Dr Jelena Aleksić (formerly Vasić) graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Belgrade in 2000 with an average grade of 9.03. After completing her medical internship, she began working as a general practitioner in 2001 at the Institute for Health Protection of Workers “Railway Transport of Serbia” in Belgrade. Since 2004, she has been working in the DXA Centre, in the Department of Physical and Sports Medicine at the same institution.
She completed her specialisation in physical medicine and rehabilitation in 2007, passing her specialisation exam with distinction. In 2014, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia awarded her the title of primarius. She completed her subspecialisation in rheumatology at the Institute of Rheumatology in Belgrade, where she passed her subspecialisation exam with the highest grade in 2016. She defended her doctoral dissertation in 2019 at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade, focusing on metabolic bone diseases.
Organised by the Faculty of Medicine and the “Dr Miroslav Zotović” Rehabilitation Clinic, she completed the acupuncture school in 2007, and today she is also one of the lecturers at the “Quanttes” Association Acupuncture School in Belgrade. She completed her training in the Kinesio Taping method in 2009 in Belgrade, and following additional training in Venice in 2014 and the courses she held, she earned the title of Certified Kinesio Taping® Instructor from the international association KTAI. To date, she has delivered a large number of courses (KT1–KT3) in Serbia.
He is the author and co-author of numerous papers published in domestic and international professional journals, as well as abstracts presented at domestic and foreign congresses, and a co-author of a professional monograph.
In clinical practice, she deals with the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative rheumatic diseases (joint and extra-articular), inflammatory rheumatic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathies, as well as metabolic bone and joint diseases. She has particular experience in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, which she has been continuously engaged in for the past 17 years. In her daily work, she applies acupuncture and Kinesio Taping® methodology, integrating modern and complementary approaches in patient therapy.
