Dr. Jure Serdar
Dr. Jure Serdar, MD, is a specialist in orthopedics and traumatology in Zagreb, with a clinical focus on hip and knee osteoarthritis, knee sports injuries, and foot and ankle conditions. At Preventis Polyclinic, his work is connected with orthopedic evaluation, treatment planning, and care for patients with degenerative joint disease, sports-related knee problems, and forefoot deformities.
Dr. Serdar also works at the Salata Orthopedic Clinic within University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb), where he continues his hospital-based orthopedic practice. Alongside clinical work, he is an external associate at the Department of Orthopedics, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, where he teaches clinical exercises in undergraduate medical education.
Clinical focus
Dr. Serdar treats orthopedic conditions that affect mobility, joint function, sports activity, and everyday movement. His work includes surgical and nonsurgical care for osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, sports injuries of the knee, and foot and ankle pathology.
- Hip and knee osteoarthritis
- Nonsurgical treatment of degenerative joint disease
- Hip and knee endoprosthetic surgery
- Sports injuries of the knee
- Foot and ankle disorders
- Forefoot deformities such as hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, and toe deformities
Orthopedic evaluation and treatment planning
For patients with joint pain, stiffness, reduced mobility, or sports-related injury, the care pathway usually starts with an orthopedic examination. This allows the specialist to review symptoms, previous imaging, functional limitations, and treatment goals before recommending conservative treatment, injection therapy, rehabilitation, or surgery.
In hip and knee osteoarthritis, Dr. Serdar is involved in both conservative and operative treatment planning. Nonsurgical care may include intra-articular options such as PRP therapy, viscosupplementation, and intra-articular application of mesenchymal stem cells, depending on the diagnosis, joint stage, and medical indication.
Hip and knee surgery
When degenerative joint disease is advanced and conservative measures no longer provide sufficient functional improvement, surgical treatment may include total hip endoprosthesis or knee replacement. Surgical decisions depend on specialist evaluation, imaging findings, symptom severity, functional limitation, and the patient’s overall health status.
Sports knee injuries and orthobiology
Dr. Serdar has completed international fellowship training focused on knee sports injuries and modern orthobiologic treatments. In 2022, he was selected as one of three recipients of the FORTE Travelling Fellowship “Under the Knee” in the Netherlands, focused on the treatment of sports injuries of the knee. He was also selected for the ICRS-Arthrex Traveling Fellowship, where he further developed his knowledge of contemporary orthobiologic therapies, including hyaluronic acid, platelet-rich plasma, and stem cell-based approaches.
Foot and ankle care
A special area of Dr. Serdar’s work is the treatment of foot and ankle conditions. He completed basic and advanced training through the European Foot and Ankle Association (EFAS), with a particular focus on surgical treatment of acquired forefoot deformities. His clinical scope includes conditions such as hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, and other toe deformities.
Education and professional background
Dr. Serdar graduated from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine in 2011 and completed his specialization in orthopedics and traumatology at the Salata Orthopedic Clinic, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, in 2021. He has authored chapters in Croatian and international orthopedic textbooks, published scientific articles, and regularly lectures at national and international congresses.
Through ZagrebMed, patients can send an inquiry for an orthopedic evaluation with Dr. Jure Serdar at Preventis Polyclinic, especially for hip, knee, foot, ankle, osteoarthritis, and sports injury concerns.
Qualifications
Dr. Jure Serdar, MD, graduated from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine in 2011. He completed his specialization in orthopedics and traumatology in 2021 at the Salata Orthopedic Clinic, University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb).
Experience
Dr. Serdar works at the Salata Orthopedic Clinic within University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb), where he practices as a specialist in orthopedics and traumatology. He also works at Preventis Polyclinic and serves as an external associate at the Department of Orthopedics, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, where he teaches clinical exercises in undergraduate medical education. His clinical work includes surgical and nonsurgical treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis, hip and knee endoprosthetic surgery, sports injuries of the knee, and treatment of foot and ankle conditions. He is also the physician of the Croatian women’s U16 basketball national team and an active member of Croatian medical sports organizations.
Publications
Dr. Serdar is the author of several chapters in Croatian and international orthopedic textbooks and around ten scientific articles published in Croatian and international scientific journals. He regularly lectures at national and international congresses. In 2019, at the ESSKA Speciality Days symposium in Madrid, he received a poster award for the work titled “Does the difference between templated and intraoperatively achieved posterior tibial slope affect the functional outcome after unicompartmental knee replacement: a pilot study.”
Membership
Dr. Serdar is a member of the Croatian Orthopedic Society (HOD), the Croatian Association of Orthopedists and Traumatologists (HUOT), the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), the European Foot and Ankle Association (EFAS), and the International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society (ICRS). He is also a reviewer for the Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics (JEO), the official journal of ESSKA, and an active member of the Croatian Medical Sports Society and the Croatian Association of Healthcare Professionals in Basketball (HUZDUK).
Certificates
In 2022, Dr. Serdar was selected as one of three recipients of the FORTE Travelling Fellowship “Under the Knee” in the Netherlands, focused on the treatment of knee sports injuries. He was also selected for the ICRS-Arthrex Traveling Fellowship, where he further trained in modern orthobiologic therapies, including hyaluronic acid, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and stem cell-based treatments. He completed basic and advanced training through the European Foot and Ankle Association (EFAS). In 2024, he received the EFAS Traveling Fellowship and became the first orthopedic surgeon from Croatia to receive this fellowship.