ASCULTĂ Lectorii Principali
Maria Fleșeriu, MD, FACE
Neuroendocrinologist, Director pituitary center

Maria Fleșeriu, MD, FACE
Neuroendocrinologist, Director pituitary center
Maria Fleseriu, MD, FACE is a Professor of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, Director of the Pituitary Center at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, USA, and Past President of the Pituitary Society. Dr. Fleseriu has a long-standing clinical and research interest in the pathophysiology and treatment of pituitary and adrenal disorders. She has received many national and international awards, including title of “Doctor Honors Causa” by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” and the Clinical Endocrinology Trust Award from the U.K Society of Endocrinology. She is a frequent plenary guest speaker at national and international meetings and is Deputy Editor for European Journal of Endocrinology, Associate Editor for Reviews of Endocrinology and Metabolism and a member in many editorial boards, including Pituitary. Dr. Fleseriu has been global principal investigator in many pituitary disorders clinical trials and has authored over 250 manuscripts in prestigious high impact journals, including novel treatments, international guidelines and consensus papers for Cushing’s, acromegaly and hypopituitarism. She has been elected and serves now as a member of the Executive Board of Pituitary Society and of the Board of Directors of Endocrine Society, the largest international society in the world with over 18000 members. Topic: Medical treatment of pituitary tumors, can we replace surgery
Ioan Ștefan Florian MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon

Ioan Ștefan Florian MD, PhD
NeurosurgeonStefan Florian is currently the Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cluj County Emergency Hospital, Vice President of the Romanian Society of Neurosurgery, President of the Senate and Professor of Neurosurgery at the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, and from 2014, President of the Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica (EMN).
Claudiu Matei, MD, PhD
Head of Neurosurgery Division MedLife Polisano

Prof. Martina Messing-Jünger
Specialist for paediatric neurosurgery

Prof. Martina Messing-Jünger
Specialist for paediatric neurosurgeryProf. Dr. med. Martina Messing-Junger is a highly accomplished pediatric neurosurgeon with 36 years of experience. She obtained her medical license in 1987 after studying human medicine at the University of Duesseldorf. She then completed her postdoctoral neurosurgical training at the University Hospital Duesseldorf, specializing in pediatric neurosurgery in 1994. Prof. Dr. Messing-Junger has held prestigious positions throughout her career, including Head of the Department of pediatric neurosurgery at Pediatric Hospital Asklepios St. Augustin since 2007. She has also been actively involved in research, with a focus on various neurological conditions such as craniosynostosis, hydrocephalus, and spina bifida. Her expertise in these fields has led her to be a member of several renowned medical associations and scientific boards. With a list of 34 scientific publications, Prof. Dr. Messing-Junger's research contributions have further strengthened her reputation as a leading authority in pediatric neurosurgery. Her publications cover various topics, from diagnosing and treating specific conditions to developing guidelines for head injuries. Prof. Dr. Martina Messing-Junger's extensive experience, leadership roles, and numerous scientific publications demonstrate her expertise and dedication to pediatric neurosurgery. She is highly regarded for her contributions to research and her ability to provide exceptional care to her patients at Pediatric Hospital Asklepios St. Augustin in Germany.
Kathleen Seidel, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Intraoperative Neurophysiology

Kathleen Seidel, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Intraoperative NeurophysiologyKathleen Seidel, MD, PhD is a Professor and Senior Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Prof. Dr. med. Kathleen Seidel, is board certified neurosurgeon, staff physician specialized in neurooncological surgery and professor of the Department of neurosurgery at the Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Since 2008 at the Inselspital, she has established the unit of intraoperative neurophysiology (IONM). After a fellowship in IONM with Vedran Deletis and Sedat Ulkatan in New York, she is providing training to other professionals, hosting international observers and focusing on advance of IONM modalities to improve patient safety in technical high-risk surgeries. Providing expertise in neurosurgery and intraoperative neurophysiology, she is a routinely invited speaker at international courses and congresses. She has published numerous IONM papers and key papers concerning subcortical brain mapping and mapping of the spinal cord. She is contributed to many book chapters and is co-editor of an IONM book. Recently, she was awarded with the prestigious Theodor Kocher Prize of Bern University, which honors its best academics across its faculties for their exceptional and innovative scientific achievements. Currently, she serves as the president of the society of intraoperative neurophysiology (ISIN).
Roy Thomas Daniel, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon

Roy Thomas Daniel, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Chair, Section of Skull Base Surgery
Roy Thomas Daniel graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Kerala State, India and specialized in neurosurgery from the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India in 1997. He completed Fellowships in neurosurgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia, and the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland. After working as full professor at CMC, he joined the CHUV as Vice Chairman of Neurosurgery in 2009. Pr. Daniel has extensive experience in the surgical treatment of benign skull base tumors. He has developed several innovative surgical techniques for the treatment of skull base tumors using trans cranial approaches, endoscopic ventral skull base surgery or in combination. He has also described several innovative strategies that enable to combine skull base surgery techniques with stereotactic radiosurgery, with a view to reduce significantly the treatment related morbidity for these difficult tumors. As an active and founding member of the Skull base surgery section of the European association of Neurosurgery (EANS) since 2018, he has initiated and published several articles that detail the treatment guidelines for the treatment of these tumors. He has established the Neurosurgical Education and training laboratory (NET Lab) at the CHUV for trans-cranial and endonasal endoscopic surgeries on cadavers.This laboratory helps in the training of residents in Neurosurgery form Switzerland and rest of Europe. Work done in this laboratory has led to the description of several new surgical techniques for the treatment of brain lesions principally in the domain of skull base surgery. He is as an active and founder member of the International academy of neurosurgical anatomy (IANA) that conducts didactic teaching and training workshops for neurosurgical residents and fellows internationally, with a particular focus on developing countries. He is also an active and founder member of the Swiss SOS since 2009 that maintains a registry of all patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The use of this database has allowed the publication of numerous high impact articles in the field of aSAH. Pioneer in pediatric epilepsy surgery, Roy Thomas Daniel has described several novel techniques of interventions based on brain disconnections for hemispheric and sub-hemispheric epilepsy, that are currently referenced in the largest epilepsy surgery centers in the world. In terms of basic research in the field, Roy Thomas Daniel is working in particular with the Neurobiology lab, Psychiatric Neuroscience Centre at the University of Lausanne on the neurobiology of epilepsy, stress and anxiety disorders linked to the amygdala and hippocampus. This work, carried out using in-vitro and in-vivo rat models in addition to human brain tissue, aim to understand the precise mechanisms of these disorders and ultimately to define new treatment modalities. The researcher is coordinating this effort between the laboratories in India and Lausanne and has received several grants from the Indian and Swiss governments. More recently Roy Thomas Daniel has helped establish the Lundin Family brain tumor research center at CHUV and is currently its Vice Director. This center builds on the long and well established history of Neuro-oncology research at Lausanne, by the consolidation and integration of the activities of the many labs at Lausanne that have made enormous basic and translational research contributions in the field. This center has the twin aims of supporting and performing cutting edge research along with offering clinical fellowships in Neuro-oncology. The multifaceted clinical and translational research activities in these domains has led Roy Thomas Daniel to publish over 250 peer reviewed articles in addition to currently leading or being involved in numerous research projects in the areas of surgery skull base, neuro-oncology and vascular neurosurgery, both at Swiss/European levels as well as through international multi-center research projects.Valentin Calugaru, MD, PhD
Radiotherapy

Valentin Calugaru, MD, PhD
Radiotherapy
Dr. Valentin Calugaru is a radiation therapist with a specialization in the management of patients with ENT, ophthalmic, cerebral and rachis cancers, with expertise in the treatment of rare tumors and thanks to its Proton therapy skills in reirradiation of these types of tumors.
His skills and experience are recognized at the national and European level, Dr. Calugaru is part of the COPIL Head & neck of Monocancer and the Scientific Council head and neck of Monocancer – GORTEC (Group of Oncology radiation Therapy Head and neck). He is also a member of the GORTEC, the REFCOR (French network of expertise on rare ENT cancers) and the international level member of the PTCOG (Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group), the ESTRO (European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology) and the EPTN group ( European Particle Therapy Network).
Holder of a PhD in Proton radiobiology, Valentin Calugaru is very involved in both fundamental research, participating in several projects developed at the POC in collaboration with the Rades platform of the Curie Institute, and in the research Clinical and Translational.
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Razvan M. Chirila, MD
General Internal Medicine

Razvan M. Chirila, MD
General Internal Medicine
Hyponatremia in the neurosurgical patient: importance and pathophysiology, etiology, differential diagnosis and treatment. Can we differentiate SIADH from cerebral salt wasting syndrome? Dr. Răzvan Chirilă M.D. is board-certified in Internal Medicine and he joined Mayo Clinic staff in 2012. Dr. Chirila earned his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania. He completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. He serves as a consultant within the Section of Executive Health and International Medicine. Dr. Chirila is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He has a special interest in perioperative medicine, graduate medical education and quality and resource utilization in medicine. He is core faculty of the Internal Medicine Residency, member of the Clinical Competency Committee and he is the recipient of multiple teaching awards. He serves as the Medical Director for Case Management, Utilization Review and Clinical Documentation for Mayo Clinic Florida. Dr. Chirila is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dana M. Harris, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist

Dana M. Harris, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist
Dana M. Harris, M.D., is an assistant professor in the College of Medicine at Mayo Clinic. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Her interests are in preventive medicine, mechanisms of disease and translation of science to practice. She has several publications and is currently enrolled in the Mayo Graduate School Immunology Master’s Program. She finds great value in the exchange of medical information and is an active lecturer in international medical conferences. Dr. Harris served on the Infection Prevention Committee and as the physician leader of the COVID Community Internal Medicine Clinic. She has found time from her busy practice to give back to the community. In 2019 she received the Community Service Award from Mayo Clinic Florida. Dr. Harris earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She practiced retail and hospital pharmacy at Emory University. She received her MD degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. She completed her internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic Florida and a specialty in infectious disease. She has been with Mayo Clinic Florida since 2004, except for two years when she worked at St Vincent’s in Jacksonville. Dr. Harris and her husband have two sons. She believes that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and she enjoys healthy living and regular exercise in the form of swimming and walking. Her favorite hobby is reading.
Roxana S. Dronca, MD
Oncology

Roxana S. Dronca, MD
Oncology
The research interests of Roxana S. Dronca, M.D., are in the field of tumor immunology, with a particular interest in malignant melanoma and genitourinary malignancies. Her goal is to understand the interaction of immune and endocrine systems in modulating the anti-tumor immune response, study the dynamics and mechanisms of systemic immune regulation in cancer, and develop innovative approaches to cancer therapy utilizing chemotherapy and immunotherapy agents administered in an individualized fashion — synchronized to patient-specific endogenous anti-tumor immune dynamics.
Dr. Dronca's additional research focus is to study the signaling pathway of B7-H1/PD-1 and its role in impaired host immunity in melanoma patients. For this project, Dr. Dronca is closely collaborating with other Mayo Clinic researchers to identify the mechanisms of clinical activity and resistance of these novel immunotherapeutic agents, and to develop and validate immunological biomarkers that could predict response to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies and guide individualized treatment administration.
Ionuț Gobej, MD
Neurosurgeon

Ionuț Gobej, MD
Neurosurgeon
Gobej Ionut is co-founder and neurosurgeon - NeuroHope, Bucharest, superspecialized in minimally invasive keyhole neurosurgery (tumoral, vascular, malformative, etc.), endoscopic transnasal - transsphenoidal and endoscopic spinal neurosurgery. Another field of activity is pediatric neurosurgery, especially brain and spinal tumor and malformation pathology.
Sofia Nistor
Neurosurgeon

Sofia Nistor
Neurosurgeon
Member of the neurosurgery department, with practical experience in neurosurgery accumulated in neurosurgical centers:
- Cluj, University Center (Romania)
- Hospital Nord, Marseille (France)
- Centre hospitalier universitaire Vaudois Lausanne (Switzerland)
- Member of Sibiu County Council; of the College of Physicians.
Superspecialized in functional neurosurgery minimal invasive neurons surgical treatment in spasticity) neuro-oncology, complex spine surgery.
Author of the national first surgical intervention, balloon compression for trigeminal neuralgia.
In minimal invasive pein therapy and complex spinal reconstruction.
Active member of national and international scientific societies:
- Romanian Society of Neurosurgery
- European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
- AOSpine, World Institute of Pain.
Multiple publications in specialized journals and presentations in specialized national and international scientific events.
Jacek Kunicki
Neurosurgeon

Jacek Kunicki
Neurosurgeon
He specializes in minimally invasive surgery of the pituitary gland and surgery of cranial base and brain tumors. He has a unique experience in the country in endoscopic transnasal surgery of tumors of the skull base and pituitary region (several hundred operations). He performs transnasal surgeries of pituitary tumors, suprasellar tumors (including meningiomas, chordomas, craniopharyngiomas and others) and brain tumors. In addition, he deals with classical oncological neurosurgery, spine and spinal cord surgery.
He currently works at the Nervous System Cancer Clinic of the Oncology Center in Warsaw. He gained his knowledge and past during numerous training internships in leading neurosurgery hospitals in the USA and Europe.
Raluca Ghica
Pathology

Raluca Ghica
Pathology
Obtained her medical degree from the University of Medicine Cluj-Napoca in 2006.
During 2006 and 2015 worked in the pharmaceutical industry- sales and marketing department.
She completed residency in pathology in 2020 in Cluj-Napoca. In 2021 she worked as a pathologist in Resident laboratory Oradea.
Since 2021 Dr. Ghica joined the Humanitas Medlife Hospital Cluj-Napoca and coordinates activity in the pathology laboratory of the hospital.
Special interests: Endocrine pathology, neuropathology, breast pathology and gynaecological pathology.
Lucian Vlad, MD
Clinical Associate Professor

Lucian Vlad, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Lucian G. Vlad, MD is Associate Professor in Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Dr.Lucian Vlad is faculty of the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department and for the Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship.
Cosmin Mutu, MD, PhD
Neurologist

Cosmin Mutu, MD, PhD
Neurologist
MD, PhD Senior Neurologist and Assistant Professor at Neurology Department, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Elisabeta Gabriela Murgoi
Ophthalmologist

Elisabeta Gabriela Murgoi
OphthalmologistDr. Gabriela Murgoi, medic primar oftalmolog, cu specializare în oncologie oftalmologică, a absolvit Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie "Carol Davila" din București în 1990. De atunci a parcurs o frumoasă evoluţie profesională, având la activ peste 2000 de intervenţii chirurgicale pentru afecţiuni oncologice oculare, palpebrale și orbitare, și peste 400 de cazuri de tratament conservator în melanoamele uveale. Dr. Gabriela Murgoi este membră a Societăţii Române de Oftalmologie și a Societăţii Române de Oncologie și Radioterapie.
Adriana Stănilă
Ophthalmology

Adriana Stănilă
Ophthalmology
Adriana Stanila, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University Lucian Blaga, Sibiu , Romania, is Founding Member of the Romanian Society for Contactology; Organizer of the Annual National Conference ,President of the Romanian Contact Lenses and Ocular Surface Society(RCLSO)Vicepresident of the European Contact Lenses Society(ECLSO) ; Ambasador for Romania in World organisation TFOS, Administrator of Medical Centre Dr. Stanila OFTA TOTAL Clinic Sibiu. Romania. She is author or coauthor in 15 books, 117 scientific papers published and 285 scientific presented at diferent scientific meetings.
Liviu Bran
Ophthalmologist

Liviu Bran
Ophthalmologist
Specialist Ophthalmologist since 2011. Areas of interest: anterior segment surgery, corneal and laser refractive surgery, vitreoretinal surgery, glaucoma minimal invasive treatment, neuroophthalmic assessment and treatment.
Ovidiu Palea
Anesthesiologist

Ovidiu Palea
Anesthesiologist
Ovidiu Nicolae Palea was born in Blaj, a small town in the heart of Transylvania, and was raised in Bucharest, Romania.
He graduated from the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1989 and continued on graduating from his residency program in Anesthesiology at George Washington University Hospital, Washington DC, USA in 2003.
After graduating from an Intensive Care fellowship from the same University Hospital a year later, he continued to work at Washington University Hospital until the end of 2007 when he returned to Romania.
He started his pain management practice in 2011, being the first Romanian to be accredited in Pain Management by the World Institute of Pain in august 2017.
In 2018, his practice became the only Medical training facility in Eastern and Central Europe to be approved as a training facility by the European Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy.
He has extensive expertise in spine endoscopy, holds regular workshops in a wide variety of minimal invasive pain management procedures across the world, and has been included in the list of approved examiners by the World Institute of Pain.
Ciprian Radu Șofariu, MD, PhD,
Senior Radiologist

Ciprian Radu Șofariu, MD, PhD,
Senior Radiologist
Medical Manager of Sibiu Pediatric Clinical Hospital, Cofounder of Research and Telemedicine Center in Neurological Diseases in Children – CEFORATEN
Victor Nimirceag
Oncologist

Victor Nimirceag
Oncologist
Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, molecular targeted therapy for solid tumors.
Treatment of pain, dyspnea and other symptoms associated with cancer.
Băcilă Ciprian, MD, PhD
Psychiatrist

Băcilă Ciprian, MD, PhD
PsychiatristÎn prezent iși desfășoară activitatea ca Sef Lucrări în cadrul Facultății de Medicină, Universitatea „Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu iar în Spitalul Clinic de Psihiatrie „Dr. Gheorghe Preda ” Sibiu îndeplinește funcția de director medical. Este absolvent al Universității de Medicină și Farmacie „Iuliu Hațieganu” Cluj Napoca, iar ca studii postuniversitare menționăm o diplomă de master în domeniul de management sanitar și un doctorat în Științe Medicale. Deține o pregătire de bază în bune practici pentru monitor în studii clinice și a participat la multiple cursuri de formare, specializându-se în psihoterapie pozitivă și training autogen ca psihoterapeut. În domeniul sănătății mintale, a fost implicat în diverse proiecte de voluntariat atât în comunitate, cât și în domeniul medical. În cadrul Asociației Române de Psihiatrie și Psihoterapie își desfășoară activitatea ca președinte elect și este membru al Alianței Prevenirii Suicidului din România, A înființat și coordonează Colectivul de cercetare științifică în neuroștiințe al Spitalului Clinic de Psihiatrie "Dr. Gheorghe Preda" Sibiu. Deține formarea în Stimulare magnetică transcraniană , certificată de European Union of Medical Specialists ( obținută în cadrul Maastricht University) și aplică această terapie în cadrul colectivului de cercetare. Pe lângă activitatea sa clinică, a participat la numeroase evenimente științifice naționale și internaționale, fiind implicat și în cercetare, publicand articole în domeniul său de expertiză: psihiatrie forensică, managementul sănătății și neuroștiințe.
Mert Agcioglu
Marketing Manager, Enabling Technologies, Turkey, CEE & Poland

Mert Agcioglu
Marketing Manager, Enabling Technologies, Turkey, CEE & Poland
Mert Agcioglu is Senior Product Manager, Enabling Technologies at Stryker. Graduated from Istanbul University, Environmental Engineering Department and has a master’s degree in Business Administration from Isik University. He is working in healthcare industry for the last 14 years with experience at high technology medical device & pharmaceutical companies, dedicated about helping healthcare professionals to improve quality of life of patients.
Ladaru Alin Bogdan, PhD, GM
Enlife Solution & Chief Editor at en.life

Ladaru Alin Bogdan, PhD, GM
Enlife Solution & Chief Editor at en.life
More then 20 years of experience in medical device business and at least 15 years of working with surgeons.
A diversified educational background.
Passionate by medical business, research, strategy and communication.
Innovative by nature, spontaneous in communication, deep analyser when taking decisions, an excelent balance between strategic and conceptual or analytical skills.
A pragmatic and almost mathematical view over the business details. Experienced in product management, product branding, marketing and campaigns.
Solving hard business situation and having well knowledge of administration.
Initiative and start-up developing. Understanding various people culture and education related to different company culture and approaches.
Managing people, team, different accounts, dealing with "situations" and aiming " results".