IGF superfamily was his special interest which resulted in a number of articles in Endocrinology, Cancer Research. In the period 2002-2006 he was a Director of the University Children's Hospital at the Medical Faculty Skopje, bringing considerable renovation by donor's contributions. In the period 1999-2005 he was the Vice-Dean of the Medical Faculty in Skopje reforming the curricula and bringing a large Tempus-Phare EU project. Proects in diabetology and molecular medicine followed. He is an author of 7 books (Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, Dysmorphology...), and ~70 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He was the organizer of one European Society of Endocrinology conference and 3 SEE conferences on Paediatrics. Rare diseases: endocrine, metabolic, syndromic are his rather special interest in the last several years resulting in more articles. When not at work, Dr Gucev enjoys hiking, travelling, reading fiction and philosophy.