"If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not to little and not to much, we would have found the safest way to health"
~ Hyppocrates
Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognise and appreciate until they have been depleted.
Denis Waitley
Dr Josip Cakic (aka. "Dr Chuck")
MD , PhD , FCS(SA)Orth , MMed(Orth)WITS
Languages: English, Croatian
MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS
POSTGRADUATE DEGREES
MMed (Orthopaedic Surgery) Degree (27 June 2000)
Research Thesis: Do African Children with Slipped Capital femoral epiphysis Have metabolic bone disease?
(Accepted: 27 November 1997)
Philosophy Doctor (PhD) in Orthopaedic Surgery (25 June 2009)
Research thesis: South African experience with cross-linked ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty.
(Accepted: October 2003)
ASSOCIATIONS
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
CONSULTANCY
MD , PhD , FCS(SA)Orth , MMed(Orth)WITS
Languages: English, Croatian
MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS
- M.D. School of Medicine, University of Zagreb , Croatia, 1989
- FCS (SA) Orth WITS University, South Africa, 1998
- MMed (Orth) WITS, WITS University, South Africa, 2000
- PhD (Med) WITS, WITS University, South Africa, 2009
POSTGRADUATE DEGREES
MMed (Orthopaedic Surgery) Degree (27 June 2000)
Research Thesis: Do African Children with Slipped Capital femoral epiphysis Have metabolic bone disease?
(Accepted: 27 November 1997)
Philosophy Doctor (PhD) in Orthopaedic Surgery (25 June 2009)
Research thesis: South African experience with cross-linked ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty.
(Accepted: October 2003)
ASSOCIATIONS
- SAOA – South African Orthopaedic Association
- COTA – Croatian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association
- SAAS – South African Arthroplasty Society
- AAOS – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Affiliated international member)
- ISHA – The Hip Preservation Society
- SASMA - South African Sports Sports Medicine Association
- SASHA - South African Society for Hip Arthroscopy
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- ISHA - The Hip Preservation Society (Formally: The International Society for Hip Arthroscopy)
- Board of Directors (2010)
- Chairman of Educational Board (2011)
- Vice President (2016)
- President (2017 - 2018)
- SASHA - South African Society for Hip Arthroscopy
- Founding member (2011)
- President (2011 - 2015)
- Treasurer (2016 - present)
CONSULTANCY
- Consultant / Instructor / Lecturer - Smith & Nephew©
- Consultant / Instructor / Lecturer - Medacta© International (Advanced Orthopaedics SA)
- Consultant / Instructor - Arthrex© (Arthromedics)
- Consultant / Lecturer - WISH (WITS Institute for Sports and Health)
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