Tomislav Kalem, MD, MSc

Tomislav Kalem, MD, MS graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb. He completed his medical studies in Osijek in 1987 and obtained his master’s degree in 1994 in Zagreb.

After completing his studies, he devoted himself to specializing in urology, which he began in Osijek in 1991 and successfully completed in 1998 in Frankfurt. During his professional training, he completed specialist internship in world-renowned medical institutions such as Bern, Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Fulda, thus gaining considerable experience in the field.

After passing the specialist exam, he assumed the role of department head at the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology in Fulda. He advanced further to become deputy head at the same clinic, a position he held until 2005. Since 2005, Dr. Kalem has taken charge of his own private practice with 50 beds and led a private department at the Lauterbach hospital, consistently providing the highest quality medical care to his patients. He held this position until the end of 2023, after which when he was appointed as the director of the International Medical Center Priora.

On June 3, 2024, Dr. Tomislav Kalem performed the first robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in the Republic of Croatia using the Da Vinci surgical system.

By introducing advanced technologies to the Urology Department, including Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Histolog, HoLEP, and PDD, he established the region’s most modern urology department.