Isuf Kalo is an Albanian doctor and Professor of Medicine.
Born (1942) in Luzat,
Tepelenë,
Albania
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, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Medicine in
Tirana University in 1964. Prof. Kalo specialized in several European countries in
diabetology and
endocrinology
Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...
. He is one of the pioneers of this domain in Albania. For several years he was chair of endocrinology and metabolic diseases in the Faculty of Medicine and in the University Hospital of Tirana. He is a Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of Medicine and
honoured with the Distinguished Scientist Worker Award of Albania. Until 1985 he was the personal doctor of the communist dictator Enver Hoxha.
Between 1991 and 2004 he was employed by the
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...
's Regional Office for Europe (in Copenhagen), heading the European Diabetes Program and later the Quality of Health System Programme in Europe. He is the author of a series of publications in the medical press of his country and abroad, and he is an honorary member of several international committees and medical associations in Europe.
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1942 births
Living people
People from Tepelenë
Albanian diabetologists
Albanian endocrinologists
University of Tirana alumni
World Health Organization officials
Albanian officials of the United Nations