Asim Kurjak

Dr. Asim Kurjak (born 1942 in Kotor Varoš, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a famous Bosnian doctor working at the University of Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. Kurjak is one of the most famous gynecologists in ex-Yugoslavia. He has published numerous books both in English and Croatian.

Professor Kurjak has 246 citations in MEDLINE. He is the founder and current director of the Ian Donalds school of Ultrasound which has branches internationally. He is considered to be a world authority in Maternal-Fetal medicine.

Kurjak got into the focus of Croatian and Bosnian public regarding controversies surrounding the death of a patient in 2002, and for allegations of plagiarism of 1 book chapter in 2005 and 1 article published in the 1970s.

Dr. Kurjak is about to retire in automn 2007. Croatian newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija is speculating that his retirement is to serve the purpose of avoiding consequences for the plagiarism.