Graduated from the School of medicine, University of Zagreb (1968)
E.C.F.M.G. Certification (No 114 3528/1973)
Residency in General Surgery, University Hospital Center "Rebro"Zagreb (1971 - 1976.)
Training in open heart surgery (Newcastle Regional Service, Reg No73/1025, General Medical Council,
Master degree, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Zagreb (1979)
Training in open heart surgery, University Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland (1980-1981)
Ph. D. Zagreb University School of Medicine (1982)
Associated Profesor, Zagreb University School of Medicine (1984)
University Profesor of Surgery, Zagreb University School of Medicine (1990)
Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center "Rebro", Zagreb (1993)