. 2021, vol. 8, art. 679073, p. 1-12. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.679073/full, DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.679073.

DEŽMAN, Rok, ČEMAŽAR, Maja, SERŠA, Gregor, SELIŠKAR, Alenka, ERJAVEC, Vladimira, TROTOVŠEK, Blaž, GAŠLJEVIĆ, Gorana, BOŠNJAK, Maša, LAMPREHT TRATAR, Urša, KOS, Bor, DJOKIĆ, Mihajlo, MILEVOJ, Nina, ŠTUKELJ, Marina, BOC, Nina, IZLAKAR, Jani, POPOVIĆ, Peter. Safety and feasibility of electrochemotherapy of the pancreas in a porcine model. Pancreas. 2020, vol. 49, no. 9, p. 1168-1173. https://journals.lww.com/pancreasjournal/Fulltext/2020/10000/Safety_and_Feasibility_of_Electrochemotherapy_of.6.aspx, DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000001642.

BRLOŽNIK, Maja, BOC, Nina, SERŠA, Gregor, ŽMUC, Jan, GAŠLJEVIĆ, Gorana, SELIŠKAR, Alenka, DEŽMAN, Rok, EDHEMOVIĆ, Ibrahim, MILEVOJ, Nina, PLAVEC, Tanja, ERJAVEC, Vladimira, PAVLIN, Darja, BOŠNJAK, Maša, BRECELJ, Erik, LAMPREHT TRATAR, Urša, KOS, Bor, IZLAKAR, Jani, ŠTUKELJ, Marina, MIKLAVČIČ, Damijan, ČEMAŽAR, Maja. Radiological findings of porcine liver after electrochemotherapy with bleomycin. Radiology and oncology. [Print ed.]. Dec. 2019, vol. 53, no. 4, p. 415-426. https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/raon/ahead-of-print/article-10.2478-raon-2019-0049.xml, DOI: 10.2478/raon-2019-0049.

ŽMUC, Jan, GAŠLJEVIĆ, Gorana, SERŠA, Gregor, EDHEMOVIĆ, Ibrahim, BOC, Nina, SELIŠKAR, Alenka, PLAVEC, Tanja, BRLOŽNIK, Maja, MILEVOJ, Nina, BRECELJ, Erik, KOS, Bor, IZLAKAR, Jani, JARM, Tomaž, SNOJ, Marko, ŠTUKELJ, Marina, MIKLAVČIČ, Damijan, ČEMAŽAR, Maja. Large liver blood vessels and bile ducts are not damaged by electrochemotherapy with bleomycin in pigs. Scientific reports. 2019, vol. 9, no. 1, p.1-11. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40395-y, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40395-y.