Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Languages
Interests
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Ratko Vujicic, M.D.

Charlotte

Summary


Experienced medical practitioner equipped to deliver high-quality patient care. Strong in diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient management. Known for effective collaboration within interdisciplinary teams and adaptability to changing healthcare environments. Deep knowledge of running the practice and understanding the importance in team communication, collaboration and support. Consistently focused on achieving optimal health outcomes.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Medical Doctor, President

V Pain Clinic
02.2007 - Current

Interventional Pain Practice performing all types of procedures including cervical and lumbar epidural and transforaminal steroid injections, radio frequency ablations, stellate ganglion blocks, celiac plexus blocks, joint injections and peripheral nerve blocks. Also performed numerous spinal cord stimulator trials and implants. All the procedures were done using the fluoroscopy and ultrasound guidance. Extensive experience in medical management and hospital consults.

Successful solo practice with South Carolina and North Carolina offices.

Attending Physician, Partner

Interventional Pain Partners
04.2004 - 01.2007

Interventional Pain Practice, Medical Management, Hospital Pain Consults

Attending Physician

Anesthesia Associates of Rock Hill
10.2003 - 03.2004

Interventional Pain Practice, Medical Management, In hospital pain consults

Pain Fellow

Darthmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
10.2002 - 09.2003

Interventional Pain Fellowship, exposure to diversity of interventional procedures, spinal cord stimulator trial and implants, intrathecal pump trials and implants, daily pain consults, weekly Spine Center Clinic

Anesthesiology Resident

Maine Medical Center
10.1998 - 09.2022

Twelve month rotational Internal Medicine Intern and three year Anesthesiology Resident, Chief Anesthesiology Resident 2001-2002

Emergency Room Physician, Trauma Bed Chief

Air Transportable Hospital, USAF, NATO/SFOR
09.1993 - 05.1998

I have served as an Emergency Room Physician and a Trauma Bed Chief in the US Military Hospital for almost five years taking care of NATO and UN soldiers deployed to Balkan during a war. Our patients were coming from five continents and thirty nine countries where I took care of war trauma, mass casualties and numerous infectious diseases not frequently seen in western countries.

Field Officer

International Committee Of The Red Cross
09.1991 - 09.1993

Field officer for Northern Bosnia involved in family repatriations and evacuations of prison camps

Guest Surgical Resident

Transplant Department, University Hospital Graz
01.1991 - 06.1991

Guest Surgical resident involved in all types of cardiac surgeries, heart and liver transplants

Flexible Internship

Clinical Hospital Rebro
01.1990 - 12.1990

Twelve month flexible internship during which I have spent four months on cardiac surgery assisting with all different cardiac cases.

Education

M.D. -

Medical School University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
12-1989

Skills

  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Clinical Assessment
  • Comprehensive Patient Evaluation
  • Clinical Treatment Planning
  • Interventional Pain Management skills

Affiliations

  • American Society of Regional Anesthesiology and Pain

Certification

  • DEA License - NC, SC
  • State Medical License - NC, SC.
  • Hospital Privileges - Atrium Health Pineville, NC, Piedmont Medical Center, SC

Languages

Croatian
Native or Bilingual
Italian
Limited Working

Interests

  • Participate in mountain biking, sailing and skiing, as recreational activities to maintain physical fitness

Timeline

Medical Doctor, President

V Pain Clinic
02.2007 - Current

Attending Physician, Partner

Interventional Pain Partners
04.2004 - 01.2007

Attending Physician

Anesthesia Associates of Rock Hill
10.2003 - 03.2004

Pain Fellow

Darthmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
10.2002 - 09.2003

Anesthesiology Resident

Maine Medical Center
10.1998 - 09.2022

Emergency Room Physician, Trauma Bed Chief

Air Transportable Hospital, USAF, NATO/SFOR
09.1993 - 05.1998

Field Officer

International Committee Of The Red Cross
09.1991 - 09.1993

Guest Surgical Resident

Transplant Department, University Hospital Graz
01.1991 - 06.1991

Flexible Internship

Clinical Hospital Rebro
01.1990 - 12.1990

M.D. -

Medical School University of Zagreb
Ratko Vujicic, M.D.