Dr Jelena Stojanovic, MD FRCPCH - Srpska grupa za primarne imunodeficijencije

Professional Summary

Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist with a special interest in multi-solid organ transplantation, particularly paediatric kidney and liver transplantation. Lead for the Paediatric London MMA Transplant Program (PELMAT) and for renal transplant and renovascular services at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Over a decade of consultant experience combining clinical, leadership, research, and educational excellence across major UK institutions. Elected unopposed Chair of Paediatric Donation and Transplantation section and past Board member of EKITA at European Society for Organ Transplantation. Associate Editor for Transplant International.

Education & Qualifications

2026 – Executive Master in Medical Leadership, Bayes Business School, City St Georges’ London University
2017 – FRCPCH
2015 – CCT in Paediatric Nephrology
2010 – MRCPCH
2002 – Doctor of Medicine, University of Belgrade
1995 – Lakeville Senior High School, MN, USA

Appointments / Clinical Experience

Since 2017 – Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (London)
2015–2017 – Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital • 2012–2015 – Paediatric Nephrology Subspecialty Training, London Deanery • 2007–2012 – General Paediatric Training, Northern Deanery (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Leadership & Professional Service

Chair of Paediatric Donation and Transplantation (European Society for Organ Transplantation) (2026–present)
National tariff representative, NHS England Renal Transplantation Transformation Program (2025–present)
Lead, Renal transplant service (Great Ormond Street Hospital) (since 2025) • Chair, PELMAT (Paediatric London MMA Transplant Program) (2018–present) • Deputy Chair, KAG PSG (2025–present)
Board Member, pRVH PCOR Collaborative (American Society for Renovascular Hypertension) (2023-present)
Board Member, European Union of Medical Specialities (UEMS) (2023-2025) • Chair, Audit and Registry, British Association for Paediatric Nephrology (2022–2025) • Board Member, EKITA (2019–2023)
Apprentice, Leadership Programme (Guys St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust) (2014-2015)

Academic appointments

Senior Lecturer, University College London (since 2020)
Associate Editor Transplant International (since 2022)

Teaching & Educational Activity

Course Director – Paediatric Kidney Transplantation Symposium (since 2015, www.transplant4kids.org), CPD accredited by RCPCH and endorsed by ESOT.
Course Director – Paediatric Renovascular Education Days.
Online Tutor – Medicine Africa (Somaliland KCL Partnership).
Educational Lead – Paediatric Transplant Programme, Serbian Republic Fund for Health Insurance (since 2021).
ISN Sister programme Serbia-Great Ormond Street Hospital (since 2023) • Education Co-Lead – Paediatric Nephrology, Maltese Ministry of Health (since 2024)

Awards & Honours

2019 – Clinical Excellence Award, Great Ormond Street Hospital
2015 – Young Investigator Award, American Society of Transplantation • 2015 – Best Trainee Presentation, RCPCH Annual Conference
2013 – Best Abstract and Travel Grant, French Society for Paediatric Nephrology • 2012 – Best Oral Presentation, Northern Deanery Research Day
1995 – 1st Place, Minnesota State Debate Competition, USA

Publications

Book chapters

2022 Renovascular hypertension, vasculitis and aortic coarctation. K. Tullus and J. Stojanovic (2021). Pediatric Hypertension.
2012 Renal Potassium Handling and Associated Inherited Tubulopathies Leading to Hypokalemia. Jelena Stojanovic and John Sayer (2012). Basic Nephrology and Acute Kidney Injury. ISBN: 978-953-51-0139-0.

Publications

2025 Kidney Transplantation in Mitochondrial Diseases: a systematic review. Wong S, Fung C, Tomlin F, Stojanovic J. Pediatr Nephrol. 2025 Nov 27.
2025 Long-term outcomes of Pediatric Kidney Transplants From DCD and DBD Donors: a comparative OPTN Study. Paessler A, Brierley J, Siebelink M, Loukopoulos I, Kessaris N, Stojanovic J. Transpl. Int. 2025 Oct 9;38:14706. PMID 39206135.
2025 Spontaneous renal artery thrombosis causing circulatory insufficiency in a newborn-a case report. Marijnen S, Straver B, Madden I, Stojanovic J, Torren C, De Waard M, van der Meijs B, Westland R. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Jul 2;25(1):490.PMID 40596999.
2024 Clinical outcomes and Quality of Life of Patients Receiving Multi-Solid Organ Transplants in Childhood is Excellent:Results From a 20-Year Cohort Study. Paessler A, Maple H, Cortes M, Simmonds J, Tse Y, Raja M, Muorah M, Kessaris N, Stojanovic J. Transpl Int. 2024 Aug 14;37:13372.
2024 Considering ABO Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Before Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Children: A Letter to the Editor. Paessler A, Stojanovic J. Transpl Int. 2023 Sept 18;36:11613
2024 3D printing: a useful tool for safe clinical practice in children with complex vascularture. Paessler A, Forman C, Minhas K, Patel P, Carmichael J, Smith L, Jaradat F, Assia-Zamora S, Arslan Z, Calder F, Ray S, Kessaris N, Stojanovic J. Arch Dis Child. 2024 May 17;109(6):497-502.
2024 Management of pediatric patients with a failing kidney transplant: A survey of UK-based renal units. Letts M, Arslan Z, Plumb L, Bailey P, Griffin S, Stojanovic J.Pediatric Transplantation. March 4 2024.
2024 Normothermic regional perfusion in paediatric donation after circulatory determination of death-the Oxford position statement from ELPAT. Brierly J, Perez-Blanco A, Stojanovic J, Kessaris N, Scales A, Paessler A, Jansen N, Briki A, Gardiner D, Shaw D. Front Transplant. 2024 Jan 29;3:1320783.
2024 Clinical Practice Recommendations on Kidney Management in Methylmalonic Acidemia: an Expert Consensus Statement From ERKNet and MetabERN. Servais A, Zaddhia M, Dehoux L, Shroff R, Brassier A, Taurisano R, Kolker S, Oh J, Ariceta G, Stojanovic J, Horster F, Strologo D, Spada M, Schiff M, Dionisi- Vici C. Kidney Int Rep.
2024 Characteristics of Early Antibody Mediated Rejection in Antibody Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. Punjala R, Ibrahim M, Philips BL, Stojanovic J, Kessaris N, Shaw O, Dorling A, Mamode N. Transpl Int. 2024 Jul 8;37:12942.
2023 Cardiovascular outcomes improve in children with renovascular hypertension following endovascular and surgical interventions. Readhead E, Paessler A, Arslan Z, Patel P, Minhas K, Forman C, Hollis P, Lava S, Ionescu F, Manuel D, Ray S, Kessaris N, Giardini A, Ratnamma V, Dobby N, Tullus K, Simmonds J and Stojanovic J. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 Sept 2. PMID 37658875
2023 Safety, efficacy, and timing of transplantation(s) in proprionic and methylmalonic aciduria. Chakrapani A, Stojanovic A, Vara R, De Nictolis F, Spada M, Dionisi-Vinci C. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 2023 April. PMID 37067856
2023 Transplantation in paediatric patients with MMA requires multidisciplinary approach for achievement of good clinical outcomes. Paessler A, Cortes Cerisuelo M, Jassem W, Vilca-Melendez H, Deep A, Jain V, Pool A, Grunewald, Kessaris N, Stojanovic J. Pediatr. Nephrol (2023).
2023 Pediatric renal transplantation-A UNOS database analysis of donor-recipient size mismatch. Kostakis ID, Chandak P, Assia-Zamora S, Gogalniceanu P, Loukopoulos I, Calder F, Stojanovic J, Kessaris N. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Jan. PMID 36651195
2022 Is Preemptive Kidney Transplantation Associated With Improved Outcomes when Compared to Non-preemptive Kidney Transplantation in Children? A Systematic Review and Meta analysis. Rana Magar R, Knight S, Stojanovic J, Marks SD, Lafranca JA, Turner S, Dor FJMF, Pengel LHM. Transpl Int. 2022 Mar 17. PMID 35368639
2022 Renal outcome and plasma methylmalonic acid levels after isolated or combined liver or kidney transplantation in patients with methylmalonic acidemia: A multicenter analysis. Dello Strologo L, Spada M, Vici CD, Atti MCD, Rheault M, Bjerre AK, Boyer O, Calvo PL, D’Antiga L, Harshman LA, Horster F, Kolker S, Jahnukainen T, Knops N, Krug P, Krupka K, Lee A, Levtchenko E, Marks SD,Stojanovic J, Martelli L, Mazariegos G, Montini G, Shenoy M, Sidhu S, Spada M, Tangeras T, Testa S, Vijay S, Wac K, Wenneberg L, Concepcion W, Garbade SF, Tonshoff B. Mol Genet Metab. 2022 Nov. PMID 36240580
2022 The clinical and radiological cerebrovascular abnormalities associated with renovascular hypertension in children: a systematic review. Mudalige NL, Ranasinghe C, Stojanovic J. Pediatr Nephrol. 2022 Jan:37(1):49-59.
2022 Successful ABO and HLA incompatible kidney transplantation in children in the UK. Hew EY, Kessaris N, Stojanovic J, Jones H, Christian M, Edwards A, Milford DV, Ognjanovic M, Shenoy M, Baker RJ, Marks SD. Pediatr Nephrol. 2022 Jun 13. PMID: 35695967
2022 Presentation, treatment, and outcomes of renovascular hypertension below 2 years of age. Kurt-Sukur ED, Brennan E, Davis M, Forman C, Hamilton G, Kessaris N, Marks SD, McLaren CA, Minhas K, Patel PA, Roebuck DJ, Stojanovic J, Stuart S, Tullus K. Eur J Pedaitr. 2022 Sep:181(9):3367-3375.
2021 Mortality Rates in Transplant Recipients and Transplantation Candidates in a High-prevalence COVID-19 Environment. Ahmed Z,Jones G, Banga N,Motallebzadeh R,Tolley H, Marks S, Stojanovic J, Khurram M,Thuraisingham R, Popoola J,Ghazanfar A, Game D, SRan K, Dor F, Lucisano G, Sinha M, Olsburgh J and Wilicombe M.Transplantation. 2021 Jan 1;105(1):212-215.
2021 Acute kidney injury in paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporarily associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) is not associated with progression to chronic kidney disease. Stewart D, Mudalige N, Johnson M, Shroff R, du Pre P and Stojanovic J. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Dec. Ahead of print PMID 34862182.
2021 Clinical practice guideline standardization of immunosuppression and anti infective drug regimes in UK paediatric renal transplantation: the harmonization programme. Dudley J, Christian M, Andrews A, Andrews N, Baker J, Boyle S, Convery M, Gamston F, Garcia M, Haq S, Holt R, Jones H, Khan S, McCaughan J, Milford D, Pickles C, Reynolds B, Sathyanarayana V, Stojanovic J, Tse Y, Wallace D, Walsh G, Ware N, Williams A, Yadav P, Marks S. BMC Nephrol. 2021 Sept. PMID 34530758
2021 Psychosocial Concerns of Children Undergoing Kidney Transplantation During the Pandemic:Single-centre Experience. Paessler A, Boyle S, Marks S, Kessaris N, Stojanovic J. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2021 Jul 29;5(1):e001174
2021 Early relapse of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome following ABO incompatible living-related pediatric kidney re-transplant successfully treated with eculizumab. Stojanovic J, Adamusiak A, Waters A, Sebire N, Kessaris N, Mamode N, Marks SD. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Oct; 36(10):3271-3275.
2021 6-month multidisciplinary follow-up and outcomes of patients with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS-TS) at a UK tertiary paediatric hospital: a retrospective cohort study. GOSH PIMS-TS MDT Group. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 Jul;5(7):473-482.PMID 34043958.
2021 The Clinical and Radiological Cerebrovascular Abnormalities Associated with Renovascular Hypertension in Children: A systematic review. Mudalige N, Ranasinghe C, Stojanovic J. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Jul 8.
2021 Importance of the arc of Riolan in children with severe middle aortic syndrome. Arslan Z, Patel P, Minhas K, Tullus K, Stojanovic J. Arch Dis Child. 2021 April 14.
2021 Outcomes of paediatric kidney transplant recipients using the updated 2013/2017 Banff histopathological classification for antibody-mediated rejection. Preka E, Sekar T, Lopez Garcia SC, Shaw O, Kessaris N, Mamode N, Stojanovic J, Sebire NJ, Kim JJ, Marks SD. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Aug:36(8):2575-2585.Epub 2021 June 18. PMID 34143297.
2020 Catch-up growth in children with chronic kidney disease started on enteral feeding after 2 years of age. Marlais M, Stojanovic J, Jones H, Cleghorn S, Rees L. Pediatr Nephrol. 2020 Jan;35(1).PMID 31646404.
2020 Renal dysfunction in hospitalized children with COVID-19. Stewart DJ, Hartley JC, Johnson M, Marks SD, du Pre P, Stojanovic J.Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 Aug:4(8):e28-e29.
2020 The Incidence of Paediatric Acute Kidney Injury Identified Using an AKI E-Alert Algorithm in Six English Hospitals. Bhojani S, Stojanovic J, Melhem N, Maxwell H, Houtman P, Hall A, Singh C, Hayes W, Lennon R, Sinha MD, Milford DV. Front Pediatr. 2020 Feb. PMID 32117834.
2019 Diagnosis and treatment of renovascular disease. Patel P. and Stojanovic J.Semin Roentgenol. 2019 Oct;54(4):367-383.
2019 Plasma electrolyte imbalance in paediatric kidney transplant recipients.Hayes W, Longley C, Scanlon N, Bryant W, Stojanovic J, Kessaris N, Van’t Hoff W, Bockenhauer D, Marks SD. Pediatr Transplant.2019 Apr 11:e1341
2019 Patient-specific 3D Printing: A Novel Technique for Complex Pediatric Renal Transplantion. Chandak P, Byrne N, Coleman A, Karunanithy N, Carmichael J, Marks SD, Stojanovic J, Kessaris N, Mamode N. Ann Surg. 2019 Feb;269(2):e18- e23.
2018 Utilisation of small paediatric donor kidneys for transplantation. Damji S, Callaghan C, Loukopoulos I, Kessaris N, Stojanovic J, Marks SD, Mamode N. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 Sept 20.
2017 Desensitization protocol enabling paediatric crossmatch-positive renal transplantation: successful HLA-antibody-incompatible renal transplantation of two highly sensitised children. Adamusiak AM, Stojanovic J, Shaw O, Vaughan R, Sebire NJ, Drage M, Kessaris N, Marks SD, Mamode N.Pediatr Nephrol. 2017 Feb;32(2):359-364.
2017 Insights in Transplanting Complex Paediatric Renal Recipients with Vascular Anomalies. Chandak P, Kessaris N, Callaghan CJ, Calder F, Stojanovic J,Olsburgh J, Drage M, Hume-Smith H, Ahmed Z, Adamusiak A, Roebuck D, Forman C, Marks SD, Mamode N.Transplantation. 2017 Oct; 101(10):2562-2570.
2016 Immune Desensitization Allows Pediatric Blood Group Incompatible Kidney Transplantation. Stojanovic J,Adamusiak A, Kessaris N, Chandak P, Ahmed Z, Sebire NJ, Walsh G, Jones HE, Marks SD, Mamode N. Transplantation. 2016 Jul 12.
2014 An Audit analysis of a guideline for the investigation and initialy therapy of diarrhoea negative (atypical) hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Johnson S, Stojanovic J, Ariceta G, Bitzan M, Besbas N, Frieling M, Karpman D, Landau D, Langman C, Licht C, Pecoraro C, Riedl M, Siomou E, van de Kar N, Walle JV, Loirat C, Taylor CM. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014. PMID 24817340
2004 The effects of phenytoin and phenobarbital on seizures induced by imipenem/cilastation in rats. Zivanovic D, Stanojlovic O, Susic V, Stojanovic J. Acta Neurol Belg. 2004. PMID 15143958
2004 Induction of audiogenic seizures in imipenem/cilastatin-treated rats. Zivanovic D, Stanojlovic O, Stojanovic J, Susic V. Epilepsy Behav. 2004. PMIC 15123014

Languages & Memberships

Languages: English (fluent), Serbian (fluent)
Professional Memberships: BAPN, ESOT, EKITA, PEDAT, RCPCH, GMC, IPTA, IPNA, ESPN