Background

Palkovic, Michael was born on October 26, 1938 in Trnava, Slovak Republic. Son of Anton and Adriena (Gazova) Palkovic.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 1961. Doctor of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 1969.

Career

Assistant registrar Institute Experimental Endocrinology, Bratislava, 1961-1970, head laboratory, 1969-1981, head department, 1971-1981. Director clinical laboratories Al Jahra Hospital, Kuwait, 1982-1990, head biochemistry Kuwait, since 1991. Fellow Cardiovasc. Institute, University California, San Francisco, 1976.

Fellow National Blood, Lung and Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1976, department medicine Teaching Hospital, Lund, Sweden, 1979. Principal researcher Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1972-1981, Kuwait Ministry Public Health, 1988-1990. Chairman committee for introduction Systems International d'Unités units Kuwait Ministry Health, 1984-1985.

Lecturer department biochemistry, faculty allied health science, lecturer department pathology, faculty of medicine Kuwait University, 1986-1990. Over 100 lectures in field.

Works

• book

  • Advances in Physiological Sciences (Hormones, Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis, Vol. 35, Volume 35)

• Other Work

  • Editor: Hormones, Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis, 1981. Editor-in-chief Clinical Biochemistry Newsletter, since 1985. Contributor over 150 articles to science journals, chapters to books.

Membership

President Society Czechoslovak-Kuwait Friendship, Bratislava, 1990-1995. Vice president Society Slovak-Kuwait Friendship, Bratislava, since 1996. Fellow American Association Clinical Chemistry, International Federation Clinical Chemistry, Gulf Lipid Club.

Member Kuwait Group Clinical Biochemists (founder, executive board since 1993), Cardiovasc. Research Institute Alumni Association.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Scuba diving, fishing, computer programming.

Connections

Married Marta Grulichova, September 9, 1967. Children: Nadezda, Michael Junior, Daniela.

father:

Anton Palkovic

mother:

Adriena (Gazova) Palkovic

spouse:

Marta Grulichova

child:

Nadezda Palkovic

child:

Michael Junior Palkovic

child:

Daniela Palkovic