1939
Born in Debeljaca, Yugoslavia.
1963
Earns a Doctor of Medicine form the University of Zagreb in Croatia.
1963
Is a resident in internal medicine at the County Hospital of Nürnberg in the Federal Republic of Germany.
1965
Immigrates to the United States.
1966
Becomes s a rotating intern at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
1967
Is a resident in anesthesiology at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
1969
Teaches as an instructor in anesthesiology at the Pritzker School of Medicine within the University of Chicago.
1970
Is an assistant professor in anesthesiology at the Stritch School of Medicine within Loyola University in Maywood, Illinois.
1972
Is an associate professor of anesthesiology at the University of Chicago.
1975
Becomes a faculty member within the Cook County Graduate School of Medicine in Chicago.
1978
Writes “Nitroprusside and Other Short-Acting Hypotensive Agents.”
1980
Teaches as a professor of anesthesiology at Rush Medical College within the Rush University Medical Center.
1980
Becomes the director of the Rush Pain Center and chairman of anesthesiology at the Rush University Medical Center.
1992
Co-authors “Liposomes in Drug Delivery,” “Clinical Anesthesia Updates,” and “Clinical Anesthesia.”
1994
Serves as president of the medical staff, director of the Women and Children’s Hospital, and associate vice president of the Rush University Medical Center until 2007.
2005
Becomes trustee of the Rush University Medical Center
2006
Retires from his profession.
2019
Maintains affiliation with the American Medical Association and the International Anesthesia Research Society, among other organizations.