Background
Bilka, Paul Joseph was born on October 12, 1919 in New York City. Son of John and Josephine (Hlavaty) Bilka.
Bilka, Paul Joseph was born on October 12, 1919 in New York City. Son of John and Josephine (Hlavaty) Bilka.
Bachelor of Science, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1940; Doctor of Medicine Columbia University, 1943; Master of Science in Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1950.
Intern Hartford Hospital, 1944-1945. Fellow in internal medicine Mayo Found, Rochester, Minnesota, 1947-1950. Assistant in rheumatology Mayo Clinic, 1949-1950.
Practice medicine specializing in rheumatology Minneapolis, 1950-1991. Medical staff Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital, since 1991. Clinical professor medicine University Minnesota Medical School.
Clinical professor medicine University Minnesota Medical School, 1960-2007. Consultant Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital, 1955-2007, member medical staff, since 1991.
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1945-1947. Member American College Rheumatology (master designation 1992), National Society Clinical Rheumatology (president 1985-1987). Clubs: Lafayette (Minnetonka, Minnesota).
Married Madge Ayres Mussey, December 26, 1943.