Zvonko Kusić
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| Chairman of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | |
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Assumed office 11 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Milan Moguš |
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14 June 1946 Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Profession | Physician |
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Zvonko Kusić (pronounced [ˌzʋǒːŋko ˈkǔːsit͜ɕ]) (born 14 June 1946) is a Croatian physician, professor of oncology and nuclear medicine, Head of the Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine of the Sisters of Charity University Hospital in Zagreb and President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU). He is a Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (FCA).
He was born on 14 June, 1946 in Zagreb.
Zvonko Kusić, FCA, is the Head of the Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine of the Sisters of Mercy University Hospital in Zagreb, which Department incorporates four chairs and three referral centers of the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Care (for Melanoma; for Thyroid Diseases; and for Immunodiagnostics and Immunotherapy of Malignant Solid Tumors).
President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) since 1 January 2011. Membership in HAZU: associate member 1992-2000; full member since 2000; Secretary of the Department of Medical Sciences and member of the Presidency 2004-2010. Doctor of Medicine (graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb); specialist in nuclear medicine; specialist in radiotherapy and oncology; Head of the Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine of the Sisters of Charity University Hospital in Zagreb (since 1990); full professor of oncology and nuclear medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb since 1992 (permanent position since 1999); full professor of oncology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb; Head of the Chair of General Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb.
Zvonko Kusić, FCA, is the founder and has been Chairman of the Croatian Thyroid Society, Chairman of the Thyroid Diseases Reference Center and Chairman of the Commission on Endemic Goiter and Iodine Prophylaxis of the Ministry of Health and Social Care since 1992. He initiated the new Act on Salt Iodination, which was adopted in 1996. The result of that action was the elimination of goiter and other disorders caused by iodine deficiency, which was acknowledged by the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD).
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