2025 – present
Gynecology and obstetrics specialist, perinatology subspecialist in the Clinical Hospital “Zan Mitrev”, Skopje.

Professor of gynecology and obstetrics on the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Faculty, Skopje.

2024
Elected as an associate professor in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Medical Faculty, “St. Cyril and Methodious” University, Skopje,

2015
The medical faculty in Skopje, University “St. Cyril and Methodious” promoted her assistant – PhD candidate.

2011
Became a PhD candidate in the area and passed all the required examinations with the highest grades.

2002
Began working in the gynecology and obstetrics department where she was elected as a junior assistant in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of the Medical Faculty in Skopje.

2001
Became employed in the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

2023
Participated in many schools and workshops as a lecturer, as well as other education events.

2012
Obtained the certificate: “Training of teaching skills” organized by ENYGO (European Network of Young Gynae Oncologists), a subdivision of the European Society of Gynecological Oncology.

2023
The Macedonian Doctors’ Association awarded her the Plaque for significant contribution to the achievement of the objective and tasks of the Macedonian Doctors’ Association.

2022
The Association of Medical Students awarded her an acknowledgement for her significant contribution in the realization of the seminar “Case reports of Gynecology and Obstetrics Emergencies”

2021

– The Chamber of Doctors of RN Macedonia awarded her an acknowledgment for her significant contribution and engagement during the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus.

– The Macedonian Doctors’ Association awarded her a Diploma for contribution and engagement in the Macedonian Doctors’ Association.

2016

– The European Medical Student Association of Macedonia awarded her an acknowledgment for her participation in the “Days of Medical Education” project.

– The European Medical Student Association of Macedonia awarded her an acknowledgment for her participation in the “Days of Medical Education” project as a lecturer on the topic “Congenital Fetus and Infant Malformation with Virus Etiology”,

1992

– Received the highest award of the city of Skopje, the award “13^th of November” for medicine and scientific research;

– Obtained the certificate: “Training of teaching skills” organized by ENYGO (European Network of Young Gynae Oncologists), a subdivision of the European Society of Gynecological Oncology.

1989-1992
Recipient of 4 national awards for medicine and scientific research;

Professor Dr. Elena Djikova has published more than 160 papers, as the main author or a coauthor in several domestic and international journals, books, monographies, congress publications, poster and oral presentations in the country and abroad, as well as parts of 1 monography in the country and 1 monography published abroad. She participated in several national and international projects. She had been invited to give lectures in the country and abroad.  The most important lecture was the lecture on the World Congress of the International Gynecology and Obstetrics Federation (FIGO, 2018) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2018.  She advanced her scientific research with the preparation of her doctoral thesis entitled: “Noninvasive Methods for Prenatal Determination of Fetal Maturity”. During this period, she actively participated in many European, international and world conferences, congresses, workshops, meetings, including: advanced courses in fetal medicine organized by Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) in London, several professional development visits to the King’s College Hospital, in the Harris Birthright research center for fetal medicine in London with professor Kypros Nicolaides, one of the world leaders in modern fetal medicine, prenatal diagnostics, and intrauterine fetal therapy.

Courses for fetal diagnostics, screening of anomalies and diagnostics, prevention and treatment of high risk conditions during pregnancy, also with professor Kypros Nicolaides in London, on-line courses in the field of perinatology organized by FMF and professor Dr. Kypros Nicolaides, Ian Donald advanced schools of ultrasound, participant in the Safe Motherhood Training course organized by the Swiss International Health Center and the CRED Foundation;

Participated in the adequate perinatal care planning training course organized by the Swiss International Health Center and the CRED Foundation; participated in an OMI visiting professorship in OBG on the Open Medical Institute and the Medical University in Vienna, on two different occasions; completed the education course of ESGO and passed the examination on topic “Cervical cancer – considering new diagnostic and treatment approaches”; completed the basic and the advanced course for colposcopy organized by the European Colposcopy Federation;

Completed the pre-congress colposcopy course organized by European Colposcopy Federation; completed 6 courses by the Ian Donald School of Advanced Ultrasound, 3D/4D diagnostics, neurosonography  etc.;

Completed Module 1 of the School for Practicing Evidence Based Medicine; completed the educational course of ESGO and passed the examination on the topic of Radical Hysterectomy; National Abortion Federation’s International MVA Training October 2002, Skopje, Macedonia; Artificial organs today: From in vitro assessment to human therapies, September 2007;

Completed the Perinatology School and successfully passed the examination for novelties in perinatal medicine, Budva, Montenegro 2004.

Operational tutorial for urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery,  2005, Leoben, Austria and many other events in the area of gynecology and obstetrics in RN Macedonia, Europe, and the world, more specifically in Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Malesia, China, Thailand, France, Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, etc.

She has been invited to give many lectures in the country and abroad. The most important lecture was the lecture on the World Congress of the International Gynecology and Obstetrics Federation (FIGO, 2018) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2018.

Professor Dr. Elena Djikova has published more than 160 papers as the main author or a coauthor in several domestic and international journals, three of which have impact factors (Avramovska, M., Karanfilski, B., Dimitrov, G., Dzikova, E., Daneva Markova, A., Hadzi Lega, M., Sikole, A. (2021). Isolated Maternal Hypothyroxinemia and Its Perinatal Outcome in North Macedonia. Acta clinica Croatica, 60. (2.), 246-253; Avramovska M, Kostova NM, Karanfilski B, Hunziker S, Vaskova O, Dimitrov G, Dzikova E, Markova AD, Lega MH, Tofoski G, Sikole A. Thyroid Function of Pregnant Women and Perinatal Outcomes in North Macedonia. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2021 Oct;43(10):736-742; Avramovska M., Karanfilski, B., Dimitrov G., Tofoski, G., Dzikova E., Daneva Markova A., Sikole A. (2020).

Urinary iodine concentration: predictor of birth weight or biomarker for assessing the iodine status in healthy pregnant women, only? Acta medica Croatica, 74(3),211-220; Gligor Tofoski, Goran Dimitrov, Elena Dzikova, Anа Daneva Markova, Irena Aleksioska Papestiev, Rosa Naumovska, Iskra Dukova, Natasha Ilieva, Biljana Ognenovska-Jankovska, Aleksandra Biljan, JeanCalleja-Agius.

Oncologic and pregnancy outcomes of fertility-sparing treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate in women with premalignant and malignant endometrial lesions: A case series. European Journal of Surgical Oncology: Volume 51, Issue 4, April 2025, 109570;

Many papers with original scientific results published in a scientific journal indexed in at least one electronic database of journals with papers, available online such as: Еbsco, Emerald, Scopus, Web of Science, Journal Citation Report, SCImago Journal Rank or other databases determined by the National Council for Higher Education, 1 paper in an international scientific journal, 2 papers in a professional popular journal, and many more papers in collections from scientific assemblies in the country and abroad, congress publications, poster and oral presentations in the country and abroad.  She actively speaks English and understands and uses several other languages from the Balkan region and Europe.

She is the coauthor of 2 book chapters: Markova, A. D., Hadzi-Lega, M., Dimitrov, G., Tofoski, G., Georgievska, J., Dzikova, E., Kjaev, I.

Indicators of Preeclampsia in Correlation with Maternal Cytokines in Pregnancy. In: Khan, W. A., editor. Autoantibodies and Cytokines [Internet]. London: IntechOpen; 2018 [cited 2022 Jun 03]. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.76344. ISBN 978-1-78984-853-3;

Human papillomavirus (HPV) in pregnancy-influence of vertical transmission on type of delivery. HPV infection and associated diseases – prevention, diagnostics, and treatment. Dimitrov Goran, Dzikova Elena, Macedonia. May 2013;251-265. ISBN 978-608-65575-0-8 (chapter in a monography).

She is a member of and has actively participated in the National committee for safe motherhood and reduction of fetal and mother morbidity and mortality for several years. She participated and lectures in more than 40 schools, workshops, symposia, and many other conferences and professional meetings in the country and abroad, as well as many other scientific and research activities in the area of gynecology and obstetrics, especially perinatology, organized by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, Ministry of Health and other national and international organizations.

In 2020 she became a subspecialist in the area of perinatology on the Medical Faculty, University “St. Cyril and Methodoius”, Skopje, RN Macedonia.

She participated in several national and international projects in the area of gynecology and obstetrics (examination of combinations between KIR molecules of the mother and HLA molecules of the fetus in problematic pregnancies);

Analysis and review of perinatal mortality 3 times;

Participated in the “Days of Medical Education” project, ,EMSA, May 2016;

Participant in the sexual and reproductive health project 2017, 3 times;

Participant in the national project “National Abortion Federation’s International MVA Training“ October 2002, Evaluation of thyroglobulin as an innovative biomarker to determine the iodine status of pregnant women and  nursing mothers (international project), Development of a national action plan for safe abortion and family planning;

Participated in the preparation of the action plan for peripartum care in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and UNFPA;

Mothers’ and infants’ health Improvement: Safe motherhood strategy of the Republic of Macedonia 2008-2015 (3 terms).

Participant in the national project “Safe Innovative Health Services during Covid-19”, mobile gynecology outpatient facilities, lectures to secondary school students about sexually transmitted infections, supported UNFPA;

Participant in the “Effective Perinatal Care” program, 2022, implemented by MDA, sported by UNFPA member of the working group of analysis and auditing of perinatal mortality in RN Macedonia, participant in the project “Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Covid 19 in pregnant women and newborns”, participant in the preparation of the Perinatal mortality Audit for 2019 and 2020.

She managed Section A of the Pathological Pregnancy and High-Risk Pregnancy department since 2017. Today she is part of the fetal medicine unit opened in cooperation with professor Kypros Nicolaides and the fetal medicine foundation and the Hellenic Republic at the University Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics and successfully performs ultrasound supervisions of fetal anomalies and genetic syndromes, as well as high-risk perinatology conditions using an ultra-modern 4D ultrasound apparatus equipped with all of  the modern features for fetal ultrasonography, as well as algorithms introduced by FMM and the world fetal and perinatal medicine trends.

She is a mentor of residents, subspecializtion candidates and doctoral candidates in the area of perinatology and fetal medicine, gynecology and obstetrics.

In addition, she actively performs health examinations in the subspecialist outpatient facility for gynecological oncology where she performs diagnostics and monitoring of onco-gynecological patients.

She has held many international lectures in the area of ultrasonography, especially the advanced 3D/4D ultrasonography and high-risk conditions in pregnancy, screening, and anomalies, genetic sonograms, invasive and noninvasive techniques for detecting chromosome abnormalities, artificial intelligence in modern ultrasonography in fetal medicine and in gynecology, using NIPT tests for early detection of chromosomal anomalies of the fetus, as well as malignant condition of pregnant patients, impact of oncogenic viruses such as the high-risk HPV during pregnancy etc.

She has published several reviews of papers with impact factors, printed by the prestigious Wiley and the European Journal for Surgical Oncology.

She is a regular reviewer of the Medical Review, Public Health Archives, etc. She is the author and technical editor of the university textbook of gynecology and obstetrics for general medicine students, 990 pages, published in 2024, ISBN 978-608-5028-08-5.

Professor Dr. Elena Djikova is a general secretary and an active member of the Macedonian association of gynecology and obstetrics, vice president and an active member of the Macedonian association of fetal medicine, active member and a member of the management board of the Macedonian association for endometriosis, active member of the Macedonian Doctors’ Association, member of the European Association for Gynecological Oncology in 2012, member of SEEMF and many other associations.

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