Ana-maria Simundic PhD

Prof. Ana-Maria SIMUNDIC, Ph.D., EuSpLM, has received her graduate and postgraduate education at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry at Zagreb University where she currently holds a professor position at the Department of Medical Biochemistry. Currently, Prof. Simundic is employed at the Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh in Zagreb, where she holds the position of the Head of the Department of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics. She was the President of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine. She has served as the Editor-in-chief of the journal Biochemia Medica, published by the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine. She now holds a Senior Editor position in that Journal. 

During her professional career, Prof. Simundic has served the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, as President-Elect, and President of EFLM. She has been chairing the Working group for the Preanalytical Phase. Currently, she acts as the Expert-Consultant in this group. Prof. Simundic has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts. Her research activities focus on quality management and the preanalytical phase.