Background
Metelko, Zeljko was born on April 30, 1948 in Zagreb, Medvescak, Croatia. Son of Slavko and Elizabeta (Milinaric) Metelko.
Metelko, Zeljko was born on April 30, 1948 in Zagreb, Medvescak, Croatia. Son of Slavko and Elizabeta (Milinaric) Metelko.
Doctor of Medicine, Zagreb Medical School, Croatia, 1971. Internal Medicine, Zagreb Medical School, Croatia, 1980. Diabetology and Endocrinology, Zagreb Medical School, Croatia, 1982.
Junior rotating internship, General Hospital, Duga Resa, Croatia., 1972-1974;
intern, Diabetes Ctr,, Zagreb, Croatia, 1974-1975;
head of department, Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia, 1975-1983;
head of department, Institute Vuk Vrhovac, Zagreb, Croatia, 1983-1991;
deputy director, University Clinic, Zagreb, 1991-1992;
director, University Clinic, Zagreb, 1992-1994. Sssssssss. School, Valetta, Malta, 1981, Government of Malta, 1982, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1990. Temporary advisor World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1994.
Author: (textbook) Internal Medicine, (encyclopedia entry (Diabetes Mellitus), 1982. (book) IDDM European Guidelines, 1993. Editor-in-chief (journal) Diabetologia Croatica, since 1972.
Head Croation Model, since 1974, World Health Organization Collaborating Center, Zagreb, since 1982, Referral Center, Zagreb, since 1989. Vice president Israel Defense Forces-Europe, Brussels, 1997-2000. Fellow H.H. Humphrey.
Member Medical Academy Zagreh (head medical group 1997). Lions International (vice president Kaptol, District 126, 1997-1998, head diabetes, 1997).
Married Jasna Rebernisak, October 28, 1972. Children: Vedran, Petra.