Director

Maja Grba-Bujević

Director of the Croatian Institute of Emergency Medicine

Curriculum Vitae

  • prim. M.SC. Maja Grba-Bujević, M.D.
  • Profession:
    • Medical doctor
    • Emergency medicine specialist
    • Specialist in anaesthesiology, reanimation and intensive medicine
    • Master of Science
    • Primarius
    • Manager in health care
  • Born on 4 September 1963 in Karlovac
  • Married, mother of one child

 

Education

  • 2015 - completed professional training: Manager in health care, at the Business Academy Experta
  • 2011 - acquired the status of emergency medicine specialist, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
  • 2009 - acquired the title of Primarius, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
  • 2009 - defended her Master's Thesis: Application of hypertonic-hyperoncotic solutions in haemorrhagic hypovolemic shock conditions of those injured in outpatient conditions at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb
  • 1998 - completed postgraduate studies in Anaesthesiology, reanimation and intensive care at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb
  • 1997 - completed postgraduate studies in Clinical Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb
  • 1997 - passed a specialist exam in anaesthesiology, reanimation and intensive medicine 
  • 1987 - graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb
  • 1978 - 1981 - Medical School Karlovac

Professional career

  • 2009 - today - Director of the Croatian Institute of Emergency Medicine
  • 2002 - 2009 - President of the Expert Council, Karlovac Outpatient Clinic
  • 2001 - 2009 - Assistant Director and Head of the Emergency Medical Aid Section, Karlovac outpatient clinic
  • 1993 - 2001 - Medical doctor in the anaesthesiology, resuscitation and intensive medicine section at the Karlovac General Hospital
  • 1987 - 1992 - Medical doctor in Emergency Medical Aid, Medical Centre Karlovac  

Internationally recognized courses of medical training in emergency medicine

  • ACLS - Advanced cardiac life support, European Resuscitation Council
  • APLS - Advanced paediatric life support, European Resuscitation Council
  • ALS - Advanced life support, European Resuscitation Council
  • ITLS - International trauma life support

Other further training

  • Medical helicopter rescue course
  • National emergency medicine instructor
  • Guide-instructor at the Croatian Mountaineering Association

Languages

  • English
  • Italian

Awards and recognition

  • Homeland War Volunteer Physician - Croatian veteran
  • City of Karlovac Award for contribution to health care (2006)
  • Winner of the National Protection and Rescue Directorate Helicopter Rescue Award (2007)

Membership and functions in scientific and professional associations

  • Member of the Croatian Catholic Medical Society of the Croatian Medical Association
  • Member of the Commission for the reorganization of emergency medicine of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (since 2003)

Personal interests and hobbies

  • Mountaineering