Background
Plesko, Ivan was born on June 13, 1930 in Selpice, Slovakia. Son of Stefan and Klementina (Cerna) Plesko.
Plesko, Ivan was born on June 13, 1930 in Selpice, Slovakia. Son of Stefan and Klementina (Cerna) Plesko.
Doctor of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1964. Doctor of Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 1987.
Lecturer, research assistant medical faculty, Comenius U., 1955-1959; senior research assistant, Comenius U., 1959-1968; assistant professor epidemiology, Comenius U., 1968-1976; assistant professor epidemiology, U. Constantine, Algery, 1971-1973; head department epidemiology, Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy Sciences, Bratislava, since 1976; head, National Cancer Registry, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, since 1996. Consultant European Institute Oncology, Milan, Italy.
General secretary League Against Cancer of Slovakia, 1990-1995. Member various communications for conferring science degrees, since 1986. Member International Association Cancer Registries (Europe and Middle East representative 1988-1992), Czech National Registry (honorary member science council), Slovak Oncology Society (honorary).
Married Anna Holoskova, October 21, 1954. Children: Denisa, Iveta.