Tatjana Milenkovic is a Professor of internal medicine at the University “St Cyril and Methodius”, Medical Faculty in Skopje, Macedonia. She works at the Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases since 1985, where in 1995 she has established the Department of education for people with diabetes - and she has been Head of the department ever since. She completed her specialty training in Internal Medicine 1991, a PhD in Medical Science in 1999, and sub specialty training in Endocrinology in 2004.

She completed clinical training 1996 in Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark and 2000 at Ipswich Hospital, UK. She is engaged in education for patients and families with diabetes and in designing and implementing a program for certification of diabetes educators in Macedonia. In co-operation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), she has organised education in Macedonia for healthcare professionals dealing with diabetes. She has been an invited lecturer at several EASD Postgraduate Courses, where she has educated future diabetologists, both theoretically and practically, on education in the treatment of diabetes, proper nutrition and physical activity. She organised a similar course together with EASD in Macedonia.

Since 2013, she is the President of Macedonian Diabetes Association, also the President of the Macedonian Scientific Association of endocrinologists and diabetologists since 2014. Elected as the President of the Diabetes Education Study Group 2023/27. She served as a member of IDF Europe board 2020/2023, reelected 2023/2025. She served as a member of ESE (European Society of Endocrinology) educational committee 2021-2025.

As a full professor of internal medicine, she has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education at her country’s medical faculty since 2002.

Duality of Interest: None declared
Date: Autumn 2025