Berina Škrijelj is a medical doctor and resident in maxillofacial surgery. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Belgrade in 2024. During her studies, she worked as a Student Teaching Assistant at the Institute of Anatomy “Niko Miljanić”, contributing to practical anatomy teaching and mentoring junior medical students.
She gained clinical experience at the Emergency Center of the University Clinical Centre of Serbia, working in maxillofacial surgery and supporting patient care in emergency and post-operative settings. Since 2025, she has worked as a General Practitioner at Zemun Community Health Center while undertaking specialist training in maxillofacial surgery at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac.
Her professional interests extend beyond clinical medicine. She is particularly concerned with patient dignity, equitable access to healthcare, health literacy, professional ethics, and the ways communication between patients, healthcare professionals, and institutions influences the quality of care. Her experience in both primary healthcare and emergency medicine allows her to approach the healthcare system from different perspectives, from prevention and long-term patient relationships to complex emergency situations.
Before entering medicine, she was active with Young Ambassadors in Novi Pazar, eventually serving as a City Coordinator and working with young people and local institutions on cultural and community initiatives. This early experience later became closely connected with her medical work through a continuing interest in communication, trust, mentoring, and institutional responsibility towards communities.
Alongside medicine, Berina works with photography and visual storytelling. She received awards for short-film production while still in secondary school, and in 2026 her photography was selected for the final round of the International Photography Awards. She approaches photography as another way of observing human experiences and making visible circumstances that can otherwise remain unnoticed.
Her work seeks to connect medical knowledge with the wider social environment in which health is shaped and healthcare is delivered. For her, good medicine requires not only professional expertise, but also the ability to listen, communicate clearly, and protect human dignity when people are at their most vulnerable.