Boris Palek completed his medical specialisation in 1998. He has been employed at the Diagnostic centre Diagnostični center Bled since April 2019, but already worked at the centre between 1998 and 2005. He works at the Diagnostic centre Diagnostični center Bled as a ward doctor and as a doctor at the osteoporosis clinic. In 2003, he gained an international certificate in clinical densitometry (DXA) for the field of osteoporosis in Los Angeles.