Career

Nikola Dekleva came from a medical family. His father Dusan Dekleva was a famous physician and surgeon, and at the time of Nikola"s birth, he was the head of Surgery Department of the Hospital in Leskovac. Nikola Dekleva graduated from School of Medicine in Belgrade, and then specialized in surgery.

Achievements

• He was also the founder and director of the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at the Clinical Center "Zemun", in 1974.