Damir Ivanković, MD, MBA, PhD

Damir Ivanković earned a medical degree from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine and complemented it with the skills and competencies needed to work on health systems and services, including various managerial and public health studies. Starting with a brief stint as a practising physician, he further worked at the Croatian Ministry of Health, coordinating the national hospital waiting list project. Next, he worked for the medical devices industry and held various mid-managerial positions.

Following (an incomplete) medical residency in public health at the Croatian National Public Health Institute, Damir joined the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network for Healthcare Performance Intelligence Professionals (HealthPros) at the Department of Public and Occupational Health at the Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, where he completed his PhD on performance management, while also consulting the Irish Department of Health, collaborating with WHO and OECD, and acting as a visiting researcher with the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the University of Toronto and the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation, among other activities. HE is currently pursuing an independent health systems and services research and consulting career and mainly works as a consultant for the WHO Regional Office for Europe, specifically with the Athens Office for Quality of Care and Patient Safety. In 2024, Damir also co-authored the flagship WHO Europe publication „European Health Report.“