Education:
• Gymnasium- Slavonski Brod
• Faculty of Medicine – general surgery, Zagreb
• Faculty of Medicine - Master of Science, Zagreb
• Additional education in the field of spine surgery and "Pain Management", Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, USA
Work experience:
• General Hospital, Slavonski Brod – departmental doctor (1987.-1993.)
• Clinic for Traumatology, Zagreb – departmental doctor (1993.-2009.)
• Polyclinic Lumbago, Zagreb – Director (2009.-)
Member of organizations and associations:
• International Association - International Spinal Intervention Society (ISIS) - member since 2009.
• Croatian Surgical Society CMA Zagreb - member since 1997.
• Croatian Vertebral Society CMA Zagreb – member since 1998
• International Association - Spine Experts Group - member since 2004.
Participation as a lecturer:
• World Congress of spinal surgery and rehabilitation: Kyoto - Japan, & Rhodes - Greece
• European Congresses of spinal surgery: Barcelona, Paris, Nantes, Zurich, Prague, Helsinki, Porto, Vienna, Graz, Ljubljana, Skopje, Bucharest, Sofia, etc.
• A large number of conferences and professional meetings in Croatia
Professional collaborative team at the Polyclinic Lumbago:
• Dr. med. Darko Perovic - Specialist Surgeon
• Ph.D. Zoran Loncar, MD - Specialist in Anesthesiology
• MS Lydia Fumic-Dunkić, MD.. - Specialist in Anesthesiology
• Ernest Paver - senior anesthetic technician
• Dubravko Kamenar - Engineer in Medical Radiology
• Branka Šajnović – assistant nurse