Academic Certificates, Trainings & Fellowships:

• M.D. Specialist in Neurosurgery, Spine surgery, Human Anatomy
• Master degree in Pathophysiology of nervous system, Univ. of Rijeka, Croatia
• Fellow of AO Spine
• Fellow of European Spine Association
• Fellowship at the Clinical Dept. for Skull Base Surgery, Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Fellowship in Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Fellowship in Spine surgery Dept. For Spinal Surgery, Munchen, Germany
• Fellowship in Spine surgery Dept. for Spinal Surgery, Karlsbad, Germany

Scope of Clinical Practice:

• Microdiscectomy for disc herniation
• Microdecompression for spinal stenosis
• Sacral, lumbar, dorsal and cervical fusion for a variety of spinal pathologies
• Transabdominal approaches to the spine
• Transthoracic approaches to the spine
• Surgical correction of adult spinal deformities
• Spinal revision surgery for failed back syndrome
• Treatment of spinal infections
• Surgical treatment of spinal intra and extra dural/medullary tumors
• Surgical treatment of vascular malformations and diseases of the spine
• Peripheral nerve surgery for compression and nerve avulsion
• Minimally invasive disc surgery (Nucleoplasty, Nucleolysis)
• Facet joint and periradicular X ray guided injections
• Epiduroscopy
• Ambulatory injection treatment for trigger point and myofascial syndrome
• Ambulatory injection treatment for painful points
• Ambulatory ozone injections for low back pain