EDUCATION
 

Year 1978 1983

Qualification School Matriculation M.D.

Institution Russian High School, administered by the Soviet Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria School of Medicine, University of Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia

 

POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS

1988 Masters Degree in Medical Sciences (MMSc; University of Skopje, Macedonia)

1990 Specialist Qualification in Internal Medicine (University of Skopje, Macedonia)

1996 Doctorate Degree in Medical Sciences (PhD; University of Skopje, Macedonia)
 
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

Year 1983 - 84 1985 - 86     1986 - 87       1987 - 89   1989 - 90   1990 - 91       1992 - 93   1994 - 96         1997 -

Position Intern Resident, Trainee in Medicine Military Medical Trainee and Resident Registrar and Lecturer in Medicine Registrar and Research Fellow Staff Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Medicine Research Fellow   Research Officer (NH&MRC) and PhD student at the Flinders Univ. of S.A. Medical Registrar

Institution Medical Centre - Skopje & University Clinical Centre, Skopje, Macedonia Clinic for Pulmonology and Allergy, University Clinical Centre, Skopje, Macedonia & Institute for Lung Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia   Military Medical Academy (VMA) and Military Academy Medical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia     University Clinical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Skopje, Macedonia   Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia   Clinic for Pulmonology and Allergy, University Clinical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Skopje, Macedonia     Department of Respiratory Medicine & Sleep Disorders Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia Department of Respiratory Medicine & Sleep Disorders Unit, Repatriation General Hospital Daw Park, South Australia       Department of Medicine, Flinders University Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Thoracic Society
• European Respiratory Society
• Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
• Australasian Sleep Research Society
• New York Academy of Sciences
• American College of Chest Physicians

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
 

1982 - 83 1983 - 84 1987 - 88 1990 - 91 1991 1992 - 94 1993 - 98 1994 -

Student-Dean Associate, Faculty of Medicine, University of Skopje, Macedonia Chairman, Educational subcommittee, Union of the Medical Schools of Yugoslavia Secretary of the Thoracic Society, Union of the Macedonian Physicians' Societies Member, Management board, Clinical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Univ.of Skopje General Secretary, 10th Respiratory Medicine Symposium, Ohrid, Macedonia Member, Doctors Subcommittee, Overseas Professionals Association of S.A. Member, Steering Committee, Society of Macedonian Professionals of S.A. International Editor, Macedonian Information and Liaison Service (MILS)

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
 

1989 - 1990 1992 - 1993 1994 1994 - 1996

Australian - European Awards Program Fellowship (DEET) CH&MRC Research Grant Fellowship (DVA) TSANZ (SA Branch) Young Investigator Award NH&MRC Research Grant Fellowship

 

RESEARCH GRANTS
 

Year	Grant	Amount
1990	ASTRA Pharmaceutical Company Grant: The Short and Longterm Effects of Felodipine in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	$25,000
1990	RAH Research Review Committee Project Grant: Pulmonary Hypertension in Sleep Apnoea Syndrome assessed by Doppler Echocardiography	$18,000
1994	FMC Grant: Effects of Hypoxia on Respiration in Wakefulness and Sleep	$ 5,500
1994 - 95	DVA CH&MRC Grant: Dose-Response and Long term Effectiveness of a Vasodilator, Felodipine, in the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	$43,400
1994 - 96	NH&MRC Grant: Pulmonary Hypertension and Vascular Remodelling in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome	$144,000

 

RESEARCH INTEREST
 

Respiratory & Cardiovascular Physiology:

·Pulmonary Hemodynamics ·Sleep and Sleep Disordered breathing ·Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

 

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

After graduation in October 1983 I commenced a rotating internship at the Skopje Medical Centre and University Hospital in Skopje. In May 1984 I was employed by the Department of Respiratory Medicine (Clinic for Pulmonology and Allergy) at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje. In February 1985, after passing the State Professional Clinical Examination, I obtained Registration as a Medical Practitioner and continued with my training in Internal Medicine. In 1985 I visited the University Institute for Lung Diseases in Golnik, Slovenia, the largest and most prestigious centre for respiratory diseases in former Yugoslavia, where I attended a course in bronchoscopy. In October 1985 I started with my Specialist training program in Internal Medicine and during my training years 1985 - 89 I have practiced in most of the major clinical disciplines (eg. Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Haematology, Renal Diseases, Endocrinology, Neurology). At the Respiratory Medicine Department I worked in the Intensive Respiratory Care Unit and later at the Endoscopy Unit, where I received extensive training and experience in invasive diagnostics of the airways, lung parenchyma, pleura, and pulmonary circulation. From June 1986 until May 1987 I spent 11 months at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (National Compulsory Army Service for Medical Practitioners). After the initial 3 months training period I was appointed as a Medical Practitioner to the Military Academy Medical Centre in Belgrade. This involved working on a roster basis and being responsible for both inpatients' and outpatients' care. In May 1987 I returned to my base institution in Skopje and continued with my rotation-based training in Internal Medicine. From March 1989 until September 1990 I worked 18 months in the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. As an affiliate registrar I was upgrading my knowledge and skills in laser bronchoscopy, pulmonary exercise testing, sleep medicine and noninvasive cardiac imaging and Doppler. In September 1990 I returned to my base institution, the University Hospital in Skopje. In November 1990 I passed the final Specialist Examination in Internal Medicine, and until November 1991 I worked as a Thoracic Specialist at the Clinic for Pulmonology and Allergy in Skopje. As a Registrar and later Thoracic Staff Specialist in that institution, I was responsible for both inpatient and outpatient care of patients with lung diseases, as well as for performing the following procedures: rigid and fiberoptic bronchoscopy with appropriate biopsy methods, percutaneous aspiration fine needle cytology and true-cut lung biopsy under radioscopic control, pleural paracentesis and blind pleural biopsy with "true-cut" and "Ramel" needles, thoracocentesis and the insertion of intercostal catheters and right heart catheterisation. I can also obtain and interpret arterial blood gas results as well as tests of ventilatory function.

Since January 1992 I have been working with Drs Peter Frith and R. Douglas McEvoy at the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Disorders Unit, Repatriation General Hospital - Daw Park. There I have participated in establishing a modern, computer based, 4 bed Sleep Laboratory, which became operational in April 1992. I have been trained in the conduct of polysomnography, interpretation and reporting of results of the sleep studies. Following the foreign trained specialist assessment procedure by the RACP and the AMC, I was required to sit and pass FRACP written and clinical examinations and subsequently complete one year core supervised training in respiratory medicine. I obtained a limited medical Registration with the South Australian Medical Board in February 1994. After spending 5 years of my career in mainly research activities, from February 1997 I decided to undergo further medical training at the Flinders University Medical Centre.
 
 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

My initial research experience was obtained as a medical student working in the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital in Skopje, with Dr. Milimir Arsov from 1980 until 1984, when I performed several clinical studies under his expertise and guidance. As a basic and advanced trainee physician I became involved in further clinical studies. In October 1984 I began my studies for Masters Degree in Medical Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje. In 1986 I completed my examinations and in March 1988 I successfully defended my Masters thesis entitled "Pulmonary and Intracardiac Hemodynamic Changes in Patients with Nonspecific Chronic Lung Diseases and Chronic Cor Pulmonale". From March 1989 until September 1990 I worked at the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital. I studied the new non-invasive Doppler echocardiographic techniques for measurement of pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac output, the effects of vasoselective calcium antagonist (Felodipine) on pulmonary hemodynamics of COPD patients and hemodynamic disturbances in patients with sleep apnoea. In February 1991 I commenced my Doctorate studies at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Skopje and in April 1995 I submitted my Doctorate thesis entitled "Assessment of pulmonary haemodynamics in patients with COPD", and successfuly publicly defended it on 18 September 1996. Since January 1992 I have been working as a research fellow with Dr R.Douglas McEvoy at the Daw Park Hospital, on various research projects. In January 1994 I enrolled as a part-time PhD student at the Flindrs University of South Australia and I am currently completing my Thesis.

I have participated in numerous regional and international medical scientific conferences.
 
 

TEACHING

I first became involved in teaching in 1985 as an instructor in medicine at the University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine in Skopje. In 1986 I was appointed to the position of Junior Lecturer and in 1991 as a Senior Lecturer in Internal Medicine. This hospital is the largest teaching hospital in Macedonia with over 3,000 beds and a daily turnover of over 3,000 outpatients. There I participated in teaching programs for medical students, nurses, general practitioners and physicians in training. During 1991 I was also appointed as a Lecturer in Internal Medicine at the School of Nursing in Skopje. I have also guided and assisted Advanced Trainees in the study of Thoracic Medicine, including training in invasive diagnostic procedures such as bronchoscopy, lung and pleural biopsy.
 
 

COMPUTING EXPERIENCE

Since 1982 I have been involved with the use of microcomputers at a personal and professional level. I have been responsible for the setting up of clinical databases in both the Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospital in Skopje and the Sleep Disorders Unit in the Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park. I am experienced in both Apple and IBM database programming in the windows environment. I have also programming skills in the BASIC computer language, as well as an advanced operative knowledge in most of the commercial statistical, spreadsheet, word processing, communications (internet), graphics and presentation software packages. I am also skilled and experienced in Internet communications and development of World Wide Web pages.
 
 

LANGUAGES

Fluent in spoken and written Macedonian (native language), English, Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian.
 
 

BIOGRAFICAL REFERENCES

1. Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 13^th – 15^th Editions, 1996 – 1998.
2. Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1^st and 2^nd Editions, 1997 and 1998.
3. Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 3^rd and 4^th Editions, 1997 and 1998.
4. International Who’s Who of Professionals, 1999 Edition.
5. Dictionary of International Biografy, 25^th Edition, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK.

PUBLICATIONS
 
 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Stefanovski T, Sajkov D, Stavric G, Dimitrijevic Z, Zografski G. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in diagnostics of lung carcinoma. Mak Med Pregled 1985; 3-4:110-111.
2. Sajkov D, Cowie RJ, Bradley JA, Mahar L, McEvoy RD. Validation of new pulsed Doppler echocardiographic techniques for assessment of pulmonary hemodynamics. Chest 1993; 103(5):1348-1353.
3. Sajkov D, McEvoy RD, Cowie RJ, Bradley JA, Antic R, Morris R, Frith PA. Felodipine improves pulmonary hemodynamics in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest 1993; 103(5):1354-1361.
4. Sajkov D, Cowie RJ, Thornton AT, Espinoza HA, McEvoy RD. Pulmonary hypertension and hypoxemia in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 149:416-422.
5. Finnimore AJ, Roebuck M, Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. The effects of the GABA agonist baclofen on sleep and breathing. Eur Resp J 1995; 8:230-234.
6. McEvoy RD, Mykytyn I, Sajkov D, Flavell H, Marshall R, Antic R, Thornton AT. Sleep Apnea in patients with quadriplegia. Thorax 1995; 50:613-619.
7. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, McEvoy RD. Does the route of local anaesthesia and insertion influence oxygenation in patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy? Journal of Bronchology 1996; 3:182-187.
8. Neill AM, Angus SM, Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. Effects of sleep posture on airway stability in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155(1):199-204.
9. Sajkov D, Wang T, Bune A, Frith P, McEvoy RD. A comparison of two long acting vasoselective calcium antagonists in pulmonary hypertension secondary to COPD. Chest 1997; 111(6):1622-1630.
10. Sajkov D, Neill A, Saunders NA, McEvoy RD. Comparison of the effects of sustained isocapnic hypoxia on ventilation in men and women. J Appl Physiol 1997; 83(2):599-607.
11. Sajkov D, Marshall R, Walker P, Mykytyn I, McEvoy RD, Wale J, Flavell H, Thornton AT, Antic R. Sleep apnoea related hypoxia is associated with cognitive disturbances in patients with tetraplegia. Spinal Cord 1998; 36:231-239.
12. Mykytin IJ, Sajkov D, Neill AM, McEvoy RD. Portable computerised polysomnography in attended and unattended settings. Chest 1999; 115:114-122.
13. Sajkov D, Wang T, Bune A, Saunders NA, Neill AM, McEvoy RD. Daytime pulmonary hemodynamics in obstructive sleep apnea patients without lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159:1518-1526.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. Dimitrovski M, Gjorcev A, Angelovska G, Breskovska G, Gligorovski L, Stefanovski T, Gavrilovski M, Sajkov D, Dimitrijevic Z. Use of corticosteroid therapy in bronchial asthma. VI Macedonian Chest Conference; Proceedings book, Ohrid, Sept. 1983, 150-154.
2. Kotevski L, Sajkov D, Sajkov Z, Arsov M, Dimitrovski M, Gligorovski L. Hemodynamic aspects of chronic cor pulmonale. Interacademic symposium "Advances in cardiology", Proceedings book, Ohrid, May 1984, 110-113.
3. Sajkov D, Arsov M, Kotevski L, Sajkov Z, Dimitrovski M, Stefanovski T. Tricuspid valve insufficiency in chronic cor pulmonale. Interacademic symposium "Advances in cardiology", Proceedings book, Ohrid, May 1984, 120-123.
4. Sajkov D, Dimitrovski M, Kotevski L, Stefanovski T, Gjorcev A, Dimitrijevic Z. Treatment of chronic respiratory failure in patients with chronic cor pulmonale. Interacademic symposium "Advances in cardiology", Proceedings book, Ohrid, May 1984, 380-385.
5. Gerovski B, Sivevski G, Caparoska T, Gavrilovski M, Dimitrovski M, Breskovska G, Sajkov D. Hyposensitisation and plasmatic levels of imunoglobulines. VII Yugoslavian Congress of Allergy and Clinical Immunology with International participation, Proceedings book, Igalo, Oct 1984, 2:35-40.
6. Stefanovski T, Kotevski L, Tadzer I, Dimitrovski M, Dimitrijevic Z, Sajkov D. Assessment of mucociliary transport mechanism in patients with chronic bronchitis. VII Yugoslavian Congress of Allergy and Clinical Immunology with International participation, Proceedings book, Igalo, Oct 1984, 2:41-48.
7. Sajkov D, Dimitrovski M, Kotevski L, Nikodijevic O, Gjorcev A, Stefanovski T, Antevska V, Dimitrijevic Z. Therapeutic effects on cAMP, cortisol and ACTH plasma levels in patients with allergic bronchial asthma. VII Yugoslavian Congress of Allergy and Clinical Immunology with International participation, Proceedings book, Igalo, Oct 1984, 1: 181-188.
8. Sajkov D, Arsov M, Sajkov Z, Stefanovski T, Dimitrovski M. Magnitude of pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with lung emphysema and chronic respiratory failure. In: Proceedings from the Symposium "Clinical aspects of lung emphysema", Belgrade, May 1985; 152-154.
9. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Gjorcev A, Arsov M, Dimitrovski M, Kotevski L. Correlation between blood gas analyses and hemodynamic findings in patients with lung emphysema and chronic respiratory failure. In: Proceedings from the Symposium "Clinical aspects of lung emphysema", Belgrade, May 1985; 155-159.
10. Gjorcev A, Dimitrovski M, Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Caparoska D. Nuclear scan changes in lung emphysema. In: Proceedings from the Symposium "Clinical aspects of lung emphysema", Belgrade, May 1985; 207-210.
11. Sajkov D. and Arsov M. Pulmonary vascular resistance in chronic cor pulmonale - hemodynamic study. In: Proceedings from the IX Congress of Yugoslavian cardiologists with International participation; Skopje, June 1985; 2:735-738.
12. Sajkov D, Arsov M, Sajkov Z, Stefanovski T, Dimitrovski M, Petrovski B, Naumovski J, Zanteva M, Kotevski V. Hemodynamic assessment of right ventricular function in chronic cor pulmonale. In: Proceedings from the IX Congress of Yugoslavian cardiologists with International participation; Skopje, June 1985; 2:745-750.
13. Kotevski L, Sajkov D, Dimitrovski M. Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive lung disease. VII Macedonian Chest Conference; Proceedings book, Ohrid, Sept. 1985, 14-15.
14. Kotevski L, Sajkov D, Dimitrovski M. Pulmonary and intracardiac hemodynamic changes in chronic cor pulmonale. VII Macedonian Chest Conference; Proceedings book, Ohrid, Sept. 1985, 11-13.
15. Stefanovski T, Sajkov D, Tadzer I, Kotevski L, Dimitrijevic Z. Mucociliary transport assessment in patients with chronic bronchitis. In: Proceedings from the Symposium "Bronchial obstruction and its treatment", Belgrade, May 1987; 212-214.
16. Sajkov D. Hemodynamic changes in patients with nonspecific chronic lung diseases and chronic cor pulmonale. Masters thesis, University of Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje 1987.
17. Schiller NB, Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. Validation of new pulsed Doppler echocardiographic techniques (letter). Chest 1994; 105:1902-1903.
18. Sajkov D. Assessment of the pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PhD thesis, University of Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje 1995.
19. Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. Pulmonary hemodynamics and hypoxemia in sleep apnea (letter). Chest 1997; 111(1):256-257.
20. Sajkov D., McEvoy RD. Mortality in tetraplegic patients with sleep apnoea (letter). Spinal Cord 1998; 36: 771.

1. Cowie RJ, Bradley JA, Mahar LJ, Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary artery pressure - reproducibility of measurements using a new pulsed Doppler technique. Aust N Z J Med 1991, 21(4, suppl 2):510.
2. Stefanovski T, Sajkov D, Ilievska-Popovska B, Spirovski M. Neuron specific enolase: a diagnostic marker for small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 1991; 7(Suppl):60.
3. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Ilievska-Popovska B, Spirovski M. The level of the carcinoembryonic antigen, tissue proliferative antigen and carbonhydratic antigen 18,8 in the sera of patients with various hystological types of lung cancer. Lung Cancer 1991; 7(Suppl):60.
4. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Gligorovski L, McEvoy RD. Blood gas response in two different bronchofiberoscopic techniques. Chest 1993; 103(3 Suppl):265S.
5. Sajkov D, McEvoy RD, Cowie RJ, Espinoza H, Thornton AT. Daytime pulmonary hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Chest 1993; 103(3 Suppl):320S.
6. Sajkov D, McEvoy RD, Mykytyn I, Antic R, Flavell H, Marshall R, Thornton AT. Sleep apnea in patients with quadriplegia. Aust NZ J Med 1994; 24:478.
7. Sajkov D, Neill A, Saunders NA, McEvoy RD. There is no gender difference in ventilatory depression following sustained isocapnic hypoxia awake. Eur Resp J 1995; 8(Suppl 19):162s.
8. Sajkov D, Wang T, Bune AJ, Frith PA, McEvoy RD. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension in COPD with long acting vasoselective calcium antagonists: amlodipine versus felodipine ER. Eur Resp J 1995; 8(Suppl 19):249s.
9. Sajkov D, Wang T, Bune AJ, Frith PA, McEvoy RD. A comparison of long acting vasoselective calcium antagonists in pulmonary hypertension secondary to COPD. Eur Resp J 1995; 9(Suppl 23):196s.

1. Sajkov D, Radulovic V. Clinical and hemodynamic assessment of aortic valvular stenosis. XXIV Yugoslavian Congress of Medical students, Abstracts collection, Donji Milanovac, March 1982; p.25.
2. Radulovic V, Sajkov D, Kunoska R. Direct influence of the thermal enviroment on functional capacity of cardiovascular system in patients with myocardial infarction. XXIV Yugoslavian Congress of Medical students, Abstracts collection, Donji Milanovac, March 1982; p.23.
3. Sajkov D, Gligorievski A. Hemodynamics of the ventricular septal defect. XXV Yugoslavian Congress of Medical students, Abstracts collection, Plitvicka Jezera, April 1983; p.75.
4. Radulovic V, Sajkov D. Possibilities of noninvasive diagnostics in assessment of left ventricular function. XXV Yugoslavian Congress of Medical students, Abstracts collection, Plitvicka Jezera, April 1983; p.76.
5. Sajkov D. Tetralogia Fallot. XXVI Yugoslavian Congress of Medical students, Abstracts collection, Crikvenica, March 1984; p.96.
6. Dimitrovski M, Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Gjorcev A, Gligorovski L. Obstructive lung disease and respiratory failure. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.18-19.
7. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Gjorcev A, Dimitrovski M, Grunevski M. Routine chest radiography in identification of pulmonary hypertension in COPD. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.21.
8. Gjorcev A, Dimitrovski M, Stefanovski T, Sajkov D. Aminophyllinaemia - concentration and clinical importance. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.25-26.
9. Dimitrovski M, Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Gjorcev A, Gligorovski L, Caparoska T, Dimitrijevich Z, Stevcevska G. Treatment of bronchial obstruction in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory failure. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.27-28.
10. Stefanovski T, Sajkov D, Gjorcev A, Dimitrovski M, Stevcevska G. Lung carcinoma in the materials from the Clinic for pulmonology and allergy in Skopje. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.47.
11. Sajkov D, Dimitrovski M, Cunovski E, Stefanovski T, Gjorcev A. Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in chronic lung failure. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.69-70.
12. Gjorcev A, Dimitrovski M, Stefanovski T, Sajkov D. Bronchoalveolar lavage in lung diseases. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.81-82.
13. Stefanovski T, Sajkov D. Blind pleural biopsy using Ramel's technique. VIII Macedonian Chest conference, Collection of short communications, Ohrid, Oct 1987; p.82.
14. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Grunevski M, Gjorcev A, Dimitrovski M. Radiographic characteristics of pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive lung disease. XIII Yugoslavian Congress of Radiology, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Oct 1988; p.89-90.
15. Stefanovski T, Ilievska B, Sajkov D, Boskovska M, Spirovski M. Neuron specific enolase in the sera of patients with small cell lung cancer. IX Macedonian Chest conference and Vth scientific meeting of Yugoslavian bronchologists, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Oct 1989, p.102.
16. Stefanovski T, Sajkov D. Effects of felodipine on exercise capacity in COPD patients. XIII Congress of Macedonian physicians with International participation. Collection of abstracts. Ohrid, June 1991; p.112.
17. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T. Short- and long-term effects of felodipine on pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive lung disease. XIII Congress of Macedonian physicians with International participation. Collection of abstracts. Ohrid, June 1991; p.115.
18. Caparoska T, Stefanovski T, Sajkov D, Grcevska L, Gerovski B, Boskovska M. Imunofluorescence findings in bronchial asthma. X Macedonian Chest Conference, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Sep 1991; p.5.
19. Stefanovski T, Sajkov D, Stavric G, Boskovska M. Histological changes of bronchial mucosa in patients with bronchial asthma. X Macedonian Chest Conference, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Sep 1991; p.6.
20. Sajkov Z, Sajkov D, Stefanovski T. Pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular function in COPD. X Macedonian Chest Conference, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Sep 1991; p.62.
21. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Spirovska V, Sajkov Z. Recent Doppler-echocardiographic techniques for assessment of pulmonary hemodynamics in COPD. X Macedonian Chest Conference, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Sep 1991; p.65.
22. Goseva Z, Gavrilovski M, Sajkov D, Dimitrovski K, Covkarova E, Busletic K. Lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with malignant pleural effusions. X Macedonian Chest Conference, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Sep 1991; p.81.
23. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Gjorcev A, Gligorovski L, Dimitrovski M. Almitrine bismesylate in the treatment of hypoxemia in chronic obstructive lung disease. X Macedonian Chest Conference, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Sep 1991; p.146.
24. Sajkov D, Stefanovski T, Sajkov Z, Spirovska V. Vasoselective calcium antagonists in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in COPD. X Macedonian Chest Conference, Collection of abstracts, Ohrid, Sep 1991; p.148.
25. Sajkov D, McEvoy RD, Cowie RJ, Bradley JA, Antic R, Morris RG, Frith PA. Felodipine improves pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Annual scientific conference of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand. Collection of abstracts. Canberra, April 1992; P15.
26. Sajkov D, Espinoza H, Cowie RJ, Thornton A, McEvoy RD. Daytime pulmonary hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. International update sleep conference and fifth annual meeting of the Australasian sleep association. Collection of abstracts. Cairns, Sept 1992; p.91.
27. McEvoy RD, Mykytyn I, Antic R, Flavell H, Marshall R, Sajkov D, Thornton A. Sleep apnoea in patients with quadriplegia. Proceedings from the 1993 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Society, 30.04 - 01.05.1993 Paramata, NSW, p.15.
28. McEvoy RD, Finnimore AJ, Roebuck M, Sajkov D. The GABA agonist, Baclofen, alters sleep architecture and increases sleep disordered breathing. Proceedings from the 1993 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Society, 30.04 - 01.05.1993 Paramata, NSW, p.24.
29. Sajkov D, McEvoy RD, Thornton AT, Cowie RJ. Pulmonary hypertension and hypoxemia in obstructive sleep apnea without lung disease. Proceedings from the 1993 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Society, 30.04 - 01.05.1993 Paramata, NSW, p.27.
30. Sajkov D, Neill A, Saunders NA, McEvoy RD. Ventilatory depression following sustained isocapnic hypoxia is the same in men and women awake. Proceedings from TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, 26-30 March 1995, Hobart, Tasmania, p.29.
31. Sajkov D, Wang T, Bune AJ, Frith PA, McEvoy RD. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension in COPD with long acting vasoselective calcium antagonists: amlodipine vs felodipine ER. Proceedings from TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, 26-30 March 1995, Hobart, Tasmania, p.54.
32. Mykytyn IJ, Sajkov D, Neill AM, McEvoy RD. Portable polysomnography: evaluation of a monitoring system in attended and unattended settings. Proceedings from the 1995 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association, 30.& 31 March 1995, Hobart, Tasmania, O8.
33. Stevens D, Lack L, Neill A, Sajkov D, Mykytyn I, McEvoy RD. Accuracy of portable motion detector for assessing periodic limb movements in sleep. Proceedings from the 1995 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association, 30.& 31 March 1995, Hobart, Tasmania, P15.
34. Sajkov D, Neill A, Saunders NA, McEvoy RD. There is no gender difference in ventilatory depression following sustained isocapnic hypoxia awake. Proceedings from the 1995 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association, 30.& 31 March 1995, Hobart, Tasmania, P34.
35. Neill AM, Sajkov D, Saunders NA, McEvoy RD. A gender difference may exist in the suppression of post stimulus potentiation following sustained isocapnic hypoxia. Proceedings from the 1995 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association, 30.& 31. March 1995, Hobart, Tasmania, P35.
36. Sajkov D, Wang T, Bune A, Frith P, McEvoy RD. Dose response and tolerability of long acting vasoselective calcium antagonists in pulmonary hypertensive COPD patients. Proceedings from TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, 24-28 March 1996, Perth, W.A., P103.
37. Neill A, Angus S, Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. The effect of sleep posture on upper airway collapsibility in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Proceedings from TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, 24-28 March 1996, Perth, W.A., P158.
38. Neill A, Wallace R, Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. A gender difference may exist in the suppression of ventilatory after-discharge following brief isocapnic hypoxia. Proceedings from TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting, 24-28 March 1996, Perth, W.A., P159.
39. Neill A, Angus S, Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. The effect of sleep posture on upper airway collapsibility in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Proceedings from APSS 10th Annual Meeting, May 28 - June 2, 1996, Washington DC, P 4(008).
40. McEvoy RD, Wallace R, Sajkov D, Neill A. A gender difference may exist in the suppression of ventilatory after-discharge following brief isocapnic hypoxia. Proceedings from APSS 10th Annual Meeting, May 28 - June 2, 1996, Washington DC, P 259(512).