Dr.med.
Nikolina Brcina
Dr. med. Nikolina Brcina is a specialist physician in neurology (FMH). Her main focus areas include geriatric neurology and neurodegenerative diseases.
Dr. med. Nikolina Brcina completed her training in neurology at the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital in Aachen, Germany. Dr. Brcina developed her clinical expertise in neurology by providing both inpatient and outpatient care to patients across the entire spectrum of neurological conditions.
During her training, Dr. Brcina developed an interest in neurodegenerative diseases including dementia, Parkinson’s disease, ataxia, and Huntington’s disease. This led her to become active in this field both clinically and scientifically, and to complete her doctoral thesis with a focus on these areas of neurology.
Currently, Dr. Brcina works as a senior physician in neurology (with extended responsibility) at Klinik Hirslanden Zurich. She is responsible for providing inpatient and outpatient care to neurological patients and also serves as co-director of the Center for Geriatric Neurology.
April 2023 – heute
Co-Leiterin, Zentrum für Altersneurologie, Klinik für Neurologie, Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
April 2023 – heute
Oberärztin meV, Klinik für Neurologie, Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
2022 – 2023
Oberärztin, Klinik für Neurologie, Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
2021
Oberärztin, Klinik für Alterspsychiatrie, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich
2021 – 2022
Doktorandin, Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinik Aachen, Sektion Translationale Neurodegeneration
2020 – 2021
Assistenzärztin, Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinik Aachen
2015 – 2020
Assistenzärztin, Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinik Aachen
2014 – 2015
Assistenzärztin, Klinik für Neurologie, HELIOS Klinik Wuppertal
2014
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinik Aachen
2022
Anerkennung des akademischen Grades Dr. med. durch die Dissertation “Increased neural motor activation and functional reorganization in patients with idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder” RWTH Aachen University
2021
Erlangung des Facharzttitels für Neurologie
2020
MPG-GCP Kurs (Prüfärztin)
2019
GCP-Grundlage/Aufbau Kurs (Prüfärztin)
2016
Absolvierung des TANDEMpeerMED Programms, Universitätsklinik Aachen
2012 – 2013
Erlangung der Approbation, Abschluss des Studiums der Humanmedizin an der Universität Zagreb, Kroatien (dr. med.)