Born in Zagreb on November 11, 1986, where he graduated from the 5th high school. In July 2011, he graduated from the integrated undergraduate and graduate study of medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb.
He completed his internship at the KBC “Sisters of Mercy”, and after passing the professional exam from 2013 to 2015, he worked as a substitute doctor in family medicine offices in the wider area of Zaprešić.
In April 2015, he began his specialization in clinical radiology at the Clinical Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of the KB “Dubrava”, and in 2016 he enrolled in the doctoral postgraduate study “Biomedicine and Health” at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb.
In July 2020, he obtained the title of specialist in clinical radiology, and in September 2020, he passed the exam for the European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR).
Active participant in domestic and foreign courses and scientific gatherings in general radiology and radiology of the breast and musculoskeletal system. Participated in the publication of more than 10 scientific papers, numerous presentations at international meetings and three books. From 2017-2022. he was a collaborator on the project of the Croatian Science Foundation “Sonoelastography and magnetic resonance in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer”.
On April 20, 2022, he successfully defended his dissertation entitled “The value of sonoelastography in the assessment of lesions detected by breast magnetic resonance after surgical treatment of breast cancer” and obtained the title of Doctor of Science in the scientific field of Biomedicine and Health, scientific field of Clinical Medical Sciences, scientific branch of Radiology.
Title is a postdoctoral fellow of the Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb. Since 2021, he has been working as Team Leader of the Written Evaluation Committee for exam questions related to breast radiology for the European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR) issued by the European Board of Radiology. He is a member of the Croatian Medical Chamber, the Croatian Society of Radiologists, the European Society of Radiology and the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology.
He speaks English and German.
Married, father of a three-year-old boy.
List of works:
a) Papers published in journals that are indexed in Current Contents
- Brkljacic B, Divjak E, Tomasovic-Loncaric C, Tesic V, Ivanac, G. Shear-wave sonoelastographic
features of invasive lobular breast cancers, Croatian Medical Journal 57(1), 42-50 (2016) - Radovic N, Ivanac G, Divjak E, Biondic I, Bulum A, Brkljacic B. Evaluation of Breast Cancer
Morphology Using Diffusion-Weighted and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI: Intermethod and
Interobserver Agreement, Journal of magnetic resonance imaging 49(5), 1381–1390 (2019) - Dzoic Dominkovic M, Ivanac G, Bojanic K, Kralik K, Smolic M, Divjak E, Smolic R, Brkljacic B. Exploring
Association of Breast Pain, Pregnancy, and Body Mass Indeks with Breast Tissue Elasticity in Healthy
Women: Glandular and Fat Differences. Diagnostics 10(6):E393 (2020). - Divjak E, Ivanac G, Radović N, Biondić Špoljar I, Sović S, Bahnik V, Brkljačić B. Second-Look
Ultrasound Using Shear-Wave Elastography in MRI-Suspected Locoregional Recurrence of Breast
Carcinoma. Ultraschall Med 43(03): 274-279 (2020) - Biondić Špoljar I, Ivanac G, Radović N, Divjak E, Brkljačić B. Potential role of shear wave elastography
features in medullary breast cancer differentiation. Medical Hypotheses 144:110021 (2020) - Bulum A, Ivanac G, Divjak E, Biondić Špoljar I, Džoić Dominković M, Bojanić K, Lucijanić M, Brkljačić
B. Elastic Modulus and Elasticity Ratio of Malignant Breast Lesions with Shear Wave Ultrasound
Elastography: Variations with Different Region of Interest and Lesion Size. Diagnostics (Basel)
11(6):1015 (2021) - Bulum A, Ivanac G, Mandurić F, Pfeifer L, Bulum M, Divjak E, Radoš S, Brkljačić B. Contribution of
UltraFast™ Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography in the Imaging of Carotid Artery Disease.
Diagnostics 12(5):1168 (2022).
b) Papers in journals referenced in Index Medicus, Excerpta Medica, Biological Abstract,
Chemical Abstract, Clin PCYC-PSYC)
- Đudarić L, Ivanac G, Divjak E, Tomasović Lončarić Č, Petričević Krečak O, Brkljačić B. Giant Cell
Tumor of the Distal Ulna: Multimodal Radiological Investigation of a Very Rare Location. Am J Case
Rep 22:e932130 (2021)
c) Works published in other cataloged publications or abstracts in indexed journals
- Brkljačić B, Divjak E, Biondić I, Ivanac G. Slikovne pretrage dojke nakon provedenog liječenja. Bolesti
dojke : zbornik radova XXVIII znanstvenog sastanka „Bolesti dojke“ održanog 27 09 2018 u Hrvatskoj
akademiji znanosti i umjetnosti 53 (2018) - Štoos-Veić T, Novak NP, Škoro M, Mataić A, Ivanac G, Tomasović-Lončarić Č, i ostali. Ultrasound-
guided fine needle aspiration of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients: a tertiary centre
experience. Abstracts of the 41st European Congress of Cytopathology, Madrid, Spain, 10 – 13 June
- 97 (2018)
- Dudaric, L.; Dumic-Cule, I.; Divjak, E.; Cengic, T.; Brkljacic, B.; Ivanac, G. Bone Remodeling in
Osteoarthritis—Biological and Radiological Aspects. Medicina 2023, 59, 1613.
