School of Medicine, University of Zagreb

School of Medicine
Medicinski fakultet (MEF)
Established	13 November 1917
Type	Public
Dean	Davor Miličić
Location	Zagreb, Croatia
Affiliations	University of Zagreb
Website	mef.hr

The School of Medicine (Croatian: Medicinski fakultet or MEF) in Zagreb is a Croatian medical school affiliated with the University of Zagreb. It is the oldest and biggest of the four medical schools in Croatia (the other three being in Osijek, Rijeka and Split), having been established in 1917 and with 1,775 students enrolled as of 2008.

History

The School of Medicine in Zagreb was originally envisioned as one of the four founding members of the modern University of Zagreb in the Croatian Parliament's piece of legislation passed on 13 January 1874, at the time when Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was a constituent part of Austria-Hungary.

The university was officially inaugurated by Ivan Mažuranić on 19 October 1874. The Faculty of Catholic Theology and the Faculty of Law had already been operating and the Faculty of Philosophy was launched that year with the first generation of students. However, the School of Medicine's official launch was postponed due to lack of funding. This situation prolonged and the school had to wait for more than 40 years to open its doors to students.

On 13 November 1917 the Croatian Parliament passed a decree, approved by the Viennese Court Chancellory (Hofkanzlei), which stipulated that the School of Medicine is to be established, and that three professors are to be appointed to organise the school and hire the required teaching staff. Thus, the school's first professors became Theodor Wickerhauser, Miroslav Čačković and Dragutin Mašek. On 17 December 1917 the first professors' conference was held, and this date is officially celebrated as the school's day. The very first lecture was held on 12 January 1918, delivered by professor Drago Perović.

In the following years, the school significantly expanded its teaching staff, and a number of specialised clinics affiliated with the school were established, such as the clinics for internal medicine (1920), obstetrics and gynaecology (1920), neuropsychiatry (1921), otolaryngology (1921), pediatrics (1922), dermatology and venereal diseases (1922), orthopedics (1922), stomatology (1922), and an institute for radiology and occupational therapy (1922).

In the early 1980s the school moved into their new central building in the Šalata neighborhood in northern Zagreb. The building was officially opened on 25 May 1981, when Frano Kršinić's sculpture Girl Holding a Book (Djevojka s knjigom) was unveiled.

Deans

1917–1919 - Miroslav Čačković 1919–1920 - Boris Zarnik 1920–1921 - Fran Smetanka 1921–1922 - Fran Bubanović 1922–1923 - Emil Prašek 1923–1924 - Dragutin Mašek 1924–1925 - Miroslav Čačković 1925–1926 - Fran Smetanka 1926–1927 - Karlo Radoničić 1927–1928 - Julije Budisavljević 1928–1929 - Albert Botteri 1929–1930 - Franjo Durst 1930–1931 - Fran Bubanović 1931–1932 - Karlo Radoničić 1932–1933 - Sergije Saltykow

1933–1934 - Franjo Kogoj 1934–1935 - Ernest Mayerhofer 1935–1936 - Laza Popović 1936–1937 - Ante Šercer 1937–1938 - Božidar Špišić 1938–1939 - Fran Smetanka 1939–1940 - Ivan Botteri 1940–1941 - Andrija Štampar 1941–1943 - Božidar Špišić 1943–1945 - Ante Šercer 1945–1947 - Branimir Gušić 1947–1948 - Radoslav Lopašić 1948–1949 - Franjo Kogoj 1949–1950 - Ivan Čupar 1950–1951 - Stjepan Vidaković

1951–1952 - Franjo Kogoj 1952–1957 - Andrija Štampar 1957–1958 - Fran Mihaljević 1958–1960 - Branimir Gušić 1960–1963 - Arpad Hahn 1963–1966 - Josip Fališevac 1966–1970 - Sergije Dogan 1970–1975 - Anton Zimolo 1975–1978 - Zvonimir Krajina 1978–1982 - Mladen Sekso 1982–1985 - Ljubomir Čečuk 1985–1989 - Nijaz Hadžić 1989–1990 - Želimir Jakšić 1990–1992 - Mate Granić 1992–1994 - Ivica Kostović

1994–1997 - Niko Zurak 1997–2000 - Zvonko Kusić 2000–2004 - Boris Labar 2004–2009 - Nada Čikeš 2009–0000 - Davor Miličić

See also

• University of Zagreb
• School of Medicine, University of Split

References

External links

• Official website (Croatian)