Vol. 54 No. 2 (2025)

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Vladimir Čavka, an ophthalmologist (Orašje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 31 October 1900 – Belgrade, Serbia, 3 July 1984). He was one of the founders of the Scientific Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its first president (1952–1955), and a full member of the Department of Medical Sciences. After the Scientific Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina was transformed into the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1966, he was its full member. He founded the Medical Archives, the journal of the Society of Physicians of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Yugoslav Ophthalmological Archives, the journal of the Ophthalmological Section of the Society of Physicians of Bosnia and Herzegovina – the Association of Ophthalmologists of Yugoslavia. He was the recipient of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina Award (1948) and the AVNOJ Award (1967).