Svetlana Lajic, MD, PhD, Pediatric endocrinologist, is a senior consultant at the Astrid Lindgrens´s Children´s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital and Team lead of the pediatric metabolic unit. She is an Associate professor at the Department of Women´s and Children´s Health, Karolinska Institutet. She is the pediatric chair of the Adrenal sub-theme in the EndoERN network and member of the Steering committee of EndoERN.
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Associate professor Svetlana Lajic earned her medical degree, doctorate (PhD) and specialization in pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology at the Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. She completed a post-doctoral education in molecular biology and reproductive endocrinology at the Imperial College in London.
Dr Lajic is the Team lead of the Pediatric team for inborn errors of metabolism at Astrid Lindgren´s Children´s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm and she works as a Senior consultant in Pediatric endocrinology and metabolic disorders. She leads a research group working on congenital adrenal hyperplasia at the Department of Women´s and Children´s health, Karolinska Institutet. Dr Lajic is also dedicated to teaching and promoting knowledge in the area of pediatric endocrinology and metabolic disorders among health care professionals of different disciplines. She is the pediatric chair of the Adrenal sub-theme in the EndoERN network and member of the Steering committee of EndoERN. Dr Lajic has published about 40 scientific papers, book chapters and reviews.