Current Position

Associate Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine/Veterinary Cardiology
Internal Medicine Clinic
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Education and Experience

1999 – 2006 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia – DVM
2011 – Postgraduate doctoral externship at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria; externship College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
2013 – Doctoral thesis: The influence of arthropod-borne diseases on the clinical form and clinical course of canine babesiosis – Doctor of Philosophy
2014 – 2018 Residency program in veterinary cardiology, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich

Teaching Experience

2008 – 2013 Research Associate – University Assistant at the Internal Medicine Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
2015 – Assistant Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
2021 – Associate Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine/Veterinary Cardiology, Internal Medicine Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Research

Cardiovascular diagnostic imaging: advanced echocardiography techniques, cardiac computed tomography, magnetic resonace
Evolutionary development of the cardiovascular system
Translational medicine/translational cardiology
Canine and feline cardiomyopathies