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Vuk Vrhovac

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Vuk Vrhovac

Vuk Vrhovac (13 November 1903 – 26 May 1952) was a Croatian medical doctor, pioneer of diabetology and the organizer of the domestic production of insulin and liver preparations in the 1930's in Yugoslavia.[1]

He was the organiser of the first Yugoslav insulin in Zagreb in 1935, after studying at the University of Toronto in Frederick Banting's laboratory as a Rockefeller foundation scholar. He founded the diabetes counselling centre in Zagreb in 1940, the first of its kind in this part of Europe.[2] It assembled clinical practice, research and education in the same institute, a novelty in diabetes treatment at the time.[3][better source needed]

He was a prominent representative of the temperance movement in Yugoslavia along with Andrija Štampar, and was a professor at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.[4]

The Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic [hr] in Zagreb bears his name, a WHO collaborative centre, and a globally renowned centre for diabetes, known as the "Croatian Model" which pioneered diabetes treatment in developing countries, as well as the Zagreb Diabetelogy School, an international postgraduate course in diabetology.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Vuk Vrhovac". library.foi.hr. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Vrhovac, Vuk". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  3. ^ "16 best wards in Croatia – Nacional.hr". arhiva.nacional.hr. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  4. ^ "Narodna čitanka o alkoholu / Andrija Štampar | Digitalizirana zbirka JU Biblioteka Sarajeva". digital.bgs.ba (in Bosnian). 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  5. ^ Metelko, Z.; Babić, Z.; Car, N.; Pavlić-Renar, I.; Rocić, B.; Skrabalo, Z.; Granić, M. (2000-06-01). "The Croatian model of diabetes care and the St. Vincent Declaration". Diabetes, Nutrition & Metabolism. 13 (3): 178–180. ISSN 1720-8343. PMID 10963395.
  6. ^ Metelko, Željko; Šestan-Crnek, S.; Babić, Zdravko; Roglić, Gojka; Pavlić-Renar, Ivana; Granić, Mato; Škrabalo, Zdenko (1995). "The Croatian model of diabetes health care and the St. Vincent declaration on diabetes care in Europe". Diabetologia Croatica. 24: 2–4.