Irena Zubak, MD
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 she 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.
Irena Zubak obtained the Swiss specialist title in neurosurgery (FMH) in 2022 and the European specialist title (FEBNS) in 2023.
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
Contact
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
- EANS – European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (member)
- SGNC – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (member)
- SNI – Swiss Neurosurgeons International (active member)
Professional experience
Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Resident, Neurocenter Central Switzerland, St. Anna Clinic, Lucerne (Prof. Oliver Nic Hausmann)
Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern (Prof. Andreas Raabe)
Resident, General Surgery and Traumatology, Upper Engadine Hospital, Samedan (Dr. Duri Gianom)
Education
Fellow of the European Board of Neurological Surgery (FEBNS)
Specialist in neurosurgery
Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging
Neurotrauma Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, Yangon General Hospital, University of Medicine 1, Myanmar (Prof. Myat Thu)
US State Exam (USMLE) Step 1, 2CK, 2CS, ECFMG Certificate
Basic exam surgery
Dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Jürg Schmidli and Dr. Vladimir Makaloski, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
Study of medicine at the University of Bern