A brief description of our activity
Introduction
Medicina Volovec is a medical center for general surgery, laser, esthetic and anti-aging medicine with the richest experience in the region. With the help of cutting edge technology and on the basis of expert knowledge we offer aesthetic procedures of the highest quality and in accordance with european and world trends and standards.
Our goal is to revive your natural beauty, enabling you to feel happier and more satisfied in your body. In our beautiful clinic in the middle of Brežice, expert and kind staff is waiting for you, ready to listen to your wishes. The evidence of our success are numerous satisfied customers that keep coming back to our clinic.
Why choose us.
Individual and in-depth approach. State of the art technology and treatments. Friendly staff with extensive experience. The desire for excellence and satisfied patients.
Our mission.
To emphasize your natural beauty, to soothe the signs of years past on your face and by doing so, allowing you to age more beautifully and with more confidence.
Our goals.
We are constantly being educated at international congresses and workshops. Thus, we are always in touch with the latest findings in the world of aesthetic medicine.
Our clinic
Our staff
Head and principal doctor
Lidija Volovec, M.D., General Surgery Specialist
Lidija Volovec, M.D. was born in 1961 in Brežice, Slovenia. She finished elementary school and high school in Zagreb, where she lived until her marriage and relocation to Slovenia in 1983.
She enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine in 1980/81 in Zagreb and finished with a high average grade. She graduated in February 1987 with great success. She completed her internship at the Brežice General Hospital and was admitted to surgery at the Brežice Hospital for an indefinite period of time in September 1989, after which she received specialization in general surgery.
She passed the specialist exam after thirty-one months of clinical rotation at the Ljubljana Medical Center. As a general surgery specialist, she worked at the abdominal department of the Brežice hospital.
From March 2003 to September 2005, she was employed at a private surgical clinic, owned by surgeon colleague Sakać, M.D.. She then started a private company and opened a self-employed surgical clinic in the center of Brežice. In 2004, after the purchase of Fotona's DUALIS SP laser system, she became intensively engaged in laser surgery. At the same time, she began a two-year international postgraduate specialization in antiaging medicine organized by the European Institute for Scientific Antiaging Medicine under the auspices of the World Organization for Antiaging Medicine.
She regularly attends numerous international conferences and hands-on workshops in laser surgery, aesthetics and antiaging medicine, is an active member of the American Academy of Laser Aesthetic Surgery, the World Society of Anti-Aging Medicine, the International Society of Lipolysis Therapy and is an International Delegate in the World Society of Anti-Aging Medicine for Slovenia.
Since 2006, she has been a trainer for Fotona and regularly leads international workshops for working with lasers, which are attended by doctors and dentists from all over the world. Since 2010, she has been a national trainer for Vistabel botulinum toxin and Juvederm hyaluronic fillers at Allergan and regularly leads hands-on workshops for working with fillers and botulinum.
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Doctor
Mia Volovec Dodig, MD, specialist in family medicine
Mia Volovec Dodig studied at the Medical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana and graduated in 2013 with excellent results. During her studies, she completed a one-year exchange at the Louis Pasteur Faculty of Medicine of the University of Strasbourg. She passed the specialist exam in family medicine with honors in 2019.
She learned about aesthetic medicine very early under the auspices of her home clinic, namely during her studies, as she regularly participated in workshops held at Medicina Volovec, both for working with lasers and working with fillers and botulinum. She completed her laser training at the Fotona Laser&Health Academy. Since 2013, he has been regularly attending international and domestic congresses and advanced workshops in the field of aesthetic medicine. At Medicina Volovec, he regularly deals with laser surgery and aesthetic dermatology, applying fillers - hyaluronan fillers and calcium hydroxyapatite, injection lipolysis, rejuvenation with his own plasma, mesotherapy, etc. From 2022 she is the national trainer for IBSA Profhilo rejuvenation.
She is the main author of the articles CASE REPORT: Laser Treatment of PWS using a Combination of Q-s KTP and Long-Pulse Nd:YAG Lasers and Treatment of Venous Malformation of the Oral and Lip Region with Nd:YAG Laser, published in the LA&HA Journal of Laser and Health Academy.
Aesthetic medicine is a science that I have followed since the very beginning of my career, and that is precisely why I learned the principles and peculiarities of this field early on and mastered the key techniques. Like any branch of medicine, aesthetic medicine also requires a lot of knowledge, skills and continuous improvement. Its special feature is that it brings many smiles to the faces of patients. The goal of aesthetic medicine is to improve the quality of your life, and I insist on a personal approach and natural results. I do my work with heart, passion and respect, and in achieving my goals I successfully use a holistic and individualized approach, which is the foundation of family medicine.
Doctor
Dr. Bojan Grulović, M.D., Gynecology and Obstetrics Specialist
Dr. Bojan Grulović, M.D., leads his private gynecology and obstetrics primary care clinic in Metlika, Slovenia, where in addition to his regular work, he is deeply involved in ultrasound diagnostics and management of the fetus, pregnant women, women of childbearing age, detecting cancers of female genital organs and breasts, and classical and minimally invasive gynecological surgery.
In Medicina Volovec he deals with the gynecological laser as the latest and currently only truly successful outpatient treatment for women with loose vagina syndrome and stress urinary incontinence. Dr. Grulović was born in Šibenik in 1972, where he graduated from elementary school and high school. In 1996 he completed his medical studies at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb, and in 2002 he completed his master's degree in biomedicine, also in Zagreb. In 2007 he completed his specialization in gynecology and obstetrics at the Gynecology Clinic in Ljubljana. Following his specialization in 2014 he completed his postgraduate doctoral studies in biomedicine in Ljubljana and obtained a doctorate in science.
As an assistant at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana he actively participates in the education of young medical students.
»The desire for education and traveling to distant places, learning about new cultures, languages and customs have been my source of energy for my daily work. Now my children, Filip and Lara, are filling all my free time.«
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Location
Our clinic is located in the center of a little town called Brežice. You will find us in the premises of a modern business building on the main road. A parking space in the garage beneath our clinic is always available.
The town has a great location, being only 30 minutes away from Zagreb and only 60 minutes away from Ljubljana. The clinic is just a short 4km drive from the Zagreb-Ljubljana highway.
When here, you should explore the town and visit the medieval castle and it’s unique hall called “Viteška dvorana”. There are also plenty of great restaurants nearby, furthermore a wine-rich countryside called Bizeljsko is just a short drive away.
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Individual and in-depth approach. State of the art technology and treatments. Friendly staff with extensive experience. The desire for excellence and satisfied patients.
What we want to achieve
To emphasize your natural beauty and soothe the signs of years past on your face and by doing so, allowing you to age more beautifully and with more confidence.
News and benefits
Special benefits for our patients. Tailored offers and treatments for every season of the year. Regular training workshops, education of our staff at home and abroad.