Preserve Your Heart, Protect Your Mind

Dr Emilija Lazarova Trajkovska, PhD in Medical Sciences, is a specialist in internal medicine, a subspecialist in cardiology and a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University. She works at the National Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases in Skopje.

She has several decades of clinical and research experience, reflected in numerous scientific papers and invited lectures at renowned national and international congresses.

Alongside medicine, she enjoys preparing and presenting educational lectures for the wider public, connecting her love of wine culture and the Mediterranean lifestyle with scientific facts about the role of wine in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Dr Vesna Jordanova is a consultant psychiatrist in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and director of Spectrum Psychiatry. She has more than two decades of clinical and academic experience in the United Kingdom. She completed her specialist and postgraduate training at King's College London and has held academic positions at King's College London, Imperial College London and the University of Leicester. She has authored numerous scientific papers published in international journals.

A dedicated educator, she contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching and to the Royal College of Psychiatrists' national training programmes. In clinical practice, she uses mentalisation-based therapy (MBT), combining a scientific approach with holistic support for patients and their families. By establishing specialist clinics and leading multidisciplinary teams across the United Kingdom, she contributes to improving diagnostic pathways and overcoming barriers to access to mental health services.