Department for Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, Croatia
Department for Sports medicine and Exercise, University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology
- Shoulder and Knee Surgeon
SPECIALTY:
- Minimally invasive techniques
- Open surgery procedures
- Rehabilitation and sports medicine
EDUCATION:
- 2024 - Professional training in knee and shoulder joint surgery, Universitatsklinik Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2018- 2020 – Traumatology residency program, Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, Lovran
- 2018 - Ph.D. in Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia / Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Oslo, Norway (dissertation: “The Role of Proinflammatory (IL-17 cytokine) and Anti-inflammatory (TLR10) Gene Polymorphisms in Primary Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis in the Croatian Population”)
- 2017-2018 - Professional training in knee and shoulder joint surgery at Centre Orthopédique Santy, FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Ramsay-Générale de Santé Group, Lyon, France
- 2015 - Postgraduate Specialist Study in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
- 2015 - EFORT (The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology) Traveling Fellowship – Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Leiden, Netherlands
- 2011-2015 – Orthopaedic surgery residency, University Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb
- 2007 – Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka – Doctor of Medicine
SPECIAL COURSES:
- 2019 - Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery Techniques – Naarden, Netherlands
- 2019 - Partial Knee Endoprosthesis – Oxford, UK
- 2017 - Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course – Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 2016 - AO Trauma – Basic Principles, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2015-2019 - Completed UEFA courses (Football Doctor Education Program)
- 2015 - Shoulder Arthroscopy – Munich, Germany
- 2015 - Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy – Lovran, Croatia
- 2014 - Primary and Revision Total Knee Endoprostheses – Stolzalpe, Austria
- 2014 - Bone and Joint Surgery – Salzburg, Austria
- 2012, 2014 - Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy – Ljubljana, Slovenia
EXPERIENCE:
- 2024 – present - Member of the Medical Commission of the Croatian Olympic Committee
- 2023 - present - Member of the Medical Commission of the European Gymnastics Federation
- 2022 – present - Board Member, Croatian Orthopaedic Society
- 2022 - present – Consultant for Arthroscopic Surgical Techniques
- 2022 - present - Head of the Orthopaedic-Traumatology Surgical Unit, University Hospital Sveti Duh
- 2020 - present - Head of the Medical Commission of the Croatian Gymnastics Federation
- 2019 - present - Member of the Medical Commission of the Croatian Triathlon Federation
- 2018. -present – Director and co-founder of Polyclinic Tendo
- 2015 - 2021 - Doctor for GNK Dinamo Zagreb
- 2016 - present - Head of the Medical Commission of the Croatian Judo Federation
- 2013 - 2016 - Doctor for the Croatian National Youth Football Team
SCIENCE
- 2025.– present- Associate Professor at the Department for Sports medicine and Exercise, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb
- 2022 – present- Lecturer at the Faculty of Health Studies in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (“Sports injuries and their prevention”)
- 2019 – present - Lecturer at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb – Postgraduate Study
- Author and co-author of 40 scientific articles cited in academic databases
PROJECTS
- 2020-2022 - Collaborator on EU project: “With Establishment of National Care and Development Centers We Support Athletes in Balancing Their Sports and Education/Employment Results (WeCare)”
- 2016-2017 - Collaborator on the project “Research on Genetic Predispositions and Development of a Test for Sports Injury Prevention GENPrevent”
- 2013-2014 - Coordinator of the clinical study “Agili-C Bi-phasic Implant”
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS
- 2015 - EFORT Traveling Fellowship – Netherlands
- 2014 - OPEN MEDICAL INSTITUTE - Salzburg Medical Seminars International - Salzburg, Austria
- 2014 - Award for Best PPT Presentation, Croatian Society for Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy
