Osteoporosis Clinic

Željko Pleša, MD, Specialist in General Medicine, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, in 1987 and successfully passed his professional examination in 1988. He spent three years working at the Zaprešić Health Centre as an emergency physician, followed by six years working in a school health clinic. In 2021, he received the honorary “My Doctor 2021” award.

He completed his specialist training in family medicine in Zagreb in 2000 and continued his career as a family physician at the Zaprešić Health Centre.

As part of his preventive healthcare work, he contributed as a professional associate to Špigel magazine and participated in radio programmes on addiction prevention on Radio Zaprešić. He also worked as a counsellor on family-related issues, collaborated with the addiction treatment centres at Vrapče Psychiatric Hospital and Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, and was involved in the implementation of a methadone treatment programme.

In 2004, he completed additional professional training in densitometry (bone density measurement).

Jelena Raković, MD, Specialist in Family Medicine, was born in 1981 in Niš, Serbia, where she completed both primary and secondary education with the highest possible grade point average (5.0) and received numerous awards, including recognition as the top student of her generation in primary school and a commendation during secondary school.

She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, in 2009 with a grade point average of 9.27. After successfully completing the medical degree recognition examination at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, she moved to Slovenia in 2012.

Following a six-month medical internship at Brežice General Hospital and the successful completion of her professional examination, she began specialist training in family medicine in the Posavje region. During her specialist training, she was employed by Medicina Iljaž in Brežice. She gained clinical experience at Brežice General Hospital, Aristotel Medical Centre in Krško, as well as through specialist rotations at Novo Mesto General Hospital and the University Medical Centre Ljubljana.

She continuously expands her professional knowledge by attending courses, seminars and professional training programmes in Slovenia and abroad. During her specialist training, she also worked as an on-call physician in the emergency medical service at the Brežice Emergency Centre.

In December 2017, she passed the specialist examination with distinction and became a Specialist in Family Medicine. She has been working in this role at Aristotel Medical Centre since December 2017, continuing a successful professional collaboration that began shortly after her arrival in Slovenia.