Josip Begovac, MD is an infectious diseases physician, his main work is focused on HIV/AIDS. He is Head of the Croatian National Reference Centre for Diagnostics and Treatment of HIV of the Ministry of Health and Vice Chair of the National Committee on HIV/AIDS of the Government of Croatia. He is also professor at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. In addition to his clinical and teaching work, he is engaged in research projects at the national and international levels and authored more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals.