Background
Altarac was born on December 30, 1958 in Zagreb, Croatia; the son of Herman and Emilija (Gilica Max) Altarac.
educator scientific adviser Surgeon urologist
Altarac was born on December 30, 1958 in Zagreb, Croatia; the son of Herman and Emilija (Gilica Max) Altarac.
Altarac received a Doctor of Medicine degree from School of Medicine of the University of Zagreb in 1983. Six years later he earned his Ph.D. from the same school.
Altarac began his career as a teaching assistant of the department of physiology and immunology at the University of Zagreb in 1985. Four years later he took a position of a resident in urology at the University Hospital Rebro Zagreb. Then in 1993, Silvio became a member of staff at Royal Hallamshire Hospital. In 1995, he took the same position at Innsbruck Medical University. The same year Altarac was a member of staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School.
He served as an urological surgeon at Pula General Hospital from 1997 to 2000. Since 2001 Silvio has been an urological surgeon at Zabok General Hospital. Also he is a head of Urology Department at Clinic Medikol.
Altarac is a member of European Association of Urology, American Urological Association and Chinese American Medical Society.
On May 2, 1992 Silvio Altarac married Lidija Lopicic. They have two children.