Nikola Ivaniš, deputy mayor
Born: Drenovci, Županja commune, 3 January 1956
Croat, lives in Rijeka,
E-mail: nikola.ivanis@rijeka.hr
Work experience:
- Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Department of Internal Medicine, History of Medicine and Medical Ethics as Assistant Professor MD, D.Sc., since 7 January 2013,
- private internist-gastroenterologist (Polyclinic Ivaniš) since 1993,
- Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka from 1982 to 1993
- OK SSOH Rijeka from 1980 to 1982 (from 1981 to 1982 as president).
Education:
- defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka in 2012
- defended his master thesis at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka in 1992
- passed his specialist examination in Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka in 1986
- took his B Sc degree at the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka in 1979
Other facts tied to education:
- was awarded the title of Prim. Dr. by a decree issued by the Ministry of Health in 1998
- took his doctoral degree with the thesis: “The role of the high-frequency mini radial endoluminal probe in the evaluation of expansion of tumour mutations in the digestive tract”
- performs complete gastroenterology diagnostics, and in Croatian gastroenterology introduced and was the first to implement upper and lower endoscopic ultrasounds
- organised the First Croatian Symposium on endosonography in gastroenterology
- additionally specialised in Rijeka, Ljubljana, Munich, Bochum, Berlin and Hamburg, at the most famous gastroenterology Clinics
- Actively took part in all Croatian congresses on gastroenterology, was invited as a lecturer at numerous European congresses, symposiums, courses and world meetings where he was an active participant
- published more than 70 summaries and papers in collections of papers and magazines, including those indexed in the Current Contents (CC)
- is a member of several international medical associations
- was president of the Health Council of the Primorje – Gorski Kotar County
Political activity:
- representative of the Alliance of Primorje – Gorski Kotar (PGS) to the Croatian Parliament from 1995 to 2007
- the first president of RDS (RDS in 1990), later on the president of PGS.
- served several terms of office as a Rijeka City Council councillor
Foreign languages:
English – fluent
Marital status: married, wife Alis is a doctor of Dental Medicine, has daughter Marija and son Viktor and grandson Vito Paulo