
In a communication with DITA, the family members of the late Isuf Kalo announce that the tributes will be held on Friday, January 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Academy of Sciences.
Professor Kalo, passed away two days ago in Copenhagen, Denmark. The body of the deceased is expected to arrive in Tirana on Thursday at dinner, January 26.
The well-known doctor Kalo was born in 1942 in Luzat Tepelena. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Tirana in 1964.
Professor Kalo has specialized in Diabetology and Endocrinology in several European countries. He was one of the pioneers of these fields in Albania.
For several years he was the head of Endocrinology at the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital Center of Tirana.
Holding the degree of Doctor in Medical Sciences, until 1985, Dr. Kalo was Enver Hoxha's personal physician.
From 1991 to 2004 he worked at the World Health Organization in the Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, where he directed the European Diabetes Program and later the Health System Quality Program in Europe.
Dr. Kalo is the author of many studies published in profiled medical journals and he is an honorary member of several international boards of medical associations in Europe./Dita