Faculty only employed teachers of the assistant professor and higher level are listed. The teachers’ data are listed alphabetically. Teacher Professor Jugoslav Bagatin

Teacher	Ante Punda
Institution	Clinical Hospital Center Split
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Short curriculum vitae		I was born 1955. I finished elementary and classical high school in Split, and the School of Medicine in Zagreb. I finished the Postgraduate Scientific Study in Clinical Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb. In 2004 I defended the Master’s thesis titled Comparison of the Effects of Atenolol and Propranolol on Platelet Aggregation in Moderate Essentially Hypertension. August the 10^th, 2007 I defended my doctoral dissertation titled Prognostic Value RET Mutation and p27 and Cyclin D1 Expressiveness in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma at the same Faculty. Up to 1990 I worked as a primary care doctor at the Split shipyard, while from February 1990 I have a permanent position at the Clinical Hospital Center Split, Department of Nuclear Medicine. In 1990 I began my residency in nuclear medicine, and in 1993 I passed the medical specialty exam. From April 2008 I am being the Head of Nuclear Medicine Department. In 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 I was the organizer, the supervisor and the lecturer at the Thyroid Disease Continual Medical Education Courses. I participated in organizing symposium as being: a) secretary and member of the organization committee of the 1^st Conference of the Croatian Association for Thyroid - Thyroid Carcinoma, Split, 2007; b) member of the scientific symposium committee, 40 years of Nuclear Medicine in Osijek (2007), with international participation; c) member of the scientific committee International Course on Thyroid Surgery, Zagreb, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. I am the member of the Croatian Society of Nuclear Medicine, of the Croatian Society of Osteoporosis, European Society of Nuclear Medicine, as well as the Vice President of the Croatian Society of Thyroid. I am an associate at the following scientific projects financed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport: Circulatory Effects of Urolithiasis (Supervisor: prof., Davor Eterović, Ph.D.), and Molecular Basis of Thyroid Carcinoma - Criteria in the Treatment of Differentiated Carcinoma (Supervisor: Miljenko Bura, Ph.D.).Also, I was a member of the Commission of Continual Medical Education at the School of Medicine in Split.
List of publications (last 5 years)		Eterović D, Šitum M, Punda A, Marković V, Kokić S.Urinary obstruction depresses erythropoiesis which recovers after parenchyma-saving surgery but not SWL. Urol Res. 2010 Feb;38(1):51-6.Epub 2009 Dec 1. Eterović D, Marković V, Punda A, Antunović Z.131I radiation dose distribution in metastases of thyroid carcinoma. J Nucl Med.2009 May;50(5):833-4; autor reply 834.Epub 2009 Apr 16. Titlić M, Tonkić A, Jukić I, Buća A, Punda A.Leptomeningeal matastases of an astrocytoma of the conus meddullaris:a case report. Acta Neurol Belg.2008 Dec;108(4):170-2. Eterović D, Marković V, Antunović Z ,Punda A.Determinants 131I radiation dose to thyroid follicular cells. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2009 Apr;36(4):721-2.Epub 2009 Feb 20. Pešutić Pisac V, Punda A, Glunčić I, Bedeković V, Pranić Kragić A, Kunac N. Cyclin D1 and p27 expression as prognostic factor in papillary carcinoma of thyroid: association with clinicopathological parameters. Croat Med J. 2008 Oct;49(5):643-9. Titlić M, Josipović-Jelić Z, Punda A. Headache caused by pesticides--a review of the literature. Acta Med Croatica. 2008 May;62(2):233-6. Review.Croatian. Titlić M, Jukić I, Tonkić A, Punda A.Headache caused by handling the pesticide Antracol Combi WP 76: a case report. J Headache Pain. 2007 Dec;8(6):345-7.Epub 2007 Dec 10. Miše S, Tonkić A, Punda A, Titlić M, Pešutić Pisac V, Jukić I, Seiwerth S, Sikirić P. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Associated Osteopenia.Gastroenterology. 2006;130(4):A458-A458. Vrca A, Mišić-Majerus Lj, Poje R, Šikić N, Ružić-Sabljić E, Bačić-Vrca V, Titlić M, Punda A. Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Patients with Seroconversion of IgG Antibodies to Borrelia Burgdorferi sensu lato. Coll.Antropol. 2008; 32(1):315-9. Pranić-Kragić A, Marković V, Radović D, Dodig D, Punda A, Čapkun V. The value of quantitative bone scintigraphy in the prognosis of fracture healing. Acta Clin Croat. 2007;46:5-9. Titlić M, Punda A, Jukić I, Tonkić A, Josipović-Jelić Ž. Symptomatology of detrimental effects of pesticides-Literature review. Acta Clin Croat. 2007;46(3): 229-234. Punda A, Polić S, Rumboldt Z, Bagatin J, Marković V, Lukin A. Effects of Atenolol and Propranolol on Platelet Aggregation in Moderate Essential Hypertension: randomized crossover trial.Croat Med J. 2005 Apr; 46 (2): 219-24.
Publications and other qualifications		Polić S, Perković D, Štula I, Punda A, Lukin A, Rumboldt Z. Early Cardiac Rupture Following Streptokinase in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Retrospective Cohort Study. Croat Med J. 2000; 41 (3): 303-5. Saraga M, Vukić-Košuljandić Đ, Marković V, Punda A, Staničić A.(letter). Pediatr Croat. 1999;43:49-50. Saraga M, Vukić-Košuljandić Đ, Marković V, Punda A, Staničić A.(letter). Pediatr Croat. 2000;44:131. Punda A, Tukić A, Marković V, Eterović D, Staničić A, Vujičić M. Determinants of prediction of multivessel disease by thallium scintigraphy. In: Highlights of the Second International Congress of the Croatian Society of Nuclear Medizine. Nucl Med. 1996;35:A118. Marković V, Dodig D, Čapkun V, Radović D, Punda A, Saraga M. Radionuclide cystography and voiding cystourethrography in detection of primary nondilated vesicoureteral refluxies in children. U: Highlights of the Fourth International Congress of the Croatian Society of Nuclear Medizine. Nucl Med. 2002;41:A13. Pešutić-Pisac V, Punda A, Čapkun V, Tomić S, Petric S, Marinković M, Staničić A, Pranić-Kragić A, Marković V, Radović D, Juretić-Kuščić Lj. Epithelial membrane antigene (EMA) and NM23 suppresor gene in papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2001;28(8):1021. Punda A, Čapkun V, Marković V, Lukin A, Tukić A. Stress test and Thallium-201 scintigraphy in detecting of coronary Disease. Journal für Kardiologie. 1997;2:128. Punda A, Marković V, Staničić A, Lukin A, Božić I, Giunio L. Myocardial viability detection by reinjecting TI-201. Cardiologia Hungarica. 1995;3:A34. Saraga M, Vukić-Košuljandić Đ, Marković V, Punda A, Staničić A.Quantitative direct radionuclide cystography versus voiding cystouretrography. Pediatr Nephrol.1999,13:C44. From 2005 to 2007, I was the lecturer in Postgraduate Courses of the Continual Medical Education Category 1 Ultrasound in Clinical Practice- Ultrasound of Thyroid, at the School of Medicine in Split, and in 2007 I was the Head of the Course. Also, I was students’ graduation thesis mentor at the School of Medicine in Split.
Last academic advancement				Assistant professor from June, 2008.
Course	I participate in performance of the curriculum of the following courses: Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine in Split, School of Medicine in Mostar, Professional Study in Medical Radiology, School of Medicine in Split; Medical Physics and Biophysics, School of Medicine in Split; Biophysics, Dental Study at the School of Medicine in Split; Medical Biostatistics, Postgraduate Doctoral Study Evidence - Based Clinical Medicine at the School of Medicine in Split; Medical Biostatistics, Postgraduate Specialist Study Clinical Epidemiology at the School of Medicine in Split.

Teacher	Professor Volga Punda-Polić, MD, Ph.D
Institution	University of Split School of Medicine
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Short curriculum vitae		1970. MD, University of Zagreb School of Medicine 1973. Assistant professor, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology School of Medicine Zagreb 1976. Specialist in medical microbiology and parasitology 1978. MSc (virology), University of Zagreb 1985. PhD (virology), University of Zagreb 1986. - present Head, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology, Split University Hospital, Split 1989.-1997. Associate Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb 1997.-2000. Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Split School of Medicine 2000.-2005. full Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Split School of Medicine 2005.-present full Professor with tenure, Department of Microbiology, University of Split School of Medicine
List of publications (last 5 years)		Medić A, Dželalija B, Punda-Polić V, Gjenero Margan I, Turković B, Gilić V. Q fever epidemic among employees in a factory in the suburb of Zadar, Croatia. Croat Med J 2005;46: 315 – 319. Tonkić M, Goić Barišić I, Punda-Polić V. Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated in a university hospital in Split, Croatia. Int Microbiol 2005; 8: 119-124. Lukšić B, Punda-Polić V, Ivić I, Bradarić I, Bradarić N. Clinical and epidemiological features of hospitalized acute Q fever cases from Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia), 1985-2002. Med Sci Monit 2006;12: 126-131. Punda-Polić V, Cvetnić Ž. Human brucellosis in Croatia. Lancet Infect Dis 2006; 6: 540-541. Tonkić M, Tonkić A, Goić Barišić I, Jukić I, Šimunić M, Punda-Polić V. Primary resistance and antibiotic minimum inhibitory concentrations for Helicobacter pylori strains in Split, Croatia. J Chemother 2006; 18: 437-439. Dobec M, Dželalija B, Punda-Polic V, Zoric I. High prevalence of antibodies to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in a murine typhus endemic region in Croatia. J Med Virol 2006; 78:1643-1647. Duh D, Punda-Polić V, Trilar T, Petrovec M, Bradarić N, Avšič-Županc T. Molecular identification of Rickettsia felis-like bacteria in Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks collected from domestic animals in southern Croatia. Ann NY Acad Sci 2006; 1078: 347-351. Punda-Polić V, Šiško Kraljević K, Bradarić N. War-associated cases of typhoid fever imported to Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia). Mil Med 2007; 172:1096-1098. Tonkić M, Bedenić B, Goić Barišić I, Katić S, Kalenić S, Kaufmann ME, Woodford N, Punda-Polić V. First report of CTX-M extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing isolates from Croatia. J Chemother 2007; 19: 97-100. Goić Barišić I, Bedenić B, Tonkić M, Katić S, Kalenić S, Punda-Polić V. First report of molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in different intensive care units in University Hospital Split, Croatia. J Chemother 2007;19: 462-464. Punda-Polić V. Rickettsioses in Croatia. In: Alexandrov E, Kazar J, Hechemy K, Kantardjiev T, editors. Contemporary state of the rickettsioses in the world and in Bulgaria. Sofia: Prof Marin Drinov Academic publishing house; 2007. p. 162-167. Duh D, Punda-Polić V, Trilar T, Avšič-Županc T. Molecular detection of Theileria sp. in ticks and naturally infected sheep. Vet Parasitol 2008; 151:327-331. Punda-Polić V, Lukšić B, Čapkun V. Epidemiological features of Mediterranean spotted fever, murine typhus, and Q fever in Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia), 1982-2002. Epidemiol Infect 2008; 136:972-9. Dobec M, Golubic D, Punda-Polic V, Kaeppeli F, Sievers M. Rickettsia helvetica in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks. Emerg Infect Dis 2009;15:98-100. Goic-Barisic I, Bedenic B, Tonkic M, Novak A, Katic S, Kalenic S, Punda-Polic V, Towner KJ. Occurrence of OXA-107 and ISAba1 in carbapenem-resistant isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from Croatia. J Clin Microbiol. 2009;47: 3348-9. Duh D, Punda-Polic V, Avsic-Zupanc T, Bouyer D, Walker DH, Popov VL, Jelovsek M, Gracner M, Trilar T, Bradaric N, Kurtti TJ, Strus J. Rickettsia hoogstraalii sp. nov., isolated from hard- and soft-bodied ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2010; 60: 977-84. Gracner M, Avsic-Zupanc T, Punda-Polic V, Dolinsek J, Bouyer D, Walker DH, Zavala-Castro JE, Bradaric N, Crocquet-Valdes PA, Duh D. Comparative ompA gene sequence analysis of Rickettsia felis-like bacteria detected in Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks and isolated in the mosquito C6/36 cell line. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009; 15 (suppl. 2): 265-6. Bedenic B, Goic-Barisic I, Budimir A, Tonkic M, Mihajkevic LJ, Novak A, Sviben M, Plecko V, Punda-Polic V, Kalenic S. Antimicrobial susceptibility and beta-lactamase production of selected gram-negative bacilli from two Croatian hospitals: MYSTIC study results. J Chemother. 2010; 22(3):147-52 Boban N, Tonkic M, Budimir D, Modun D, Sutlovic D, Punda-Polic V, Boban M.Antimicrobial effects of wine: separating the role of polyphenols, pH, ethanol, and other wine components. J Food Sci. 2010;75: M322-6. Tonkic M, Mohar B, Sisko-Kraljevic K, Mesko-Meglic K, Goic-Barisic I, Novak A, Kovacic A, Punda –Polić V. The high prevalence and molecular characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Proteus mirabilis strains - the first report from Southern Croatia. J Med Microbiol. 2010 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Publications and other qualifications		Punda-Polić V. Bruceloza. In : Punda-Polić V, Bradarić N. Najčešće zoonoze u svakodnevnoj praksi - klinički i dijagnostički pristup. Poslijediplomski tečaj stalnog medicinskog usavršavanja. Split, Hrvatska. Sveučilište u Splitu Medicinski fakultet; 2008, p. 28-30. Punda-Polić V. Bolesti koje uzrokuju rikecije - rikecioze. U: Punda-Polić V, Bradarić N, editor. Najčešće zoonoze u svakodnevnoj praksi - klinički i dijagnostički pristup. Poslijediplomski tečaj stalnog medicinskog usavršavanja. Split, Hrvatska. Sveučilište u Splitu Medicinski fakultet; 2008, p. 14-18.
Last academic advancement				22. 09. 2005. – full professor with tenure
Course	MD program Basic medical microbiology and parasitology Clinical microbiology and parasitology Dental medicine program Medical microbiology and parasitology Pregraduate program for nursing Medical microbiology and parasitology

Teacher	Professor Goran Racic, MD, PhD
Institution	University Hospital CentreSplit
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Short curriculum vitae	He was enrolled in Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb in 1967, and he graduated in 1972. Until the beginning of fellowship he was working in primary care. In May 1978 he began fellowship in the field of ENT in the Military hospital in Split, and the final part (18 months) and exam in 1982 on ENT Clinic ”Šalata” in Zagreb. From September to December 1983 he worked in the ENT Clinic Grosshadern in Munich with Professor HH Naumann, where he obtained his Masters Degree with the article “Evaluacija operativnog liječenja kroničnih upala srednjeg uha”. He obtained it in December 1985 on Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb. In 1986 he spent 2 months at Prof. H. Silverstein’s clinic in Sarasota-USA, where he was introduced to otoneurologic surgeries. In 1987 he joined the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb, Split division, after being chosen as the scientific assistant. At the end of the ‘80s and the beginning of the ‘90s he was doing scientific research in the Institute for the undersea medicine of the CMN (Department of hyperbaric and undersea medicine). He obtained his Ph.D. with his article „HBO and the treatment of Bell’s palsy“ in November 1993 in Split. In May 1996 he was chosen as the assistant professor of the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb for the needs of Medicine department in Split, in 2002 he was elected as the associate professor, and in 2009 he was elected as the professor. He is director of the ENT studies at the Faculty since 1996, in November 1999 he has been elected as the Head of the Department for Head and Neck Surgery, and in 2003 he has been elected as the Head of the ENT Clinic. With the Head of the Department for Neuroscinences he formed the “sleep lab“, the first its kind in Croatia. The laboratory is equipped with two examination rooms, one clinical polysomnograph (Alice 4), and one portable polysomnograph (Polymesam). Also in that laboratory OSA is being examined with the pharingoesophageal probe in order to detect place of obstruction during the obstruction of breathing. That probe is the first of such kind and for such use in Croatia..
List of publications (last 5 years)	Racic G, Matulic J, Roje Z, Dogas Z, Vilovic K. Abnormally High Bifurcation of the Brachiocephalic Trunk as a Potential Operative Hazard: Case Report. Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery 2005;133:811-813. Bojić L, Rogošić V, Ivanišević M, Matijaca M, Lušić I, Pintarić I, Vrebalov –Cindro V, Račić G. Progression of Optic Neuritis to Multiple Sclerosis in the County of Split.Dalamatia, Croatia. Coll Antropol 2007;2:557-560. Racic G, Kurtovic D, Colovic Z, Djogas Z, Kardum G, Roje Z. The influence of meteorological conditions on post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage. J Laringol Otol 2008;122:1330-1334. Zgaljardic Z, Racic G, Colovic Z. Use of linked mucosal flap for lower lip reconstruction after human bite injury. J Laringol Otol 2009;123:346-347. Roje Z, Racic G, Djogas Z, Pesutic-Pisac V, Timms M. Postoperative Morbidity and Histopathologic Characteristics of Tonsillar Tissue Following Coblation Tonsillectomy in Children: A Prospective Randomized Single-Blind Study Coll Antropol 2009;33:293-298. Đogaš Z, Valić M, Pecotić R, Čavar-Pupić M, Carev M, Bojić L, Račić G. Poremećaji disanja tijekom spavanja. Liječ Vjesn 2008;130:69-77. Račić G, Roje Ž. Kirurško liječenje poremećaja disanja tijekom spavanja. Liječ Vjesn 2008;130: 91-97. Roje Ž, Ševo V, Selimović M, Račić G. Adenotonzilektomija u liječenju poremećaja disanja tijekom spavanja u dječjoj dobi: prikaz bolesnika. Liječ Vjesn 2008;130: 97-100. Carev M, Karanović N, Ujević A, Kardum G, Čengić V, Funck N, Čulić N, Račić G, Đogaš Z. Uporaba sukcinil-kolina među hrvatskim anesteziolozima - je li taj lijek zaista odbačen? Liječ Vjesn 2010;132:8-13. Glunčić I, Cikojević D, Klančnik M, Račić G, Spužević L. Rigidna bronhoskopija zbog stranog tijela u djece. Paediatr Croat 2010;54:39-42.
Publications and other qualifications	He is the author of the list of skills in ENT that the students have to pass. In the last two years he got a very good rating in the student’s survey. He is the coauthor of three books, of which the third, „Otorhinolaryngology for students“, has been published by Ljevak Publishing in Zagreb in 2004. He is the reviewer and coauthor of the book „Chosen chapters from the diving medicine“.
Last academic advancement		May 2009., Professor
Course	ENT

Teacher	Professor Vedran Radonić, MD, PhD
Employer	Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Split
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Short CV (description of movement in the profession)	● Date of birth: 17 April 1949. g. ● Birth Place: Podgora, Makarska, Croatia ● Nationality: Croat ● Marital status: Married, two children (Stephen and 39.g. Vicko 34.g.).  Two grandchildren (Marina 10.g. and Vice 6 yrs.) a) Education ● Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb on 26 April 1974 ● Compulsory medical internship carried out in Split 1975 Residency in general surgery at the Department of Surgery, OB-Split 1978 -1982. From 1982 to the Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital KB Split. ● 1988 Master of Science, School of Medicine, University of Rijeka. ● For research assistant, School of Medicine in Zagreb, was elected 1992 and is registered in the Croatian scientists Ministry for Science Minister Mat. no. 182 153 of 31 The 1st 1991st g. ● 1998 Doctor of Medical Sciences, University of Zagreb. ● Decision of the Ministry of Health 2nd 10th 1993rd Mr acquired title Primarius. ● The title of assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Surgery I. University of Split, was elected in 2000. ● The title of associate professor in the Department of Medicine exceptional circumstances, the scientific field of biomedicine and health care fields of clinical medicine, the branch of Surgery, Medical University of Split, was elected in 03.02.2005 ● Vice Dean for Science, School of Medicine in Split, was elected in 2005.- ● Since 2008. Head of the Department of Surgery
List of publications in the last 5 years	1. Radonić V. Giunio L. Borić T. Mimica Z. Furlan D. Definis-Gojanović M. ANTIPERSONNEL MINE INJURIES IN SOUTHERN CROATIA. Military Medicine. 169(4):313-319, 2004. 2. Radonić V. Giunio L. Biočić M. Tripković A. Lukšić B. Primorac D. INJURIES FROM ANTITANK MINES IN SOUTHERN CROATIA. Military Medicine.169(4):320-324, 2004. 3. Radonić V. Giunio L. Vidjak V. Boschi V. Barić D. Stipić R. MINE CLEARANCE INJURIES IN SOUTH CROATIA. Military Medicine. 169(8)642-647, 2004. 4. Lušić I, Radonić V, Pavelin S, Bilić I. IS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN A BETTER PREDICTOR OF RECURRENT CAROTID DISEASE FOLLOWING CAROTID ENDASRCTERECTOMY THAN ESTABLISHED RISK FACTOR5S FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS? VASA 35(4): 221-225, 2006. 5. Cambj-Sapunar L, Masković J, Brkljacić B, Radonić V, Dragicević D, Ajduk M. OUTCOME OF EMERGENCY ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF LARGE INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSMS WITH GUIDEWIRES. Eur J Radiol. 74(1):86-92, 2010. 6. Mašković J, Stevo Koplić S, Bakotin T, Cambi-Sapunar L, Radonić V, Batinić T, Borić T, Barić D, Grbić Ž, Opačak R, Štula I, Štambuk I. [Our Experience with Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm with Talent Stent Grafting]. Acta Clinica Croatica, Vol.41 No.2 Separat 1: 53-61, 2002. 7. Tudor L, Sikirić P, Tudor KI, Cambi-Sapunar L, Radonić V, Tudor M, Buca A, Carija R. [Amusia and aphasia of Bolero's creator--influence of the right hemisphere on music]. Acta Med Croatica. 62(3):309-1, 2008. 8. Perko Z, Mimica Z, Stipić R, Radonić V, Cala Z, Bakotin T, Kraljević J, Strinić T, Jakus IA, Simunić M. [Transvaginal laparoscopically assisted cholecystectomy: a first Croatian experience]. Lijec Vjesn. 131(3-4):100-1, 2009.
Papers and other teachers as qualified for teaching	Professor Vedran Radonić many years a teacher of the Medical Faculty in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He has published 98 publications in national and international journals. Thirty-seven papers of which is indexed in Current contens in 20, and 17 in the Index Medicus in (IM) and Excerpta Medica (EM). He has published 26 papers which are not indexed. In addition to published and 19 conference papers and 16 book chapters and scripts. Is cited in 78 occasions in the SCI and SSCI.
Date of last election for the position			03. 02. 2005
Course (-s) that performs	Department of Health in exceptional circumstances, the scientific field of biomedicine and health, the field of clinical medicine, the branch of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Split