March-April 2018 Reviewer of the Issue - Matjaž Kopač
Matjaž Kopač

April 2018

Dr. Matjaž Kopač is currently an assisstant professor in the 
department of nephrology in the University Medical Centre 
Ljubljana. Below is his career history in his own words: 
I graduated at Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana University, 
in 1999 and was awarded the student's Prešeren award for a 
research on genetic susceptibillity for lung cancer in Slovenian 
population in 1997.
Post-graduate education: I completed Master of Science 
degree, entitled  Induced sputum in asthma in 2002. I was 
pediatric nephrology research fellow and  resident of pediatrics 

at University Medical Centre Ljubljana between 2002 and 2007 and completed the Doctor of 
Science thesis, entitled Indirect voiding urosonography for detecting vesicoureteral reflux in 
children  during that time.  I was appointed for Assistant Professor in Pediatrics in 2013 (all at 
Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana University).
Special training:  I completed  international Course in ultrasonography of the urinary tract at 
the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia, under the auspices of Jefferson Ultrasound 
Research and Education Institute in 2002 and Internship in pediatric radiology with emphasis 
on ultrasonography of the urinary tract at the Division of Pediatric Radiology at the Medical 
University Graz (Austria) in 2007. I also attended several other regional courses on ultrasonography 
of the urinary tract recently since I regularly perform these investigations in children. 
I completed practical training in dialysis at the Dialysis Centre, University Medical 
Centre Ljubljana in 2004, and attended several Dialysis courses afterwards.
I completed Observership with training in pediatric nephrology (3 months) at the Nephrology 
Division, Department of Pediatrics, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (USA) in 2008.
I actively participated at Pediatric Urology (in 2003), Pediatric Nephrology (in 2006)  
and  Pediatric Nephrology and Endocrinology (in 2011 and 2014) Seminars in Salzburg 
(Austria) and received The Certificate for Academic Excellence (in 2011 and 2014).
I completed Urodynamic Course at Bristol Urological Institute / Warrell Unit Manchester 
(UK) in 2013 and have regularly performed urodynamic investigations in children since then.
I have published more than thirty papers in Slovenian and international peer reviewed journals. 
»Being a reviewer for Urology Journal is an honor, as you are allowed to contribute to the scientific 
level of this journal. The Urology Journal has a unique approach with a Review form that enables 
concise and systematic review process. Careful evaluation of scientific articles is an important 
scholarly contribution and a gratifying duty in academics. Peer review is a vital process for any 
journal and enables publication of innovative research that meets the highest standards of quality.«

Kopač, was chosen by editorial board of The Urology Journal for his valuable and timely review 
of manuscript”.