Nikola Matejčić is a specialist in orthopedics and a senior orthopedic consultant at the Lovran Orthopedic Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Rijeka and began his professional career in emergency medicine. After completing his specialization in orthopedics, he continued his work at the Lovran Orthopedic Clinic.
Nikola Matejčić is actively involved in the international medical community, regularly attending professional and scientific conferences. As part of his ongoing professional development, he frequently participates in observership programs, primarily at leading European shoulder surgery centers, to stay up to date with the latest advancements in the field. He is a member of several professional associations, including ESSKA ESA (European Shoulder Associates within the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy), CSSTA (Croatian Society for Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy), the Croatian Orthopedic Society, and the Croatian Medical Chamber. In his daily clinical practice, Nikola Matejčić covers the full range of orthopedics and traumatology, with a primary focus on shoulder surgery.
Dr. Karlo Tudor is an orthopedic and traumatology specialist who graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka, Croatia, in 2015, with a Doctor of Medicine degree and is currently employed at Orthopedic Clinic Lovran in Croatia. His work experience includes one year at the Institute for Emergency Medicine of Karlovac County in Croatia. After that, in December 2017, Dr. Karlo Tudor started a university specialist study of orthopedics and traumatology at the Lovran Orthopedic Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka and finished his specialist education in May 2023 at the same institution where he is currently employed. His published scientific research papers (as him being the first author) include one paper in the field of clinical orthopedics and two papers in the field of genetics, one of which is a part of his doctoral thesis written during his doctoral study (Doctoral School of Biomedicine and Health) initiated in 2019. His field of interest as an orthopedic surgeon is hip, knee, and foot surgery.
