Address:
2401 S 31St St, Temple 76508
(254) 724-2595 (Phone)
Procedures:
Abdominal Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Appendectomy, Bowel Surgery, Central Line Insertion (for Chemotherapy), Circumcision, Infant, Dialysis Access Procedures, Gastric Tube Insertion, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Herniorrhaphy, Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis, Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic, Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy, Laparoscopic Antireflux Procedures, Laparoscopic Colon Surgery, Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery, Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication, Laparoscopic Splenectomy, Lung Biopsy, Lung Surgery, Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision, Mediastinal Surgery, Minimal Access Surgery, Minimally-Invasive Surgery, Newborn Circumcision, Pediatric Surgical Procedures, Percutaneous Edoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement
Conditions:
Achalasia, Benign Tumor, Congenital Anomaly, Hodgkin's Disease, Malignant Tumor
Certifications:
General Surgery, 2009, Pediatric Surgery, 2012
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll, IRCAD Award for best manuscript submitted by junior faculty, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, 2012, Laparoscopic appendectomy for torsed appendix presenting as an acute abdomen in an infant female, 2011, Feasibility of single-incision pediatric endosurgery for treatment of appendicitis in 415 children, 2012, Thoracoscopic aortopexy for treatment of tracheomalacia in infants and children, An evidence-based clinical protocol for diagnosis of acute appendicitis decreased the use of computed tomography in children, Single-incision pediatric endosurgical Nissen fundoplication, Impact of surgical approach on outcome in 622 consecutive pyloromyotomies at a pediatric teaching institution, Laparoscopically supervised PEG at time of Nissen fundoplication: a safe option, Management of children and adolescents with a critical airway due to compression by an anterior mediastinal mass, Two cases of thoracoscopic resection of esophageal duplication in children, Penoplasty for buried penis in infants and children: report of 100 cases
Languages:
English, German, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian
Hospitals:
2401 S 31St St, Temple 76508
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
2401 31St St, Temple 76508
Philosophy:
Caring for patients as I would if they were my own family.
Education:
Medical School
Medical Faculty, University Of Ljubljana
Graduated: 2003
University Of New Mexico
Graduated: 2005
Children's Hospital Boston
Graduated: 2007
Graduated: 2009
University Of Alabama At Birmingham
Graduated: 2011
Ii. Gimnazija Maribor
Graduated: 1996