Neurology and Neurosurgery

Biography

Professor Doctor Zlatko Ercegovic is a Distinguished Fellow of New Westminster College. He is a neurosurgeon, Professor and Head of the Department of Spinal Neurosurgery at the University Clinical Center in Tuzla. He is a member of the Neurosurgical Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Neurosurgical Society, and AO Spine, EANS. Professor Doctor Ercegović graduated from the Tuzla University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in neurosurgery at the University Clinical Center in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He obtained his six-month residency training in neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo and two years at the Clinical Hospital Dubrava, University Zagreb in Croatia. Professor Doctor Ercegović received the Visiting Surgeons Fellowship from the Department of Neurosurgery of State University of New York at Buffalo and finished his three-month fellowship training in spinal neurosurgery at the Department of Spinal Neurosurgery at Kaleida Health’s Millard Filmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York. Professor Doctor Ercegović is board certified neurosurgeon by the Federal Ministry of Health of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Professor Dr. Ercegovic’s medical training, education and licensure include: 2012: PhD, Medical School, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009: MS, Medical School, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007: Visiting Neurosurgeon and Fellowship in Spinal Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo 2000: Board Certified Neurosurgeon, Federal Ministry of Health of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995-2000: Resident in Neurosurgery, University Clinical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998-1999: Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia 1997: Fellowship in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo 1991-1995: Department of Physiology, Medical School, University Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1989-1990: Intern in Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Clinical Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1982-1989: MD, School of Medicine, University Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Research Interest

Spinal Neurosurgery, Minimally-invasive, Neurosurgical Techniques – Endoscopic Surgery and Stereotaxy (Framed and Frameless), Cerebro-vascular Surgery Neuro-oncology Pediatric Neurosurgery Peripheral Nerve Surgery