Dr Belma is a highly experienced and award winning Endocrinologist and Diabetologist having more than 26 years of rich experience as a practicing physician.Dr Belma completed the Faculty of Medicine in Yugoslavia in 1989. She passed the internal medicine exam in 1996 after 4 years of the specialization program. She finished post graduate studies in 1997, obtaining a Master of Science Degree. Dr. Belma also completed the doctoral degree in the field of Diabetology in 2005. In 2010, she passed the Endocrinology & Diabetology specialization exam. She was elected as Assistant Professor at the Medical University of Sarajevo in 2006 and 5 later she was promoted to Associate Professor.Dr Belma has been treating patients with diabetes and endocrine disorders since 1990 and worked as the Head of Endocrinology Department for 8 years. She has made major contributions while working in government & private practice, and she has been extremely successful in the treatment of patients suffering from diabetes, obesity & endocrine diseases.She has also written a number of scientific papers and a book about prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. As the key opinion leader for international pharmaceutical companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she had been engaged as a speaker a regional and national symposiums. She was the president and organizer of The First Diabetes Congress in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Achievements & AwardsAmerica Embassy Sarajevo, Certificate of Appreciation awarded to Dr Belma Ascic Buturovic for superior customer service, dedication, professionalism and exceptional medical care and support to U.S Embassy Sarajevo, December 2013