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Estetic surgery of the head and neck
Estetic surgery of the body and limbs
Aestetic breast surgery
Hand surgery
Breast surgery
Reconstructive plastic surgery
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Assistant Professor Sanda Stanec, MD, Phd

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Doc. dr. sc. Sanda Stanec, dr. med.

Professional activities

• 1984: enrolled into the University of Zagreb School of Medicine, graduated in 1990 with a GPA of 4.76 out of 5.00

• 1992-94: after completing her internship, appointed Research Assistant at the Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery

• 1994-96: employed in a private surgical practice in Daruvar

• 1996-2000: residency in General Surgery at the Departments of Surgery of the Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb and the Clinical Hospital Dubrava

• 2001-2003: subspecialty training in plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery at the Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, and the Dreifaltigkeitskrankenhaus Wesseling, Department of Plastic Surgery

• postgraduate CPD course in breast ultrasound

• 2003: passed the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) examination in Plastic Surgery and attained the title Fellow of EBOPRAS


Participation at numerous professional conferences in Europe and the USA:

• Advances in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: The Cutting Edge Symposium, Manhattan EET Hospital, New York, New York, USA, October 1996

• Advances in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: The Cutting Edge II Symposium, Manhattan EET Hospital, New York, New York, USA, November 1998

• 71st Annual Scientific Meeting ASPS/PSEF/ASMS, San Antonio, Texas, USA, November 2002 (courses in Treatment of Melanoma, Breast Surgery, and Reconstruction of the Breast)

• 12th European Course in Plastic Surgery, Groningen, Netherlands, November 2003

• Course in the Application of Aquamida fillers, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2004

• Breast cancer. Oncologic and reconstructive surgery. Interactive course with live surgery, 6th Milan Breast Cancer Conference, Milan, Italy, June 2004

• Nu-derm training. Obagi blue peel training programme, London, Great Britain, September 2004

• 13th European Course in Plastic Surgery, Porto, Portugal, November 2004

• 14th European Course in Plastic Surgery, Dublin, Ireland, November 2005

• Augmentation mammoplasty: 510 and 410 Matrix System, Ankaran, Slovenia, October 2006

• 15th European Course in Plastic Surgery, Budapest, Hungary, November 2006

• 34th Alpine Workshop on Plastic Surgery, Canillo, Andorra, February/March 2007

• Beauty through Science, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2007

• 19th Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), Melbourne, Australia, February 2008

• Organization/participation in the organization of 2 congresses, 3 symposions, and 10 CPD courses in plastic surgery

• March 2007: organization of the symposium on Aesthetic Surgery (working title: Facial Rejuvenation without Scalpel) and the following practical CPD courses:

1. Removal of wrinkles with Botulinum toxin

2. The role of Aquamid in facial rejuvenation

3. Regeneration of damaged skin by TCA peeling

4. The role of lipofilling in aesthetic surgery of the face



Scientific and teaching activities

• 1996: PhD at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine

• 1992: participation as associate researcher in a scientific project of the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Croatia; 2002: coordinator of the scientific project Role of Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma and Breast Cancer

• 1999: appointed to the scientific-teaching position of adjunct Senior Assistant

• 2004: appointed adjunct Assistant Professor at the Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, for the course in Surgery

• 2005: appointed to the scientific position of Research Fellow in the area of Biomedicine and Health, research field Clinical Medical Sciences

• since 2005: member of the examination board for the subspecialist exam in Plastic Surgery

• lecturer in the program of Graduate Studies of Medicine at the Zagreb School of Medicine for the courses in Surgery and Clinical Propedeutics, as well as in the following elective courses: Reconstructive Surgery, Surgery of the Hand, and Aesthetic Surgery

• lecturer in the program of Postgraduate Studies of Medicine at the Zagreb School of Medicine for the following courses: Transplants and Flaps, Microvascular Tissue Transfer, and Surgery of the Hand

• since 2003: course coordinator for the postgraduate course in Breast Surgery as part of the doctoral studies program Biomedicine and Health


Membership and functions in scientific and professional associations

• member of the Croatian Medical Association

• member of the Croatian Society of Surgery

• member of the Croatian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (CSPRAS), 4 years in the position of Secretary

• member of the Croatian Senologic Society

• delegate of the European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons (ESPRAS)

• member of the International Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons (ISPRAS)

• member of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS)

• member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

Publications

• published 24 papers in CC-indexed journals and 11 papers in other internationally indexed publications

• editor of the following handouts for medical students: Diseases and Injuries of the Hand I and II, Abdominoplasty, Breast Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery of the Face, New Suturing Materials, Transplants, and Local Flaps, and Melanoma

• editor of the university textbook Melanoma, Medicinska Naklada, Zagreb, 2006

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