On September 21st, 2013, MedSAP and CSAP students were honored by 3rd SACCH Annual Gala, Concert & Dinner, with honorable speakers Dr. O.H.Frazier, Dr. Rajko Radovancevic and Honorable Branko Terzic and distinguished guests from Serbia Dr. Sasa Borovic and Dr. Zoran Trifunovic.  The visit from Serbia was a highlight of the evening, as we were able to finally celebrate great success together with Dr. Borovic, who invested many years of great work and effort into MedSAP. The spotlight however, was taken and well deserved by four MedSAP students Mr. Darko Radakovic, Mr. Milan Radovanovic, Mr. Milos Brankovic and Ms. Sasenka Vidicevic and our first CSAP Student Ms Tea Prokic. The team of students shared their impressions of 2013 program, highlighting the benefit they draw from the opportunity.

SACCH made two key announcements: continued growth in supporting student advancement programs - this year for the first time CSAP (Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering & Rice University in Houston) which was great success under leadership of Dr. Vivek Sarkar and Dr. Zoran Budimlic. Further, SACCH announced new partnership with United States Embassy in Belgrade with focus on future support and sponsorship of MedSAP Program.

Evening was made far graceful and fulfilling by music performances of Virtuosi of Houston, Mrs. Maja Samardzija and other prominent guests. At this year’s event, SACCH makes special recognition of Mrs. Sladjana Maric for her outstanding contributions to MedSAP program.

Reflection on Gala 2013