EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1984 – graduated from School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1991 – specilaist in Orthopaedic Surgery
• 1995 – received doctoral degree at School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 2005 – associate professor at Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 2011 – associate professor, School of Medicine Spit, University of Split

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 1987-1991 – specializing physician in orthopaedics at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1990 – registrar, Orthopeadic and Traumatology, at Nuffield Orthopeadic Centre, Oxford, England
• 2002 – Head of Polyclinic at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine University of Zagreb
• 2007 – co-founder and Deputy Manager of Akromion Special Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery in Krapinske Toplice
• 2016 – Head of Akromion Special Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery in Krapinske Toplice

PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCED TRAINING:

• 1990 – Nuffield scholarship at Nuffield Orthopeadic Centre, Oxford, England
• 1995 – Department of Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery, University Hospital Nottingham, England
• 1996 – Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas, USA
• 1998 – Scholarship of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow at Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2003 – Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
• 2009. – Zimmer Hip Masterclass Durom Resurfacing & LDH, Nottinghm, England
• 2010 – Zimmer Institute, Surgical Skils Course. MIS Anterolateral Hip Arthroplasty, Wiena, Austria

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

• Member of the Croatian Medical Association
• Life member of the Girdlestone Orthopeadic Society
• Full Member of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow
• Full member of the European Hip Society