Specialty Pain Management Facility Walnut Creek Medical Center Department of Anesthesia Address Walnut Creek Site 1425 S. Main Street Hospital Central - 2nd Floor Walnut Creek CA 94596 Martinez Site 200 Muir Rd. Martinez CA 94553 Pleasanton Site 7601 Stoneridge Dr. Pleasanton CA 94588 Antioch Site - Deer Valley 4501 Sand Creek Rd. Antioch CA 94531 Telephone Interventional Pain: (925) 372-1283 Anesthesia: (925) 295-4739 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Hours

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Born from a family of physicians, the roots of medicine were instilled in me at a very early age. From this influence, my path to medicine emerged and grew. My experience during the war in Croatia as a physician in a refugee camp and emergency unit left a tremendous impact on my life. Through this experience, I have learned what patients are looking for in a physician: commitment, compassion, understanding a patient’s needs, and the improvement of medical skills. I believe that medicine is continually advancing. So in my own life, I am constantly looking for ways to improve. In the same way, I unceasingly look for opportunities to help my patients improve their health and well being. I have been practicing medicine since 1994, and my responsibility to my patients has always been to be caring, dedicated, and vigilant in helping them achieve and maintain good health. I treat my patients the way I would want my own family to be treated.

I am glad to be working for Kaiser Permanente because we provide an extensive array of patient care services under one roof. We also have a multidisciplinary approach to care, which I believe greatly benefits our patients.

I am an anesthesiologist, and my particular interests are related to regional anesthesia and pain medicine. I received clinical training in pain management at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. I was also a Life Flight physician at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Professional Affiliations

I am a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Other Languages

In addition to English, I also speak Croatian fluently, and conversational Italian, French, German, and Spanish.

My Credentials

Medical school	University of Zagreb-medicinski Fakultet, Zagreb, Croatia
Internship	Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Residency	Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship	UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Board certification	Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
Board certification	Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology

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