His specialised areas within orthopaedics and traumatology are sports traumatology, knee and hip joint replacement surgery, and minimally invasive knee procedures. As a clinician and scientist, he places great emphasis on regenerative medicine and treatment using blood plasma preparations and stem cells.
During his specialisation and sub-specialisation, he trained at centres of excellence in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Notable placements include his stay in Basel, Switzerland, focusing on knee endoprosthetics under the mentorship of Prof. Michael Hirschmann, and his stay in Brandenburg, Germany, under the mentorship of Prof. Roland Becker, where he gained experience in robotic knee surgery.
He earned his doctoral degree (PhD) with a thesis titled “Expression of inducible NO synthase and transcription factor NF-κB in the synovial membrane of patients with knee osteoarthritis”. Prof. Ostojić has utilised his interest in basic medical science to enhance patient care, implementing the most modern treatment modalities in daily practice.
As a recreational athlete, Dr. Ostojić’s particular interest in treating sports injuries dates back to the early days of his specialisation. In 2015, he enrolled in a two-year postgraduate study programme in sports medicine organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). After completing the coursework and passing the exams, he received his diploma at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Among his educations in sports orthopaedics, his placement at the Chelsea Football Club, where he worked within their medical team, stands out.
He is the author of 45 scientific papers published in indexed international scientific journals. He is also the author of several chapters in professional books. He has been an invited speaker at numerous international congresses and symposia. Prof. Ostojić is a member of the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), where he chairs one of the committees, and the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT). He is a former president of the Federation of Orthopaedic Trainees in Europe (FORTE).
He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Most Notable Scientific Papers:
Pros and cons of sub-specialisation in orthopaedics and traumatology-Is the general orthopaedic and trauma surgeon a relic of the past?
Ostojic M, Hakam HT, Sabalic S, Indelli PF, Hirschmann MT, Jelic M, Allington N, Limb D, Becker R.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2024 Dec 25. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12564
Patient-reported outcome measures, the holy grail of outcome assessment: Are they powerful enough to show a difference in knee arthroplasty alignment? A call for more comprehensive and objective data collection
Ostojic M, Violante B, Becker R, Hirschmann MT, Indelli PF.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2024 Nov 16. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12510.
The journey from silent epidemic to solved mystery: Where we stand and the path forward in meniscal root preservation surgery
Dzidzishvili L, Ostojic M, Chahla J.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2024 Oct 22. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12520.
Blood and urine biomarkers for the diagnosis of early stages of knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review.
Ostojic M, Oliveira JP, Kordic D, Mouton C, Prill R, Becker R.
J Exp Orthop. 2024 Jul 29;11(3):e12105. doi: 10.1002/jeo2.12105. eCollection 2024 Jul.
Treatment of anterior knee pain due to chondromalacia patellae with platelet-rich plasma and hyaluronic acid in young and middle-aged adults, a cohort study
Ostojic M, Hakam HT, Lovrekovic B, Ramadanov N, Prill R.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2024 May 23. doi: 10.1007/s00402-024-05363-w.
The use of injectable orthobiologics for knee osteoarthritis: A European ESSKA-ORBIT consensus. Part 1-Blood-derived products (platelet-rich plasma)
Laver L, Filardo G, Sanchez M, Magalon J, Tischer T, Abat F, Bastos R, Cugat R, Iosifidis M, Kocaoglu B, Kon E, Marinescu R, Ostojic M, Beaufils P, de Girolamo L; ESSKA-ORBIT Group
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2024 Mar 4. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12077.
Minimal Clinically Important Difference: don’t just look at the “p-value”
Ostojic M, Winkler P, Karlsson J, Becker R, Prill R.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2023 Oct;31(10):4077-4079. doi: 10.1007/s00167-023-07512-x
Anterolateral minimally invasive hip approach offered faster rehabilitation with lower complication rates compared to the minimally invasive posterior hip approach-a University clinic case control study of 120 cases
Ostojic M, Kordic D, Moro G, Ostojic Z.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2021 Jan 2. doi: 10.1007/s00402-020-03719-6.
Immunohistochemical characterization of early and advanced knee osteoarthritis by NF-κB and iNOS expression.
Ostojic M, Soljic V, Vukojevic K, Dapic T.
J Orthop Res. 2017 Sep;35(9):1990-1997. doi: 10.1002/jor.23504. Epub 2017 May 3.
