Prof Nikola Čičak, MD, PhD, orthopaedic specialist

• Date of birth: November 11, 1958
• Place of birth: Kupres
• E-mail: nikola.cicak@akromion.hr

• 1978 - Opća gimnazija high school in Kupres
• 1984 - graduated from School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1987 - received masters degree at School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1991 - passed the orthopaedics specialist exam
• 1995 - received doctoral degree at School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1995 - assistant at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1996 - senior assistant at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 2000 - assistant professor at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 2005 - associate professor at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 2005 - counsel research in biomedicine and public health scientific area

• 1982 - junior assistant at Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1984 - professional associate at Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
• 1987 - specializing physician in orthopaedics at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and University Hospital Center Zagreb
• 1990 - registrar, Orthopeadic and Traumatology, at Nuffield Orthopeadic Centre, Oxford, England
• 1991 - ward doctor, orthopaedic specialist at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and University Hospital Center Zagreb
• 2002 - Head of Polyclinic at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and University Hospital Center Zagreb
• 2007 - co-founder and Deputy Manager of Akromion Special Hospital for Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Krapinske Toplice

• 1990 - Nuffield scholarship winner, at Nuffield Orthopeadic Centre, Oxford, England
• 1995 - Department of Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery, University Hospital Nottingham, England
• 1996 - Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas, USA
• 1996 - Department of Orthopaedics, Salzburg, Austria
• 1998 - Scholarship winner of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow at Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2003 - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
• 2009. - Zimmer Hip Masterclass Durom Resurfacing & LDH

• Member of the Croatian Medical Association since 1984
• Member of the Croatian Orthopaedic Society since 1987, Secretary of this Society between 1992 and 1996
• Member of the Croatian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association since 1992, Secretary of this Association between 2001 and 2004, and once more between 2004 and 2007
• Life member of the Girdlestone Orthopeadic Society since 1991
• Active member of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow since 1994
• National delegate for Croatia in the area of shoulder and elbow surgery
• Member of Committee for Eastern Europe with the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow since 2005

• 2002 - 2006 New methods in diagnostics and treating shoulder conditions and injuries – project head, with the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Croatia
• 2006 - 2008 New methods in diagnostics and treating shoulder conditions and injuries – project head, with the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Croatia

• 2000 - 6th Ultrasound of the Locomotor System Course, Zagreb
• 2000 - Božidar Špišić Memorial, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• 2001 - 7th Ultrasound of the Locomotor System Course, Zagreb
• 2002 - 8th Ultrasound of the Locomotor System Course, Zagreb
• 2003 - 9th Ultrasound of the Locomotor System Course, Zagreb
• 2003 - Congress of the Croatian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association, Zagreb
• 2004 - 10th Ultrasound of the Locomotor System Course, Zagreb
• 2005 - Basic Arthroscopic Course, Opatija
• 2008 - Shoulder Instructional Course Zagreb

• 2001 International Academic Conference of Joint Surger. Chongqing, China.                                    
• 2002 4th Central European Orthopeadic Congress. Cavtat.
• 2002 16th Congress of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow. Budapest, Hungary.
• 2003 Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Helsinki, Finland.
• 2004 International Advanced Arthroscopic Symposium. Ankaran, Slovenia
• 2004 2nd International Course of Arthroscopic Techniques. Otočec, Slovenia
• 2004 Shoulder and Elbow Update Meeting, including the 2004 EFFORT - Update Meeting. Innsbruck, Austria
• 2004 Modern Methods in the Rehabilitation of Sportsmen. International Congress. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2004
• 2005 18th Congress of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow. Rome, Italy.
• 2005 Basic Course of Arthroscopic Techniques. Otočec, Slovenia
• 2005 Arthroscopic Course. Varna, Bulgaria
• 2006 3rd International Advanced Course of Arthroscopic Techniques. Otočec, Slovenia
• 2006 Shoulder and Sports. Šmarjeske Toplice, Slovenia
• 2006 2nd Arthroscopic Meeting. Varna, Bulgaria
• 2006 Advanced Arthroscopic Course. Opatija
• 2007 Basic Course of Arthroscopic Techniques. Otočec, Slovenia
• 2007 National Congress of Orthopaedists and Traumatologists of Romania. Tirgu Mures, Romania
• 2007 3rd Arthroscopic Meeting. Varna, Bulgaria
• 2007 Sport and Medicine. Opatija
• 2008 Shoulder Instructional Course. Zagreb
• 2008 9th Congress of European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT). Nice, 2008
• 2008 21st Congress of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (SECEC). Brugge, Belgium, 2008

• 1999 Arthroscopic extra-articular shoulder stabilization in anterior instability of the shoulder
• 2001 Posterior surgical approach to upper arm
• 2005 Arthroscopic extracapsular plicaton for multidirectional instability of the shoulder
• 2006 Arthroscopic transosseous suture anchor technique for rotator cuff repairs

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS