Dr Drago Popovic (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Drago Popovic
- Qualifications
- MD Croatia
- FRACS (Gen)
- PhD 2004
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Laparoscopic Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Croatian
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
Dr Drago Popovic is a general surgeon with a special interest in abdominal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, colorectal surgery, proctology and trauma surgery.
Dr Popovic uses a wide variety of general surgery procedures, including skin cancers treatment. He is a GESA certified endoscopist, regularly performing endoscopies and colonoscopies.
Dr Popovic is a fellow to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Dr Popovic has worked in European countries including Croatia, Slovenia and training & research in Italy and the US.
He embraced the new technology of laparoscopic surgery in the early 90s and completed advanced laparoscopic training in the United States in 1995 and 1998.
In June 2000, Dr Popovic finished his research on the results of treating patients with low rectal carcinoma in the Clinical Hospital in Zagreb, and achieved his Doctor’s thesis (PhD) in 2004.
As a member of the European Co-Inventor team in Rome in Italy since the year 2000, Dr Popovic has been involved in the invention of several surgical devices, and continues with new inventions in the field of colorectal and laparoscopic surgery.
Dr Popovic’s education and training in different areas has allowed him to be a competent well-rounded surgeon skilled in all aspects of general surgery; especially abdominal surgery, laparoscopic procedures, proctology, hernia surgery, skin cancers surgery, military surgery as well as peritoneal dialysis catheters and portacaths insertion.
Dr Popovic has been a member of the Australian Conjoint Committee for the Recognition of Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy) since 2008, and is a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland.
Dr Popovic is experienced in trauma surgery and especially military surgery.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital
- Buderim Private Hospital
- Noosa Private Hospital
- Sunshine Coast Day Surgery
- Affiliated Organisations
- RACS
- GESA
- GSA
- Affiliated Universities
- The University of Queensland
- Medical Conditions
- General surgery
- Medical Interventions
- General, laparoscopic and abdominal surgery
- Topics
- Digestive surgery
- * Laparoscopic surgical procedures
- * Advanced laparoscopic surgical procedures (Bowel resection, gastrectomy)
- * Colorectal surgery
- * Proctology
- * Skin cancer surgery, grafts, flaps
- * Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertions
- * Central lines insertion (ie. Portacath, permacath)
- * Endoscopies (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, GESA certified)
- Postal Address
Practice Locations
Sunshine Coast
- Buderim Private Hospital
- Address
- Buderim Private Hospital
12 Elsa Wilson Drive
Buderim QLD 4556
Australia
- Phone
- 07 5353 7145
- Fax
- 07 5302 0703
- Noosa Private Hospital
- Address
- 111 Goodchap Street
Noosaville QLD 4566
Australia
- Phone
- 07 5455 9200
