NATAŠA DESNICA, MD

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal data

- date and place of birth September 03rd , 1969. Zagreb

- address home Sveti duh 176, 10000 Zagreb
- address work KALIPER Polyclinic, Bužanova 20, Zagreb
and
Croatian ski association, Trg Kresimira Cosica 11, Zagreb
web pages www.kaliper.hr
www.croski.hr
- mobile phone 385 98 333 025
- mobile phone 385 91 309 3028
- phone (work) 385 1 3885 626
- fax 385 1 3093 008
- e-mail natasa.desnica@gmail.hr

Education

- 1976 - 84. elementary school - Zagreb, Hrvatska

- 1984. 1st grade of high school - Albany High School, Albany, NY, USA
- 1985-7. 2nd and 3rd grade of high school -Lowell High School, Lowell, MA, USA
- 1988. graduation of Classical gymnasium, Zagreb
- 1995. graduation of Medical faculty in Zagreb
- doctor's graduation thesis at Orthopedic Clinic, Zagreb, Šalata
- 1997. finished 2 year clinical education in Zagreb hospital
- 1993. Sports massage course, Zagreb
- 1997. beginning course in Sports medicine, Opatija (Croatian sports medicine
society)
- 1998. advanced course in Sports medicine, Opatija (Croatian sports medicine
society)
- 1999. postgraduate Course Laboratory and field assessment of aerobic performance
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Rome, Italy
- 2001. postgraduate education in Kinesiology, Faculty of kinesiology University of
Zagreb
- 2006. postgraduate Course in Sports medicine, International Olympic Committee
- 2006 Course Sports traumatology, Zagreb
- 2006 Course Pilates body technique, Zagreb
- 2007 Course Sports traumatology, Zagreb
- 2010. Course Kinesio Taping and Muscle Performance in Sport, Vancouver, Canada
- 2020 graduated from 6 years education for Body oriented psychotherapist

Work experience

- from1997. until 1999. worked in Cybex Center for isokinetic diagnostics and
rehabilitation
- from1999 until 2002. CEO of Cybex Center for isokinetic diagnostics and
rehabilitation
- since April 2002. owner and CEO of Kaliper Polyclinic with main focus on physical
therapy and rehabilitation,ortopedics and sports medicine
- since April 2004. Team doctor of Croatian ski team
- since 2005 /every year) koordinator of medical service of World cup skiing race for
men and women, Zagreb,
- 2006. Head doctor of Croatian olympic delgation at winter Olymic games in Turin,
Italy
- 2010. Head doctor of Croatian olympic delgation at winter Olymic games in
Vancouver, Canada
- since 2016 Member of Medical committee of Croatian Olympic society
- since 2020 works for Glycan age company as a lifestyle medicine consultant,
worldwide
-since 2020 works as body oriented psychotherapist, worldwide

Scientific papers and talks

- 1998. published article: Bojanić I. Desnica N., Stress fracture of the sixth rib in an
elite athlete, Croatian Medical Journal, 39(4):458-60, 1998.
- 1998.took part in 2nd International Symposium Sport and Medicine. Opatija
- 1999. invited talk Rehabilitation on Cybex isokinetic machine on 2 nd Croatian
conference Medicine and Sport, Zagreb
- 1999. talk on: 4th, Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science.
Rome, Italy: Isokinetic rehablitation in treating knee injuries
- 1999. took part on 1st Congress of Croatian society for stroke prevention, Zagreb
- 1999. invited talk Isokinetic rehabilitation with special emphesis on knees, Croatian
society for physical medicine and rehabilitation, Zagreb
- 2000. talk Cardio-respiratory exercising, 2nd Croatian congress of physical medicine
and rehablitation. Varaždin,
- 2001 talk Cardio respiratory exercising in rehablitation program, Symposium
Overuse syndroms, Zagreb,
- 2002. took part in Scientific Symposium Sports conditioning, Zagreb
- 2002, poster Isokinetic diagnostics in patients with lower back pain symptoms, at 3rd
International Congress of the Croatian Neurosurgical Society, Zagreb,
- 2002. talk Muscle strength imbalance in elite skiers at XXVII FIMS World Congress

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of Sports Medicine, 5-9.06. Budapest, Hungary
- 2002. published article: Desnica N. Dynamics of muscle strength improvement
during isokinetic rehabilitation of the athletes with ACL rupture and Chondromalacia
patellae, Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 43(1):69-74, 2003.
- 2002. talk Isokinetic rehabilitation, at 2nd International Conference in Kinesiology,
Opatija
- 2002. talk Young athletes' knee instability treated with isokinetic rehabilitation – a
case report, at 6th International Conference in Orthopedics and Biomechanics,.
Asissi, Italy
- 2003. talk Muscle strength imbalances in elite skiers assessed by isokinetic
diagnostics, Scientific Symposium Sports conditioning, Zagreb, s predavanjem: N.
- 2003 published article Isokinetic diagnostics, General fitness training, 2(1), 2003,
page 7-13
- 2005. took part in Scientific Symposium of Croatian medical doctors in basketball,
Opatija
- 2005. took part In FIS Medical Meeting as Croatian delegate, Amsterdam,
Nederlands
- 2007. took part at 3rd International Symposium Sport and Medicine, Opatija
- 2010: Invited talk Diagnostics in recreational sport: Congress of fitness and aerobic,
Zagreb
-2010. invited talk Isokinetic techniques in rehabilitation of water polo injuries,
International Congress Injuries in Water Polo, Zagreb
-2010. took part in Symposium Prevention and Management of Head Injuries in Sport,
Vancouver, Canada
-2015. invited talk Isokinetic rehabilitation at International Congress: South East
Forum on Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Dubrovnik
- 2015. took part in International Symposium Spine ala Carte, Zagreb
- 2016. invitied talk Medicine in sport and recreation at workshop Healthy habits,
Zagreb,
- 2019. Coordinator of Physical therapy section and invited talk Isokinetic techniques
in rehabilitation of waterpolo injuries International Congress: South East Forum on
Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Dubrovnik

Other professional activities:

- 1994 made research on functional diagnostic of athletes (aerobic-anaerobic capacity

and other metabolic functions) Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb
- head doctor of Zagreb rowing club since1995., occasionally doctor of Croatian
rowing team on international competitions
- summer 1996. worked as medical doctor at Falcon Camp, Carrolton, Ohio, USA
- since 1997. member of Croatian Society for Sports Medicine
- 1998. member of Medical committee of Croatian rowing society
- 1998. i 1999. licensed Physician of Basketball club Novi Zagreb
- since 1998. official medical doctor on many cycling races
- 1999 i 2000. worked in program “Rehabilitation in socitey”, Faculty of Physical
medicine and rehabilitation, Zagreb hospital
- since 2000. doctor at Croatian basketball association, member of HUZDUK
- since 2000. doctor at waterpolo games at Mladost Waterpolo games
- 2000. gave lectures to students of Faculty of Physical therapy, in field of isokinetic
rehabilitation and diagnostics

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- 2001. educated medical doctors on Contrex isokinetic machine, Banja Luka, Bosnia
and Hercegovina
- 2001. educated students in field of Biomechanics, field of isokinetic, at Faculty of
Electrotechnics and IT, University of Zagreb
- 2003. educated medical doctors specializing Ortopedics, in filed of Isokinetics,
Zagreb
- od 2005.'til today, Head of Medical Committee of Croatian Ski Association
-since 2010. 'til today, Head of Medical Committee of Croatian Cycling Association
- since1998 'till today. Many proffesional and popular articles in daily papers and
journals, such as Newsbar, Doctor in the house, Men’s Health, Biker, Poslovni
Journal, Outdoors and other popular-educational shows on Croatian television on
subjects of sports, sports medicine, rehabilitation, etc.

Other activities and interests…

- Instructor in Windsurfing (Greater Lowell Regatta, USA i KJD Zagreb)

- Instructor in Skiing (Schi Schule Kaprun, Austria)
- Instructor in Sailing (Greater Lowell Regatta, USA)
Professional sport activities
- skiing – many times Croatian champion, member of Croatian junior national team
- sailing -1985-87. sailed in class Mercury, won junior championships od United states
of America (1987 g., Fall River)
- waterpolo -1994.-2005. member of waterpolo club Zagreb
- memebr of Croatian waterpolo women national team, European championships in
waterpolo, Stockholm, Sweden in April1998., and at European cup in Zagrebu,
February 2001.

Other

- languages: English, German and Slovenian, studied Italian, Greek and Latin
- in free time: traveling, art, reading, garden, animals