Igor Mitrovic, MD
Professor
Physiology
School of Medicine
Dr. Igor Mitrovic, Professor of Physiology and Clinical Pharmacy, received his M.D. from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (at the time) in 1991. However, most of his studies were completed at the University of Zagreb (up to 1991).
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After conducting neurobiology of addiction research at Loyola University Medical School in Chicago and research in neurobiology of pain at UCSF, Dr. Mitrovic joined the Department of Physiology, UCSF, in 2001 as a teaching faculty member. Dr. Mitrovic is responsible for the physiology and pathophysiology curriculum across the professional schools at UCSF (Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry). Dr. Mitrovic has led the design of the competency-based, integrated curriculum at UCSF School of Pharmacy and has served as the Vice Dean of PharmD Education. Moreover, Dr. Mitrovic has participated in and led curricular and faculty development at UCSF, nationally, and internationally, and has served as an external reviewer for the medical school accreditation committee of the Republic of Serbia.
Dr. Mitrovic cares deeply for students from underresourced populations and has mentored numerous high school students, undergraduate students, and UCSF graduate students from the underresourced communities. In addition, he has also mentored numerous postdoctoral fellows, residents, and junior faculty to help them excel as educators and professionals. For his work in education, Dr. Mitrovic has received numerous awards and honors, including Long Awards in the School of Pharmacy, Excellence of Teaching Awards in the School of Dentistry, Kaiser Teaching Awards in the School of Medicine, the Distinction in Teaching Award from the UCSF Academic Senate, and an honorary Doctorate from University of Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia.
Through the teaching and mentoring, Dr. Mitrovic became aware of the critical importance of two factors for academic and professional success: access to the right information and emotional resiliency. While the information can be addressed readily, addressing the resiliency issue is much harder. Thus, he joined forces with several colleagues to develop Emotional Brain Training, a neuroscience-based psychotherapeutic method designed to increase stress resilience and promote well-being.
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
- Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Division University of California, San Francisco
Websites
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- Emotional Brain Training (ebt.org)
- Last Lecture (ucsf.edu)
Videos
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- Last Lecture (youtube.com)
Grants and Projects
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Publications (13)
Top publication keywords:
ClonidineNarcoticsAnalgesicsReceptors, Opioid, kappaGlobus PallidusIontophoresisSubstance PPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingAdrenergic alpha-AgonistsPotassium ChannelsVentral Tegmental AreaEnkephalinsMorphineEnkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-Receptors, Opioid, mu
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Pilot Investigation of 2 Nondiet Approaches to Improve Weight and Health.
Alternative therapies in health and medicine 2018 Webber KH, Mellin L, Mayes L, Mitrovic I, Saulnier M -
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Rewiring the stress response: A new paradigm for health care 2011 Igor Mitrovic, Lindsey Fish de Peña, Lynda Frassetto, Laurel Mellin -
Limbic pallidal adaptations following long-term cessation of dopaminergic transmission: lack of upregulation of dopamine receptor function.
Experimental neurology 2004 Heidenreich BA, Mitrovic I, Battaglia G, Napier TC -
Contribution of GIRK2-mediated postsynaptic signaling to opiate and alpha 2-adrenergic analgesia and analgesic sex differences.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002 Mitrovic I, Margeta-Mitrovic M, Bader S, Stoffel M, Jan LY, Basbaum AI -
Mu and kappa opioid agonists modulate ventral tegmental area input to the ventral pallidum.
The European journal of neuroscience 2002 Mitrovic I, Napier TC
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6-hydroxydopamine-induced lesions of dopaminergic neurons alter the function of postsynaptic cholinergic neurons without changing cytoskeletal proteins.
Experimental neurology 2001 Muma NA, Lee JM, Gorman L, Heidenreich BA, Mitrovic I, Napier TC -
Opioid modulation of ventral pallidal inputs.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1999 Napier TC, Mitrovic I -
Immunohistochemical localization of GABA(B) receptors in the rat central nervous system.
The Journal of comparative neurology 1999 Margeta-Mitrovic M, Mitrovic I, Riley RC, Jan LY, Basbaum AI -
Neurons in the dorsal column white matter of the spinal cord: complex neuropil in an unexpected location.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999 Abbadie C, Skinner K, Mitrovic I, Basbaum AI -
Substance P attenuates and DAMGO potentiates amygdala glutamatergic neurotransmission within the ventral pallidum.
Brain research 1998 Mitrovic I, Napier TC -
Interactions between the mu opioid agonist DAMGO and substance P in regulation of the ventral pallidum.
Synapse (New York, N.Y.) 1996 Mitrovic I, Napier TC -
Substance P in the ventral pallidum: projection from the ventral striatum, and electrophysiological and behavioral consequences of pallidal substance P.
Neuroscience 1995 Napier TC, Mitrovic I, Churchill L, Klitenick MA, Lu XY, Kalivas PW -
Electrophysiological demonstration of mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors in the ventral pallidum.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 1995 Mitrovic I, Napier TC