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University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection
Kišpatićeva 12, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone. +385 (0)1 2388 587, 2388 563
Fax. +385 (0)1 2376 040
The Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection was founded in 1959. It is the oldest and the largest nuclear medicine department in Croatia. There are 135 000 various diagnostic studies and therapeutic procedures performed at the department every year. Both in vitro and in vivo studies are performed. All available radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in nephrology, oncology, cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, pulmology and endocrinology are used.
There are currently 18 physicians employed at the department, 13 nuclear medicine specialists, and 1 specialist in internal medicine (subspecialist in endocrinology), 1 specialist in cytology and 3 nuclear medicine residents. Most of the Croatian nuclear medicine specialists were trained at the department.
The department collaborates with other nuclear medicine departments in Croatia, with the nuclear power plant Krško in Slovenia, with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) and also with many other foreign institutions in the field of nuclear medicine and radiation protection through scientific research and educational activities. Most of the physicians attended training courses organized by the IAEA held in the educational facilities of the EANM in Vienna and other cities in the region. The members of our Centre for Radiation Medicine and Protection participated in specialized training courses in Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, USA and in the Center for nuclear science IPSN Fontenay aux Roses, Paris, France.
The structure of the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection:
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Outpatient Clinic for Thyroid Disease
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Inpatient Clinic (12 beds)
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Outpatient Clinic for Functional Investigations
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Outpatient Clinic for Scintigraphy
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Outpatient Clinic for Biophysics
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Outpatient Clinic for Radiopharmaceuticals and Radioimmunology
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Centre for Radiation Medicine and Protection
Reference centres in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection approved by the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare:
1. Reference Centre for the Medical Care of Irradiated Persons
2. Reference Centre for the Single Photon Emission Tomography
Last updated nov 19. 2010.
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