Professor Zdenko Stanec, MD, PhD

Edumed team

Professional activities

• 1971: enrolled into the University of Zagreb School of Medicine, graduated in 1976

• 1976-78: postgraduate studies in Clinical Pharmacology at the Zagreb School of Medicine

• 1981-85: residency in General Surgery at the Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Department of Surgery

• 1985-88: subspecialty training in plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery at the Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Department of Surgery; Queen Victoria Hospital, Department of Plastic Surgery, East Grinstead, Great Britain; Dreifaltigkeitskrankenhaus Wesseling, Department of Plastic Surgery

Continuous professional development in various areas of plastic surgery through numerous CPD courses in Europe and the USA:

• Postgraduate Course in Hand Surgery, Oxford, England, 1987

• Postgraduate Course in Microsurgery, Hannover, Germany, 1990

• Postgraduate Course in Head and Neck Surgery, European School of Oncology, Venice, Italy, 1991

• Postgraduate Course in Breast Surgery, European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy, 1991

• Postgraduate Course in Laser Application, Maastricht, Netherlands, 1994

• Postgraduate Course in Endoscopic Plastic Surgery, Nice, France, 1995

• Postgraduate Course in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York, USA, 1995

• Course in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York, USA, 1998

• Course in Breast Cancer Management, European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy, 2000

• Course in Plastic Surgery of the Breast, American Society for Plastic Surgery (ASPS), 71st annual meeting, San Antonio, USA, 2002

Participation as invited speaker at numerous professional conferences in Europe and the USA:

• 9th European Congress of Plastic Surgery, Rome, Italy, May 2001

(course coordinator: Vascularization of the Skin and Types of Local Flaps)

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

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

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

• 10th ESPRAS Congress, Vienna, Austria, August 2005

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

• EURAPS Congress of Plastic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2006

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

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

Organization of 2 congresses of plastic surgery with international participation, 3 symposions, and 15 CPD courses in plastic surgery

Scientific and teaching activities

• 1985: MSc at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine

• 1990: PhD at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine

• 1989: appointed to the scientific-teaching position of Assistant at the Zagreb School of

Medicine, Department of Surgery; 1993: appointed to the position of Assistant Professor for the course in Surgery

• 1997: appointed to the position of Associate Professor at the Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

• 2007: appointed to the position of full Professor at the Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

• 2004: appointed to the scientific position of Research Fellow in the area of Biomedicine

and Health, research field Clinical Medical Sciences

• since 1992: coordinator of the scientific project Microsurgery in the Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries

• member of the examination board for the specialist exam in Surgery and the subspecialist exam in Plastic Surgery

• course coordinator for two courses in Plastic Surgery in the program of Scientific Postgraduate Studies in Biomedicine at the Zagreb School of Medicine

• lecture coordinator in Plastic Surgery in the program of Professional Postgraduate Studies in Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology, and Oncology

• course coordinator for three elective courses; lecturer and examiner in the Surgery course in the program of Graduate Studies of Medicine at the Zagreb School

of Medicine

Membership and functions in scientific and professional associations

• member of the Croatian Medical Association, Croatian Society of Surgery, Croatian Society of Plastic, reeconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (as founding member in 1997), Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Committee on Tumors of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

• member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)

• member of the European Society of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS)

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

• member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), member of the Alpine workshop group

Publications

• published 26 papers in CC-indexed journals and 20 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

• editor of the university textbook Surgery, Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb, 2007