Maja Cigrovski Berkovic graduated from the Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia in 2000. In 2009, she received her Ph.D. from the Medical School University of Zagreb. In 2009, she lectured and co-chaired a course on doctoral studies at the Medical School University of Zagreb entitled "Endocrine tumors of gastrointestinal tract and pancreas". In 2011, she became a senior scientific researcher. From 2011 till 2014 she has been the principal investigator for the Ministry of Science-granted project "Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors". She is a specialist in internal medicine with a subspecialty in endocrinology and diabetes. Her special interests are research in diabetes and metabolic disease management and hypoglycemia detection and prevention. She also performs research on gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and the role of chronic inflammation in their development and progression.