What services do you provide?

Croatian Medical Tourism specializes in arranging for the best quality doctors, the most modern state-of-the-art technology and an added fun-filled vacation for the patients. The medical tourism services provided by Croatian Medical Tourism meet the high medical standards of the US and the EU countries but at a fraction of the price out there. Detailed information about accommodation, travel, weather, hospitals, and procedures involved in all medical tourism packages are provided to the patients through this website.

Croatian Medical Tourism offers specialized medical tourism packages in Croatia. The medical tourism services are inclusive of a complete set of assistance to patients in form of information about the process and the proceedings. They suggest the most suitable medical tourism package based on the past treatment and current condition of the patients health. The company also offers a preferred plan for travel booking other planning services. The hospitals and hotels selected by the company offer international quality service to their customers. With the gamut of world class alliance partners both in the medical and tourism segment Croatian Medical Tourism is all set to offer best quality medical tourism services through its affordable medical tourism packages.

Information about your leading medical staff

Prof. Boris Nemec, MD PhD - Orthapaedic Surgeon

He was born in Varaždin, Croatia, where he finished elementary and high school. He graduated from the Rijeka University Medical School and in 1972 started working at the Clinic for Orthopaedics in Lovran where he completed his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery. He passed the Orthopaedics specialization exam in 1976 at the Clinic for Orthopaedics in Zagreb and this was followed by a Masters degree in 1982 and a PhD in 1989.

Since 1987 he was an assistant professor and lecturer on the matter of orthopaedics at the Rijeka University Medical School where he performed the duty of the School's vice-dean for a period of 4 years (1991-1995).

In 2005 he was elected professor in orthopaedics at the Rijeka University Medical School.

In 1991 he received an award from the town Opatija for his contribution to medical science and the development of knee surgery. He has been a member of the ESKA (European Association of Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) since 1988, a member of the Croatian Association of Orthopaedics since 1990 and a member of the AAOS (American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons) since 1998.

He has been a member of the FIFA Health Comity since 1999. He is the president of the Health Commission of the Croatian Football Federation and a physician of the Croatian national football team, as a part of which he participated in the European Football Championships in England and Portugal and in the World Football Championships in France and Japan and Korea.

He takes professional advancement seriously - on numerous occasions he spent a few months in various clinics over the world e.g. Basel, Moscow, Newcastle, Leeds, New York, Boston, Bologna, Perugia, Milan, and Stockholm, improving his own techniques and acquiring new ones.

In 1981, while working at the Clinic for Orthopaedics in Lovran, he performed an osteocartilage transplantation of the thighbone with a part of knee, which was one of the first of its kind in Europe. Ten years later he began performing reconstructive surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament using homotransplantes and in 2004 started with transplantations of knee-cartilage with in vitro bred cartilage explants on a 3D hyaluronic acid matrix (Hyalograph C), the first surgeries of the kind performed in Croatia.  

Dr Zoran Zgaljardic, ass.prof. - Cosmetic Surgeon

• Born 1962 in Rijeka, Croatia
• Specialist maxi-facial and cosmetic surgery
• Master of Medical Sciences
• Doctor of Medical Sciences
• 1990-1999 worked in the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka (KBC Rijeka)
• Member of the American Academy of facial, plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Member of the European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
• Improvement in aesthetic surgery in New York, Washington, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Vienna
• He was the first cosmetic surgeon in Croatia who started with laser liposuction (also, he was the first one with radiofrequency laser)
• He is one of the TOP 100 cosmetic surgeons in the world

Ivica Pelivan, DMD, MSc - Dentist

Ivica Pelivan, DMD, MSc, graduated in 2003 at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb. Since 2004 he has worked as Assistant Lecturer and scientist at Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb.

In 2008 he obtained his master’s degree in Possible usage of 3d-accelerometry in analysis of mandibular motion.

He is the winner of IADR 2006 Travel Stipend award for his scientific work in prosthodontics.

In 2006 he opened Cosmodent - private dental practice in Zagreb, Croatia. During last five years he has attended many clinical courses, workshops and congresses in the field of dental implantology and dental implant prosthodontics.

ROBERT SAFTIC, MD, MS - Neurosurgeon

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES:

Division of Neurosurgery, Institute of Spinal Surgery

University Hospital Sisters of Charity

Zagreb, Croatia

Vertebralis - Center for minimal invasive spinal surgery

Petrovaradinska 1/VIII

Zagreb, Croatia

Tel: +385 1 3890741

E-mail: robert.saftic@vertebralis.com

BIRTHPLACE: Zagreb, Croatia

BIRTHDATE: February 23th 1970

CITIZENSHIP: Croatia

EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRADUATE: June 1996 School of Medicine at the University of Zagreb

POST-GRADUATE:

September 1998 – July 2004 Neurological Surgery Residency: Division of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Osijek, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine at the University of Zagreb.

September 2001 – December 2001 Visiting Fellowship – spine surgery- at Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria

March 2006 - Weill-Cornell seminar „ Spine Neurosurgery „ Salzburg

January 2007- December 2007 visiting neurosurgeon Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York – Minimal invasive spine surgery

January 2007 - International 28th Course for Percutaneous Endoscopic Spinal Surgery and complementary Minimal Invasive Techniques - Bethania Hospital Zurich – Switzerland

March 2008 – Endoscopic spine surgery – Department of Spine Surgery and Pain Therapy, Center for Orthopaedics, St. Anna-Hospital Herne, Germany

May 2008 – Laser spine surgery at Department of Neurosurgery, Casa di Cura Villa Anna, San Benedetto del Tronto, and Casa di Cura Pierangeli, Pescara, Italy

CERTIFICATION:

2004. Croatian Board of Neurological Surgery

2007. Endoscopic Spine Surgery

2008. Laser Spine Surgery

MEDICAL LICENSURE:

1996 Zagreb ( 146493 )

MEMBERSHIPS

Croatian Neurosurgical Society

EANS

WFNS

Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery(SMISS)

International Intradiscal Therapy Society(IITS)

International Musculoskeletal Laser Society(IMLAS)

Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery(AAMISS)

Internationale Gesellschaft zur Erforschung von Hirntraumata (IGEH)

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

ACADEMIC:

2007. Master of science

RESEARCH:

Grants Received: COPERNICUS 2 – BALKAN REINTEGRATION A2 (b) PROGRAM: Reducing mortality and long term disability of TBI victims through research into treatment procedures used in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Croatia.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Splavski B, Vranković Đ, Šarić G, Saftić R, Maksimović Z, Bajek G, Iveković V. Early surgery and other indicators influencing the outcome of war missile skull base injuries. Surg Neurol 1998; 50(3):194-199.
2. Saftić R, Splavski B, Ivić D, Takač I, Radanović B. The increased intracranial pressure as an impotrant negative indicator of severe head injury outcome.. J Neurotrauma 2002; 19(10): 1348.
3. Splavski B, Saftić R, Takač I, Ivić D, Soldo-Butković S, Radabivić B. Cerebral perfusion pressure management as an important factor influencing the outcome of severe brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2002; 19(10): 1349.
4. Splavski B, Rukovanjski M, Sušak R, Saftić R. Posttraumatic epilepsy complicating war missile penetrating head wound. In: Abstract Book, 11th European Congress of Neurosurgery, September 19-24, 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark, p 143.
5. Splavski B, Saftić R, Rukovanjski M, Sušak R. The value of anticonvulsants in the treatment of war post-traumatic epilepsy. In: Book of Abstracts, 2nd Croatian Congress of Neurosurgery, October 21-23,1999, Opatija, Croatia, p 24.
6. Rukovanjski M, Muršić B, Reljac G, Blagus G, Vranković Đ, Hećimović I, Splavski B, Saftić R. Operacijsko liječenje hidrocefalusa. Med Vjesn 1999; 31:203-207.
7. Splavski B, Saftić R, Rukovanjski M, Reljac G. Risk factors influencing posttraumatic epilepsy after war missile penetrating brain trauma. In: Book of Abstracts, 12th World Congress of Neurosurgery, September 16-20, 2001, Sydney, Australia, p 397.
8. Splavski B, Saftić R, Takač I, Ivić D. ICP monitoring as indicator of severe brain injury outcome. In: Abstract Book, 3rd Congress of the Croatian Neurosurgical Society, June 6-8, 2002, Zagreb, Croatia, p 100.
9. Saftić R, Splavski B, Jančuljak D. Development of traumatic caval septal hematoma. In: Abstract Book, 3rd Congress of the Croatian Neurosurgical Society, June 6-8, 2002, Zagreb, Croatia, p 126.
10. Saftić R, Splavski B, Saftić V. Clinical evaluation of the guidelines recommendations for treating patients with severe head injury. In: Abstracts, 12th European Congress of Neurosurgery, September 7-12, 2003, Lisboa, Portugal, p 257.
11. Splavski B, Saftić R, Takač I, Soldo-Butković S, Has B. Most important predictors of outcome following severe traumatic spine injury. In: Abstracts, 12th European Congress of Neurosurgery, September 7-12, 2003, Lisboa, Portugal, p 246.
12. Splavski B, Saftić R, Ivić D, Radanović B, Jančuljak D. Main prognostic criteria in the management of severe brain injury. In: Abstracts, Posttraumatic brain contusions and lacerations: an international focus meeting, September 19-20, 2003, Rimini, Italy, p 28.
13. Saftić R, Splavski B, Saftić V. Reducing mortality and improving quality of life on patients with severe brain and spine trauma by applying Guideline’s recommendations at 13th World Congress of Neurological Surgery – invited lecture
14. Saftic R, Grgic M, Ebling B, Splavski B. Risk facors leading. to surgery of lower spine in Croatian island isolates. Croat. Med J. 2006;47:593-600.
15. Saftic R, Epidural interlaminar or intraforaminal infiltration of steroids for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar herniated discs, First World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery & Techniques May 25 - June 2, 2008. Hawaii, USA
16. Rotim K, Saftić R, Lakičević G: Percutaneous laser disk decompression – our experience with the usage of the diode laser Medical Sciences 33(2009):115-122.

Cosmetic Surgery Clinic Dr Toncic

Mr. sc. dr. Rajko Toncic

If you place trust in Dr. Rajko Toncic, you have chosen an experienced cosmetic surgeon who has performed more than 15,000 operations in his surgical practice of 35 years.

Dr. Rajko Toncic graduated in 1972 from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb. Having obtained his degree, he specialized in otorhinolaryngology and the pertaining part of plastic surgery at the renowned University Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology in Cologne.

Specialization completed, he stayed on in Germany working as a resident specializing in general surgery (a year and a half), which enabled him to improve and extend his knowledge of surgery in everyday practice.

Upon his return to Zagreb in 1981, he worked for six years at the Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology of the Clinical Hospital "Sisters of Mercy". Having acquired ample surgical experience, he opened his private cosmetic surgery in 1987 which, owing to the high level of services rendered and Dr. Toncic`s proficiency, attracted a large number of patients. Dr. Toncic obtained his master’s degree in Zagreb in 1996.

In March, 2008, Dr Rajko Toncic, and his son Dr Dinko Toncic, opened new Cosmetic surgery clinic Dr Toncic in Zagreb, in a new and exclusive building in the beautiful area of Zagreb.

The range of services offered by Dr. Toncic and his team is almost equal to that of the largest cosmetic surgery clinics of the kind in the world. Cosmetic operations of protuberant ears are performed by a method devised by Dr. Toncic, published in a professional journal, while a method enabling fast recovery is applied to rhinoplasty. For breast reduction and breast uplift, Dr Toncic and his team use the latest surgery method of small vertical incision, leaving minimal scarring.

Dr. Toncic has perfected his knowledge of plastic and cosmetic surgery at the most eminent plastic and cosmetic surgery institutions in the USA.

He regularly attends all major world conferences and seminars on cosmetic surgery. He is a frequent guest of the well-known Manhattan Clinic for Plastic Surgery, New York, as well as of similar institutions in Chicago and Cleveland.

Dr. Toncic is a member of several national associations for otorhinolaryngology and cosmetic surgery as well as the European Association for Cosmetic Surgery.

Dr Damir Dekorti, DDS - Dentist

Dr Damir Dekorti, DDS, graduated at Zagreb University of dentistry with distinction in 1992.

Since 1994, he has owned a dental practice in Zadar. He has continued to improve his knowledge in the fields of prosthetic dentistry, implantology and parodontology by completing various courses and attending seminars.

He is a member of the Croatian Dental Chamber, Croatian Medical Assotiarion, Croatian Society of Dental Implantology, and Croatian Society for Education in dental implantology.

Dr Dekorti is on the State Department’s list of recommended dentist for US citizens in Croatia.

EYE CLINIC SVJETLOST - MEDICAL STAFF

Prof. dr. sc. Nikica Gabric, the founder and the head of the clinic, professor of ophthalmology at Medical school, University of Rijeka. He is an anterior segment surgeon (refractive surgery, cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, glaucoma surgery, squint surgery, vitrectomy). Scientist with numerous peer reviewed manuscripts and abstracts, invited speaker and guest surgeon at live surgery events abroad and home. Prof Gabric is a member of European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Prof. dr. sc. Iva Dekaris, professor of ophthalmology at Medical school, University of Rijeka. She is Vice president and president elect of the European Eye Bank Association. Her expertise is anterior segment surgeon (refractive surgery, cataract surgery, corneal transplantation). Prof Dekaris is a scientist with completed postgraduate Harvard Medical school fellowship, numerous peer reviewed manuscripts and abstracts.

Dr. sc. Ivana Mravicic, MD, clinical ophthalmologist specialized in corneal diseases, pediatric conditions and strabismus. She is a scientist with number of peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts.

Mr. sc. Ratimir Lazic, MD, clinical ophthalmologist specialized in medical retina (age related macular disease, diabetic retinopathy, vascular retinal diseases, other macular conditions). He is scientist with number of peer reviewed manuscripts and abstracts, and member of American Society of Retina specialist.

Morena Gavric, MD, clinical ophthalmologist specialized in glaucoma management and Contact lenses along with other ocular surface diseases.

Ante Barisic, MD, clinical ophthalmologist specialized in ocular surface diseases and refractive anomalies.

Maja Bohac, MD, resident in ophthalmology, trained in refractive surgery and refractive anomalies.

Medical Tourism

Medical tourism is a fascinating concept. In an effort to help explain the benefits and pitfalls of this relatively new industry, an example of first hand experiences will shared..

The market potential for medical tourism is huge; however, individualized program facilitating the healthcare needs and travel desires of the medical tourist has to be structured.

Croatia is an extremely competitive health and medical destination for safe and affordable treatments not only for neighboring Europeans, but for travelers from North and South America as well. Croatia is recognizing for superlative care, treatments and procedures (rehabilitation and wellness treatment, dental care, cosmetic and plastic surgery, eye treatment, etc.). With state of the art facilities, equipment and expertise, Croatia is building a growing reputation for the best service that still beats medical or health costs from throughout Europe and North America.

Do not go through the process alone. Croatian Medical Tourism offers people access to High Quality Medical Tourism: travel for medical treatment abroad to get access to affordable medical procedure delivered with quality that equals or surpasses that found in their domestic country. We also do our best to ensure that your treatment and our services are pleasant and provide you a sense of comfort and well-being. Affordable medical treatment alone is not enough. From your initial planning phase including financing and travel arrangements to coordination between your local physicians and specialists abroad, we will be with you every step of the way.