Jernej Dolinsek International Celiac Disease Symposium 2026

Jernej Dolinsek

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Jernej Dolinšek, MD, PhD is currently serving as a head of Pediatric Department at the University Medical Center Maribor, Slovenia. He also serves as a head of the Gastroenterology Unit since 2008 and holds a teaching position at Medical Faculty, Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Agriculture and Bio-Systemic Studies at University of Maribor. His major clinical and research focus are gluten related disorders especially celiac disease. In 2003 he defended his doctoral thesis focusing on apoptotic processes in celiac disease. He is a co-author of ESPGHAN guidelines on celiac disease diagnosis (2020), ESPGHAN position statement on celiac disease management (2022), Guidelines on diagnosis of Dermatitis herpetiformis (2021) and Salerno criteria for diagnosing Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (2015). He has been actively collaborating in several international projects mainly focusing on celiac disease including CD-MEDICS, LQ-CELIAC, Focus IN CD, CD SKILLS and is coordinating an ESPGHAN CD SIG project CD in Focus. He has been a guest speaker at many international events. Currently he is a member of ISSCD board and a member of UEG Council as well as a member of Core group of ESPGHAN Coeliac Disease Special Interest Group. Jernej served as a member of ESPGHAN Council as a Chair of Gastroenterology Committee and as an International Affairs representative. He also was a member of ESPGHAN Scientific Committee and Research Task Force and YIF faculty. He is a member of Slovene celiac disease society Executive board and served as its president for one mandate. He is a vice-president of Slovene Pediatric Gastroenterology Society, a member of Slovene Pediatric Association Executive Board and a chair of Pediatric Advisory Board at the Ministry of Health of Republic of Slovenia.