Prof. Slavica Kvolik
Chief of the perioperative ICU of Osijek University Hospital;
Medical school in Osijek University;
Topic:
Disorders of the lower respiratory tract in the ICU, bronchoscopic view
Biography:
I have finished specialization in anesthesiology, resuscitation and critical care, and subsequently postgraduate education in the field of clinical pharmacology (2002) in the University in Zagreb, Croatia where I have defended my PhD thesis “Effects of inhalation anesthetics on human cell lines in vitro”.
Currently, I’m working in the Osijek University Hospital, Croatia, as chief of the perioperative ICU dealing with neurosurgical, abdominal and trauma patients. At Medical school in Osijek University, I’m the chair of Anesthesiology department, responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate students and residents’ education. I’m the students’ mentor, and invited speaker at numerous congresses and symposia. I am a member of the national and European examination board (ESICM) for sub-specialization in intensive care medicine.
My field of interest is surgical intensive care, brain trauma and infection. I’m currently involved in the EU-funded research project on G- infections and MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for pathogen detection and several national projects.
I’m reviewer for numerous international journals in the field of anesthesiology and intensive care (BMJ; Journal of Clinical Anesthesia; European journal of Anesthesiology, Trends in Anesthesia and Critical care, etc.). I’m member several societies in the fields of anesthesiology, intensive care and pain treatment (ESICM; ESAIC, Croatian society of intensive medicine, Difficult Airway Society, Croatian Society of anesthesiology.
My hobby is recreational (marathon) running, married & 2 children.
I’m author of several book chapters and articles. My list of papers:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kvolik&show_snippets=off&sort=date
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Jrv3tLkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
