Dr. Drazen Jukic, MD, PhD

I have known Dr. Jukic since July, 2000. He was at that time a Dermatopathology fellow for Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He completed his training and joined the faculty at UPMC. He and I have always shared a passion for informatics and I have learned a great deal from interacting with him. In 2003, Drazen had quickly risen to level of Director of Dermatopathology and I had the wonderful opportunity to spend one month as his resident. Dr. Jukic is an active and conscientious teacher. He challenged us to consider issues from new perspectives and often asked us very penetrating and important questions. He taught us to carefully consider the differential diagnosis on difficult cases and showed us how to properly handle the routine cases as well. Drazen’s personality is wonderful. He is outgoing and friendly, but not dominating. He has an obvious and sincere concern for others opinions and thoughts. I always felt at easy with him. I feel very confident that he will continue to be extremely successful in whatever he chooses to do. He is a focussed, hard-working and a very determined person. It is a great honor to have worked with him.