Clinical Medical Sciences II

Head of Department

• Prof. Herman Haller, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: herman.haller@uniri.hr

Deputy Head of Department

• Prof. Vlatka Sotošek, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: Thursday 10:00–12:00, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine
  • e-mail: vlatkast@uniri.hr

Tajnica

• Vera Vizintin
  • Tel.: +385 51 554 944
  • e-mail: vera.vizintin@uniri.hr

• Prof. Mark- Zelić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: marko.zelic@uniri.hr
• Prof. Veljk- Šantić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: Monday 14:00–15:00
  • e-mail: veljko.santic@uniri.hr
• Assoc. Prof. Franj- Lovasić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: franjo.lovasic@medri.uniri.hr
• Assist. Prof. Tomislav Prpić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: Thursday 13:00–14:00
  • e-mail: tomislav.prpic@uniri.hr
• Senior Lecturer Mirjana Baričić, MD
  • Office hours: Thursday 13:00–14:00, Clinic for Orthopaedics Lovran
  • e-mail: mirjana.baricic@uniri.hr
• Lecturer Davor Mendrila, MD
  • Office hours: Tuesday 15:00–16:00, Digestive Surgery Department, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka
  • e-mail: davor.mendrila@uniri.hr
• Lecturer Damir Ćerimagić, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: damir.cerimagic@uniri.hr
• Lecturer Eduard Eškinja, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: eduard.eskinja@uniri.hr
• Lecturer Natalija Vuletić, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: natalija.vuletic@uniri.hr
• Lecturer Roberta Žauhar-Bačić, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: roberta.zauhar.bacic@uniri.hr

• Assoc. Prof. Ivan Fistonić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: ivan.fistonic@poliklinika-fistonic.hr
• Assoc. Prof. Rajk- Fureš, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: rajkofures@gmail.com
• Assoc. Prof. Jelena Vukelić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: jelena.vukelic@uniri.hr
• Assoc. Prof. Hari Jurdana, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: hari.jurdana@uniri.hr
• Assist. Prof. Miroslav Župčić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: miroslav.zupcic@uniri.hr
• Assist. Prof. Mirjana Lončarić-Katušin, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: mirjana.lkatusin@fzsri.uniri.hr
• Assist. Prof. Antonija Ružić Baršić, PhD, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: antonija.rbarsic@fzsri.uniri.hr
• Senior Lecturer Miljenk- Manestar, MD
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: miljenko.manestar@gmail.com
• Senior Lecturer Nedjeljk- Strikić, MSc, PhD, MD (Primarius)
  • Office hours: by appointment
  • e-mail: nedjeljko.strikic@fzsri.uniri.hr

• 2020
• Stanić Ž, Stanišić L, Fureš R, Peršec Z, Dapić K, Hrgović Z. Fetomaternal Hemorrhage: Can We Use Hemoglobin Electrophoresis as a Diagnostic Tool? Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2020;224(3):150-152.
• Stanić Ž, Roje D, Matić D, Peršec Z, Dapić K, Rogić Vidaković M, Fureš R, Hrgovic Z, Fureš D. Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy as an Uncommon Clinical Problem. Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2020;224(4):223-226.
• Hrgović Z, Fureš R, Jaška S. Implementation of the Program for Early Detection of Cervical Cancer in the Federal Republic of Germany. Mater Sociomed. 2020;32(1):62-65.
• Fureš R, Habek D, Hrgović Z, Fureš D. The role of John Baptist Lalangue in the development of Croatian public health and midwifery in the context of implementation of the imperial public health law from 1770. Acta Clin Croat. 2020;59:141-146.
• Liber V, Fureš R, Malinac Malojčić S, Stanić Ž, Gredičak M, Hrgović Z, Jaška S, Dora F. The knowledge of oral hygiene and oral hygiene habits during pregnancy and puerperium. Clin Invest (Lond.). 2020;10(3):205-213.
• Kopjar M, Fureš R, Šijanović S, et al. Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery. Publisher: Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Co-publishers: Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, Croatian Society for Gynecological Endoscopy of the Croatian Medical Association and General Hospital Zabok and the Croatian Veterans Hospital. Osijek, 2020. – university textbook. Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Class: 612-10/19-01/24, Reg. No.: 2158-60-01-19-02, Osijek, 25.09.2019, and Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Class: 612-10/008-01/4, Reg. No.: 2158-60-01-08-02, Osijek, 3.03.2008.
• Bukvic N, Srsen Medancic S, Nikolic H, Bosak Veršić A, Bukvic F, Gusic N, Marinovic M. The importance of primary reconstruction in the treatment of blast-related hand injuries during childhood. Z Orthop Unfallchir. 2020;158(3):298-303.
• Čače IB, Milardović A, Nikolić H, Veršić AB, Ahel IB. Could the implantation of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid cause the elevation of neuron-specific enolase in children treated for vesicoureteral reflux? Signa Vitae. 2020;16(1):183-185.
• Šakić-Zdravčević K, Šimurina T, Župčić M, Šakić L, Graf Župčić S, Đuzel V. Recommendations for the use of neuraxial anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Liječnički vjesnik [Internet]. 2020;142(5-6):123-128.
• Barišin S, Ostović H, Gospić I, Đuzel V, Barišin A, Grubješić I, Župčić M. Hemodynamic monitoring: from invasive monitoring to a personalized approach. Liječnički vjesnik [Internet]. 2020;142(5-6):148-154.
• Šakić L, Župčić M, Šklebar I, Šimurina T, Šakić Zdravčević K. Regional anesthesiological techniques in the treatment of cancer pain. Liječnički vjesnik [Internet]. 2020;142(5-6):155-159.
• Šimurina T, Mraović B, Župčić M, Graf Župčić S, Grubješić I, Šakić L, et al. Transurethral resection syndrome of the prostate gland: the skeleton in the closet is still lurking! Liječnički vjesnik [Internet]. 2020;142(5-6):160-169.
• Župčić M, Graf Župčić S, Šimurina T, Đuzel V, Grubješić I, Tonković D, et al. The influence of the use of different anesthesia techniques on the body’s immune response: a literature review. Liječnički vjesnik [Internet]. 2020;142(5-6):170-175.
• Župčić SG, Župčić M, Đuzel V, Šimurina T, Šakić L, Grubješić I, et al. The potential role of micro-RNA-211 in the pathogenesis of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy. Med Hypotheses. 2020;143. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110115
• Miljas L, Milotić M, Marijić B, Vukelić J, Braut T. Airway obstruction caused by laryngocele – case report. Medicina Flum. 2020;56(1):74-76. https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2020_232816
• 2021
• Hrgović Z, Fureš R, Stanić Ž. The diagnostics and treatment of cervical cancer. Acta Med Croatica. 2021;75:53-68.
• Stanić Ž, Vulić M, Hrgović Z, Fureš R, Plazibat M, Čečuk E, Vusić I, Lagančić M. Pregnancy After Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation in Treatment of End-Stage Diabetes Mellitus: a Review. Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2021 Dec 21. doi:10.1055/a-1710-4097. Online ahead of print.
• Fureš R, Kopjar M, Visković T, Knezović N, Šanjug J, Gredičak M, Krajcar M, Grabušić B, Malinac S, Stanić Ž, Jakopović MM, Feratović F. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy today. Nova bolnica. 2021;15(1):8-13.
• Ostović Ž, Čatipović M, Hrgović Z, Lagančić M, Vusić I, Fureš R, Stanić Ž, Malinac Malojčić S, Gredičak M, Feratović F. Breastfeeding Promotion and the Results of the Maternity Ward – a Friend of Children Initiative Implementation in Bjelovar-Bilogora County in 2018. Mater Sociomed. 2021;33(4):269-275.
• Matko L, Veršić AB, Nikolić H, Dekanić KB, Palčevski G. Rapunzel syndrome – a rare cause of acute pancreatitis: Case report. Medicina Flum. 2021;57(1):104-108.
• Vlajcic Z, Martic K, Jelec V, Dewing D, Zupcic M, Budimir I, Eljuga D, Zic R. Inferior lateral tunneling (ILT) composite separation technique. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021;74(12):3443-3476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2021.08.040
• Vukelic J, Dobrila-Dintinjana R, Marijic B, Marzic D, Braut T, Velepic M. New insights into erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor in laryngeal cancer tissue. Medicine. 2021;100(3):e23943. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000023943.
• Velepic M, Vukelic J, Dvojkovic Z, Skrobonja I, Braut T. Middle ear tuberculosis in an immunocompromised patient: Case report and review of the literature. J Infect Public Health. 2021;14(1):139-142. doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2020.10.011.
• Vrebac I, Braut T, Marijić B, Zahirović D, Dekanić A, Vukelić J, et al. Metastasis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma to the larynx: a short literature review and presentation of a rare case of prolonged survival. Medicina Flum. 2021;57(4):391-395. doi:10.21860/medflum2021_264895.
• 2022
• Oršolić N, Nemrava J, Jeleč Ž, Kukolj M, Odeh D, Jakopović B, Jazvinšek Jembrek M, Bagatin T, Fureš R, Bagatin D. Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Chrysin and Naringenin in a Drug-Induced Bone Loss Model in Rats. Int J Mol Sci. 2022;23:2872. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052872
• Stanić Ž, Hrgović Z, Fureš R, Vusić I, Lagančić M. Ethical Aspects of Prenatal DNA Testing. Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol. 2022 Aug 29. doi:10.1055/a-1904-8406. Online ahead of print.
• Vukelić J, Dobrila-Dintinjana R, Marijić B, Maržić D, Braut T. Clinical course of the disease and treatment outcome in patients with malignant laryngeal tumor: retrospective five-year analysis. Acta Clin Croat. 2022;61(2):311-319. doi:10.20471/acc.2022.61.02.18.
• 2023
• Stanić Ž, Hrgović Z, Fureš R, Cerovac A. Case report and review of literature: immature teratoma with islets of a yolk-sac tumour: could it be omitted for years? J Obstet Gynaecol. 2023;43(1):2182673. doi:10.1080/01443615.2023.2182673.
• Stanić Ž, Fureš R, Vulić M, Čečuk E, Plazibat M, Hrgović Z, Cerovac A. Successful spontaneous pregnancy after simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 May 24. doi:10.1002/ijgo.14885. Online ahead of print.
• Čatipović M, Mikšić Š, Fureš R, Puharić Z, Pavlović D. Deficiencies in the Intentions, Attitudes, and Knowledge of Future Healthcare Professionals Regarding Breastfeeding. Children (Basel). 2023 Jul 21;10(7):1256. doi:10.3390/children10071256.
• Erceg Ivkošić I, Fureš R, Ćosić V, Nika Mikelin, Bulić L, Brlek P, Primorac D. Unlocking the Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Gynecology: Where Are We Now? J Pers Med. 2023;13:1253. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13081253
• Čatipović M, Grgurić J, Fureš R, Hrgović Z, Jelašić I, Fureš D. Parental breastfeeding behavior and attitude questionnaire. Acta Clin Croat. 2023;62:45-57.
• Despot A, Fureš R, Despot AM, Mikuš M, Zlopaša G, D’Amato A, Chiantera V, Serra P, Etrusco A, Laganà AS. Reactive oxygen species within the vaginal space: An additional promoter of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and uterine cervical cancer development? Open Med (Wars). 2023;18(1):20230826. doi:10.1515/med-2023-0826. eCollection 2023.
• Fureš R, Vidosavljević D, Lež C, Stanić Ž, Fureš D, Hrgović Z, Fučkar M, Fureš Ž. Enlightenment and Freemasonry in the Life and Work of the Physician Jonnis Baptistae Lalangue. SEEMEDJ. 2023;7(2):66-75.
• Sulen N, Šimurina T, Milošević M, Župčić M, Mraović B. Validation of the Quality of Recovery 40 Questionnaire Adapted for Croatian Population. Acta Clin Croat. 2023;62(3):426-435. https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2023.62.03.4
• Sulen N, Šimurina T, Požgain I, Župčić M, Sorić T, Kasap Basioli E, et al. Effects of Preoperative Anxiety, Depression and Pain on Quality of Postoperative Recovery and Acute Postoperative Pain After Radical Prostatectomy: a Prospective Observational Study. Acta Clin Croat. 2023;62(4):677-687. doi:10.20471/acc.2023.62.04.14.
• Manestar D, Malvic G, Velepic M, Vukelic J, Vrebac I, Tudor F, Vukelic I, Braut T. Perioperative substitution testosterone therapy in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2023;188:104062. doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2023.104062.
• Marijić B, Tudor F, Janik S, Grasl S, Frommlet F, Maržić D, Hadžisejdić I, Vukelić J, Braut T, Velepič M, Erovic BM. Long-Term Care and Follow-Up in Laryngeal Cancer Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis. J Pers Med. 2023;13(6):927. doi:10.3390/jpm13060927.
• 2024
• Pešut E, Šimić I, Fureš R, Milutin Gašperov N, Lež C, Feratović F, Kukina Žvigač T, Grce M, Erceg Ivkošić I, Sabol I. Monitoring HPV Prevalence and Risk Cofactors for Abnormal Cytology in the Post-Vaccination Period among Croatian Women. Viruses. 2024 Apr 20;16(4):642. doi:10.3390/v16040642. PMID: 38675981; PMCID: PMC11054414.
• Ivkošić IE, Fureš R, Bojčić R, Hrgović Z, Fureš D, Ćosić V, et al. Adolescents’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Contraception, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Pelvic Health. Curr Womens Health Rev. 2024 Apr 26.
• Talapko J, Erić S, Meštrović T, Stipetić MM, Juzbašić M, Katalinić D, Bekić S, Muršić D, Flam J, Belić D, Lešić D, Fureš R, Markanović M, Škrlec I. The Impact of Oral Microbiome Dysbiosis on the Aetiology, Pathogenesis, and Development of Oral Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Aug 28;16(17):2997. doi:10.3390/cancers16172997. PMID: 39272855; PMCID: PMC11394246.
• Fureš R, Erceg Ivkošić I, Bulić L, Mikelin N, Božičević A, Suntešić N, Fureš D, Hrgović Z. Evaluation of contributory factors to postoperative wound dehiscence following hysterectomy. East Afr Med J. 2024;101(6):7092-7100.
• Milostić-Srb A, Srb N, Talapko J, Meštrović T, Žiger T, Pačarić S, Fureš R, Makarović V, Škrlec I. The Effect of COVID-19 and COVID-19 Vaccination on Assisted Human Reproduction Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Diseases. 2024 Sep 3;12(9):201. doi:10.3390/diseases12090201. PMID: 39329870; PMCID: PMC11431602.
• Pešut E, Šimić I, Kužilkova D, Kalina T, Fureš R, Erceg Ivkošić I, Milutin Gašperov N, Sabol I. Application of mass cytometry in multiparametric characterization of precancerous cervical lesions. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2024 Oct 27. doi:10.1002/cyto.b.22211. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39462866.Fureš R (editor-in-chief), Vesna Ćosić, Ivana Erceg Ivkošić, Siniša Šijanović, Miroslav Kopjar, Žana Stanić. Gynecology and Perinatology. (University textbook). Senate of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 28.05.2024. Class: 602-01/24-01/21. Reg. No.: 2158-60-01-24-2. Publisher: Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Co-publishers: Faculty of Medicine in Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatian Society for Gynecological Endoscopy of the Croatian Medical Association and General Hospital Zabok and the Croatian Veterans Hospital. Osijek, 2024.

• Scientific project: HRZZ IP-2019-04-3403 Multifactorial analysis of HPV-infected cells in the development of cervical cancer. Project duration: 10.1.2020 – 9.1.2024. Project leader: Ivan Sabol, PhD, Research Associate, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 1000 Zagreb, ivan.sabol@irb.hr; associate: Associate Professor Rajko Fureš, PhD, MD.
• IP8-FDMZ-2023 “In vitro investigation of the antifungal activity of the pentadecapeptide BPC 157 on Candida sp. strains.” Project leader: Assistant Professor Jasminka Talapko, PhD, BEng, Head of the Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Crkvena 21, 2023/2024. Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 31 000 Osijek, GSM: 091/2241482, associate: Associate Professor Rajko Fureš, PhD, MD.
  Associate: Assistant Professor Miroslav Župčić, PhD.
• Project title: Interaction of innate immunity cells and matrix metalloproteinase enzymes 2 and 9 in professional sport, tissue remodeling and angiogenesis.
  Project type: University scientific project
  Source of funding: University of Rijeka
  Project duration: 4 years (2019-2023)
  Project leader: Professor Ines Mrakovčić Šutić, PhD, MD
  Contracted amount: HRK 30,141.36
  Project number: CLASS: 402-01/19-01/08, Reg. No.: 2170-57-08-19-42, code: uniri-biomed-18-220
  Associate: Assistant Professor Miroslav Župčić, PhD.
• Project title: Clinical significance of multifunctional matrix metalloproteinases, their tissue inhibitors and the immune response in neoplastic and destructive tissue disorders
  Project type: University scientific project
  Source of funding: University of Rijeka
  Project duration: 1 year (2024-2025)
  Project leader: Professor Ines Mrakovčić Šutić, PhD, MD
  Project number: CLASS: 402-06/24-01/20, Reg. No.: 2170-137-08-24-52
  Associate: Associate Professor Jelena Vukelić, PhD, MD
• Project title: Molecular biomarkers of carcinogenesis in squamous epithelial lesions of the larynx
  Project leader: Professor Tamara Braut, PhD, MD
  Project type: scientific
  Source of funding: University of Rijeka
  Project duration: 2018-2021
  Project number: uniri-biomed-18-121