Croatian Medical Journal

Founder & Editor Emeritus

29.09.2009

Matko Marušić, MD, PhD

Department of Scientific Methodology, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Dr Marušić is the founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Croatian Medical Journal. He is a graduate of the Zagreb University School of Medicine (1970), where he also obtained PhD (1975), and professorship at the Department of Physiology (1980). Dr Marušić is a devoted educator of young Croatian scientists; he has trained and/or sent to international research laboratories more than 100 scientists. His research interest is immunology of bone marrow transplantation, but he also published in the fields of oncology, philosophy of science, and medical education. In 1998, his research team demonstrated the lifetime functioning of the human thymus. He was the key person in the foundation of Split University School of Medicine, and also helped the establishment of medical schools in Osijek and Mostar. He writes short stories, and two collections of his works are mandatory readings in Croatian primary schools. Since November 2008, he is professor at University of Split School of Medicine.