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)
    • Recipient of the “Ladislav Rakovac” award from the Croatian Medical Association for contributions to healthcare, medical thought, and science, particularly for efforts within the Association (2020)