Director OR Nursing, Quality Assurance
martina.pavanic@cardiac-alliance.org
Martina received a Nursing Diploma at the Mlinarska Nursing School, Zagreb, Croatia in 1996 and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at University of Memphis, Loewenberg School of Nursing in 2015.
On graduation Martina worked as a scrub nurse and circulatory nurse in the operating room and then specialized in cardiovascular surgery from 1998-2000 at the KBC Zagreb, Rebro University Hospital. Martina met Dr Novick in 1998 when he was teaching in the hospital where she worked and in 2000 Martina started working full time with Dr Novick and his charity.
Martina worked as the Lead Operating Room nurse and Surgical Trip Coordinator with Dr Novick and relocated to Memphis where she currently lives.
Martina has worked with the Novick Cardiac Alliance since it’s inception.
