title: [The first pediatricians in Serbia].
abstract: Dr. Platon Papakostopulos (1864-1915), Dr. Milenko Materni (1875-1929), Dr. Milan Petrović (1886-1963), Dr. Nadezda Stanojević (1887-1979) and Dr. Dura Jovanović (1892-1977) were founders of modern pediatrics in Serbia. They established and managed the first pediatric institutions: Hospital pediatric departments, Mother and Child Health Care Consultations and Child welfare clinics in Belgrade and Novi Sad. They also established Pediatric Section of the Serbian Medical Association and published numerous scientific and popular articles in pediatrics.
authors.affiliation: Museum of Serbian Medicine, Serbian Medical Association, Belgrade.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pesić
authors.forename: Budimir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pavlović
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jovanović-Simić
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D015022:Yugoslavia