Surgical Oncologist
Institute of Oncology, Slovenia
EDUCATION:
1980 Secondary school Ljubljana Bezigrad
1987 Medical degree at the Medical faculty of the University of Ljubljana
1991 Master's degree (MSc) at the Medical faculty Ljubljana
1995 Board exam in general surgery University Medical Center of Ljubljana
1997 Doctor's degree (PhD) at the Medical faculty of the University of Ljubljana
2002 Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Medical Faculty Ljubljana
2002 Participant of ESMO/EONS course ICH- GCP in Ljubljana (15.-17.11.2002)
2003 Board exam of World Federation of Societies of Surgical Oncology (WFSOS)
2008 Associate Professor of Surgery at the Medical Faculty Ljubljana
2014 Professor of Surgery at the Medical Faculty Ljubljana
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1988 to 1990 Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Research Fellow in Surgical Oncology
1990 to 1995 Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana and University Medical Center
Ljubljana Resident in General Surgery
1995 to 2000 Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana – Attending General Surgeon
1999-2021 Principal investigator of four research projects and a research program of the
Slovenian Research Agency
since 2000 Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana - General Surgeon – Consultant
2004-2012 Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana - Head of the Institutional Ethics
Committee and Review Board
2002-2006 Member of the Council of the Institute of Oncology, representative of the
Institute’s employees
Since 2006 Head of subject Surgical Oncology at the Postgraduate Programme
Biomedicine at the Medical Faculty Ljubljana
2012-2021 Head of multidisciplinary team for thyroid cancer at the Institute of
Oncology Ljubljana
2013 Visiting Professor at the Medical faculty University of Belgrade, Serbia
2015-2019 Head of Division of Surgery at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
Since 2020 Head of multidisciplinary team for rehabilitation at the Institute of
Oncology Ljubljana