Irena Zubak, MD

Attending Physician

Irena Zubak, MD, is an attending physician at the University Department of Neurosurgery at Inselspital Bern under the direction of Prof. Andreas Raabe.

Irena Zubak completed her medical studies at…

Irena Zubak, MD, is an attending physician at the University Department of Neurosurgery at Inselspital Bern under the direction of Prof. Andreas Raabe.

Irena Zubak completed her medical studies at the University of Bern and started her medical practice in General Surgery and Traumatology at the Hospital Oberengadin in Samedan. In 2021 and 2022 Irena Zubak was able to deepen her professional knowledge and to develop her expertise in spinal neurosurgery during a one-year rotation at the Neurocenter of Central Switzerland, St. Anna Clinic in Lucerne, under the direction of Prof. Oliver N. Hausmann.

In addition, Irena Zubak served as Vice President of the Swiss Society of Young Neurosurgeons (SYNS) from 2017–2020 and was a leader in organizing numerous international educational events.


Languages: German, French, English, Croatian

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Specialities

  • Neurooncology
  • Cranioplasty

Projects

  • HORAO: A Crowdfunding/Crowdsourcing Project for Safer Brain Tumor Surgery (co-founder)
  • Innosuisse Grant: DuraLock: Non-autologous Dura Substitute with Self-sticking Properties, a Feasibility Study (primary investigator, project manager)
  • SISF Fund: 7.0 Tesla MR-Imaging and Applied Machine Learning of Infiltration and Vascularization Patterns in Lower-grade Gliomas and their Influence on Treatment Planning (co-investigator)

Memberships

Professional experience

Since 2022

Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital (Prof. Andreas Raabe)

2021–2022

Resident, Neurocenter Central Switzerland, St. Anna Clinic, Lucerne (Prof. Oliver Nic Hausmann)

2016–2021

Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe)

2014–2015

Resident, General Surgery and Traumatology, Upper Engadine Hospital, Samedan (Dr. Duri Gianom)

Education

2018–2019

Neurotrauma Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, Yangon General Hospital, University of Medicine 1, Myanmar (Prof. Myat Thu)

2017

US State Exam (USMLE) Step 1, 2CK, 2CS, ECFMG Certificate

2015

Basic exam surgery

2015

Dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Jürg Schmidli and Dr. Vladimir Makaloski, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern

2008–2014

Study of medicine at the University of Bern

2021

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging