Assist. Prof. Diana Butković
Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialist, Intensive Care Medicine Subspecialist;
Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Medicine Children’s Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Topic:
– Acute pain treatment in children
Biography:
Medical degree – Medical School University of Zagreb (1982)
Residency in Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care (1987-1993) at the University of Zagreb, Medical School
Postgraduate studies: Master of Science Degree in Perinatology and Neonatology (1998) with the thesis: “Clinical Scoring System for Pain Assessment and Postoperative Pain Management in Newborns.”
Doctoral Research Degree – PhD (2011) with the thesis: “Incidence and Characteristics of Pain in Children with Solid Malignant Tumors.”
Subspecialization Intensive Care Medicine (2007)
Assistant professor (2019 )
Founder of the Pediatric Pain Clinic in Children’s Hospital Zagreb (2002)
Founder and Head of the Committee for Children’s Palliative Care in the Children’s Hospital Zagreb (2008 – present)
Head of the Pediatric Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Medicine Department (2015 – present)
Member of Croatian Ministry of Health Committee for National Strategy of Palliative Care Development (2016 – present)
President of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Section of the Croatian Society of Anesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Medicine
Managing Board member of the Croatian Society of Pain Medicine
Managing Board member of the Croatian Society of Palliative Medicine
Author of many papers and chapters in university textbooks on pediatric anesthesia, pain treatment and palliative care for children.
