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Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D., is a consultant and serves as chair of the Department of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, and he is recognized with the distinction of a named professorship, the William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professorship. His clinical focus includes:

Surgical treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors with emphasis in motor and speech mapping during surgery
Surgical management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors/lesions with Spine Mapping
Pituitary tumors and skull base tumors using transsphenoidal endonasal and minimally invasive approaches
Providing personalized medicine to improve patient outcomes
In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa leads NIH-funded research to find a cure for brain cancer. His cutting-edge research focuses on brain tumors and cell migration, health care disparities and clinical outcomes for neurosurgical patients in which the operating room is used as an extension for his research scenario. He has authored numerous high-impact scientific journal articles, chapters, abstracts and books.

Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa also continues to provide mentorship to residents, graduate students and fellows.

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

Marcel Ivanov, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCS

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon

Marcel Ivanov, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCS

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon

Mr Marcel Ivanov MD, PhD, MSc, FRCS is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon whose main NHS practice is based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield. He is Spinal Lead at the Department of Neurosurgery and Audit Lead for Neurosciences.

He is Director of AO SPINE Centre Sheffield. In 2017-2019 he served as AO SPINE UK Council Officer (Neurosurgery) and between 2019-2023 he was Chair of the AO SPINE UK & Ireland. In addition to clinical work he is a Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Sheffield University and actively involved in several research projects.

He qualified as a medical doctor in 1999 and as a Neurosurgeon in 2007 with his comprehensive neurosurgical training received in Romania and post CCT Fellowship training in the UK. He was awarded Neurosurgery International Fellowship training at the UIHC, Iowa, USA 2004, and received AOSPINE-EANS Spinal Fellowship training in Leeds, UK (2008) and Neurooncology Fellowship training at the Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK 2009.

During his training he visited several European neurosurgical units as part of the EU "Leonardo da Vinci" training programme (Freiburg, Greifswald, Munich, Brussels, Helsinki etc). He developed an interest in minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques and image guided surgery of the spine and brain. He is passioned about modern neurosurgical technology, neuronavigation, robotics, intraoperative imaging.
He has a special interest in the treatment of spinal cord tumours.

Mr Ivanov is passionate about teaching; he lectures and demonstrates on surgical workshops nationally and internationally. He is involved in examination of medical students and neurosurgical trainees at different levels: local (Sheffield University), UK - National selection exams and European level - he is teaching at the EANS Spinal Course and since 2017 he is examiner for Oral EANS exams. Since 2023 he is Chair of the Examination Committee of the EANS.

His clinical interests inlcude a wide range of spinal conditions including degenerative, trauma, spinal stabilisation and artificial disc technology, minimally invasive spine surgery and spinal tumours.

Professional membership:
Royal College of Surgeons England
European Association of Neurological Societies
AO Spine
SBNS
British Association of Spinal Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Romanian Society of Neurosurgery
Serbian Society of NeuroSurgery

Maria Fleșeriu, MD, FACE

Neuroendocrinologist, Director pituitary center

Maria Fleșeriu, MD, FACE

Neuroendocrinologist, Director pituitary center

Topic: Medical treatment of pituitary tumors, can we replace surgery

Ioan Ștefan Florian MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon

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Adrian George Dumitrascu, MD

Internal Medicine

Adrian George Dumitrascu, MD

Internal Medicine

Consultant in Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Physician Advisor for Mayo Clinic Florida Clinical Documentation Integrity
Co-Director Mayo Clinic Florida Hybrid Care Unit and Short Stay Units
Fellow, Americal College of Physicians.

Medical School: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
Internal Medicine Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
Hospitalist with Hospital Consultants PC, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 2006-2010.
Hospitalist with Cogent Team at University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 2010-2012.
Consultant with Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida since 2012.

Teaching faculty for Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Program and Family Medicine Residency Program.

Interests:

Anticoagulation and thromboembolism prophylaxis in inpatient setting.
Diabetes mellitus management and use of diabetes technology in inpatient setting.

Jennifer L. Peterson, MD

Radiation Oncologist

Daniel M. Trifiletti, MD

Radiation Oncologist

Claudiu Matei, MD, PhD

Head of Neurosurgery Division MedLife Polisano

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".

Ricardo Pagán MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ricardo Pagán MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Post-operative medical care
Dr. Ricardo J. Pagán, M.D. FACP, FHM
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Division Chair, Hospital Medicine Mayo Clinic Florida
Florida, USA

Ricardo Pagán MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Hospital Medicine, and Medical Director for the Admissions and Transfer Center at Mayo Clinic Florida in Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Dr. Pagán has a strong interest in process improvement, efficient delivery of care, post graduate education and faculty development. Dr. Pagán has been recognized as a teacher of the year by post graduate family and internal medicine residents, and has published on the patient experience and quality of Advanced Care at Home, a model on how to deliver hospital level care in the home of patients.

Topic: Hospital post-operative care

Marcel Ivanov, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCS

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon

Marcel Ivanov, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCS

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon

Wendy J. Sherman, MD

Neuro Oncologist

Wendy J. Sherman, MD

Neuro Oncologist

Current Title: Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Neurology, Division Chair Neuro-oncology, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Educational Background: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – MD; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – BFA

Dr. Wendy Sherman serves as the Division Chair of Neuro-oncology at the Mayo Clinic Florida and is an assistant professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. She completed her residency in neurology followed by neuro-oncology fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. Her specialty areas include primary and secondary brain and spinal cord neoplasms, as well as the neurologic complications of systemic malignancies. Her research interests include the precision medicine approach to low and high grade gliomas, leptomeningeal metastases, and targeted delivery of chemotherapy.

Topic: Updates in the management of primary brain tumors

Misha Pless, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Misha Pless, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr. Misha Pless is currently Professor of Ophthalmology at Mayo Clinic College of medicine and Science. After completing a B.A.S at Stanford University, Dr. Pless was a Woodruff Scholar at Emory University School of Medicine, where he received his MD. Dr. Pless completed a medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a neurology residency at the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Training Program of Boston. He subsequently joined Dr. Simmons Lessell in specialty training in neuro-ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston. Before joining the University of Pittsburgh, he served as full-time faculty at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Dr. Pless was the director of the neuro-ophthalmology division; he led a busy neuro-ophthalmology unit and took part in multicenter trials studying neuroprotection, optic nerve inflammation and ischemia. He was formally an Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh. Subsequently Dr. Pless returned to Boston and at Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Pless served as a neuro-ophthalmologist working on optic nerve function, and for a decade led 3 divisions, Neuro-ophthalmology, Multiple Sclerosis and General Neurology.

In addition Dr. Pless was an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. During the last 8 years he relocated to Switzerland where he served as neuro-ophthalmologist and neuro-immunologist, specializing in multiple sclerosis and uncommon autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system at the Hospital of the Canton of Lucerne, in Lucerne, Switzerland. Dr. Pless is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and is a board-certified member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has published works on subjects relating to multiple sclerosis and neuro-ophthalmology.

Topic: The role of the neuro-opthalmologist in management of sellar tumors;

Razvan M. Chirila, MD

General Internal Medicine

Razvan M. Chirila, MD

General Internal Medicine

Dr. Razvan Chirila 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.

Topic: Case presentation on the workup of a brain mass

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.

Topic: Immunotherapy complications

Maria Fleșeriu, MD, FACE

Neuroendocrinologist, Director pituitary center

Maria Fleșeriu, MD, FACE

Neuroendocrinologist, Director pituitary center

Topic: Medical treatment of pituitary tumors, can we replace surgery

Raluca Ghica

Pathology

Ionuț Gobej, MD

Neurosurgeon

Cosmin Mutu, MD, PhD

Neurologist

Eugeniu Banu

Head of Medical Oncology Department, Saint Constantin Hospital

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.

Florina Dan

Radiotherapy

Adriana Stănilă

Ophthalmology

Adrian Moroti

Ophthalmology

Florina Ligia Popa, MD, PhD

Head of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department

Adrian Teodoru, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology

Sorin Sabău, MD, PhD

Otolaryngology

Jacek Kunicki

Neurosurgeon

Lucian Vlad, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Corina Liana Faur

Endocrinologist

Ioan Ștefan Florian MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon

Alin Blaga

Neurosurgeon

Dan Teleanu

Neurosurgeon

Horațiu Ioani

Neurosurgeon

Sofia Nistor

Neurosurgeon

Sorin Târnoveanu

Neurosurgeon

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD

Neurosurgeon

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD

Neurosurgeon

Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa also continues to provide mentorship to residents, graduate students and fellows.

Iulia Dancu

Anesthesiologist

Dan Filip, MD, PhD

Neurologist

Tiberiu Maior

Neurosurgeon

Dan Șuiagă

Neurosurgeon

Alina Cătană

Hematologists

Dan Mircea Stanila, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology

Mihai Rusu, MD

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Cristina Iftode, MD

Radiotherapy

Cristina Iftode, MD

Radiotherapy

Present position: Radiation Oncologist, head of Stereotactic Radiotherapy Department – Oncologic Center Sanador, Bucarest, Sevastopol street nr. 5, Romania

Work Experience:
2020- present: Radiation Oncologist, head of Stereotactic Radiotherapy Department – Oncologic Center Sanador, Bucarest, Sevastopol street nr. 5, Romania

2012- 2020: Radiation Oncologist - Department of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Humanitas Cancer and Research Hospital, Manzoni street, 20089 Rozzano (MI) Italy

2011- 2012: Fellow, “ Cardinal Massaia” Hospital, Department of Radiotherapy, Asti, Italy

Education:
August 2007- July 2011: Radiation Oncology Residency, Università degli Studi di Torino, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, TO, Italy

2004-2006: Degree equivalence, Post-graduated training (Università degli Studi di Torino, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, TO, Italy), State Examination at Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy– certified as M.D. In Italy and E.U.

1997-2003: University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr.T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania – qualified as M.D.

Main activities:
Hypofractionation for Breast and Prostate cancer, Partial Breast Irradiation, IMRT/VMAT in Gynecological Cancers , Breast Cancer, Brain Tumours, Gastro-Intestinal Tumors, Stereotactic Brain and Body Radiotherapy (lung, liver, pancreas, prostate, lymph nodes, soft tissue, adrenal gland, vertebral).

PET/CT/MRI utilization in Radiotherapy.

Author and co-author of multiple publications and congress communications.

Member of Associazione Italiana di Radioterapia Oncologica (AIRO) and European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)

Michael Schenker

Oncologist

Mert Agcioglu

Senior Product Manager, Stryker

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.

Liviu Bran

Ophthalmologist

Iacob Ioan Cătălin, MD

Radiotherapy, Oncology

Mariana Sandu

Radiology and Medical Imaging

Florea Emilia, PhD Std

Ophthalmology resident

Martin Zabka, MD, PhD

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Bacilă Ciprian, MD, PhD

Psychotherapist

Bacilă Ciprian, MD, PhD

Psychotherapist

În 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.

Velko Stoimenov

Product Manager at Carl Zeiss AG

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