Conferences
PhD Irinel Popescu – Organ transplantation – an adventure of the human spirit
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Sunday, December 8th 2013, at 11 a.m., at the National Theatre, Small Hall, PhD Irinel Popescu will hold a conference on Organ transplantation - an adventure of the human spirit. Ticket price: 16 lei. About the conference "Although it may seem unusual to use the term "adventure" when referring to a medical procedure, this term is very suitable when talking about the history of organ transplantation." Brave surgeons, who were ahead of their time, tried to rescue their patients. Sick people, who had no other chance and had lost all their hope, put their lives into the hands of the doctors, hoping they would be saved. However, most of these surgeries were performed before the surgeons had acquired enough knowledge for the surgeries to be successful. This is why the history of organ transplantation is filled with failure and tragedies. Nevertheless, it is due to these surgeries that, nowadays, over 150,000 lives are saved every year with the help of transplantation procedures. If it hadn't been for those brave doctors who wanted to be ahead of their time, today we wouldn't know so much about transplantation and we couldn't save so many lives." PhD Irinel Popescu About PhD Irinel Popescu He was born on April 22nd 1953 in Filiași (Dolj). Studies: 1997 - graduate - Faculty of General Medicine "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest; Award of the Foundation "Elena Dimitriu" for the highest mark (faculty and internship exam) Doctor in medicine: 1990 - "Acute haemorrhagic gastric ulcerations" (Thesis guidance: PhD Dan Setlacec) Postdoctoral studies: January - June 1992 - Research Fellow at Pittsburgh University July 1992-December 1994-Research Fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital New York Medical and University titles: 1980-1983 - Tutor at the faculty of General Medicine, Bucharest 1983 - 1992 - University Assistant 1992 - 1995 - Lecturer 1995 - 1999 - Associate 1999 - present - Professor at the Fundeni Clinic Institute for General Surgery, at the Faculty of General Medicine "Carol Davila", Bucharest Professional Membership: 2006 - 2008 - President of the Romanian Society of Surgery 1998 - present: President of the Romanian Transplant Association ("Romtransplant") 2002 - 2006: President of the Romanian Association of Endoscopic Surgery and other surgical techniques 2006 - present: President of the Romanian Association of Liver-Billiary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplant 2002 - present: Member of the Executive Committee of "International Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists" (IASG) Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Member of the European Surgical Association Member of European Board Surgery. Specialization: Surgery. Sub-specialization: Transplantation. Member of the Transplantation Society Member of the European Society of Organ Transplantation Doctor Honoris Causa: 2006: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova 2007: University "Ovidius", Constanța 2010: University "Nicolae Testemitanu", Chișinău 2012: University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hațieganu",Cluj-Napoca Honorary Member: 2007: Academy of Sciences in Moldavian Republic 2006: Bulgarian Surgical Society 2006: Serbian Medical Association, Surgical Section 2008: Hungary Society of Surgery 2007: Chinese Society of Surgery 2008: Association Francaixe de Chirurgie Academies Membership: 2013: Corresponding member of the Romanian Academy 2011: President of the Academy for Medical Sciences (member since 1999) 2006: Full member of the Academy of Scientists, President of the Medicine section 2002: Member of the National Academy of Surgery in France 2006: Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences in Moldavian republic 2012: Academy of Medicine in Malaysia 2013: Corresponding member of the French Academy of Medicine Distinctions and medals: 2000: Decorated by the President of Romania with the National Order "Star of Romania" in the rank of Grand Officer 2011: Decorated by the President of France with the "Ordre national du merite" in the rank of Officer Awards, diplomas and other titles: 2000: "Iuliu Hatieganu" Award of the Romanian Academy 2012: "Eugen Proca" Award of the Academy of Scientists 2006: "Ten for Romania - The best surgeon for the year 2006", following sociologic research performed by CURS, TNS-CSOP, IMAS and ISOMAR and representing the opinion of Romanian surgeons 2001: The Award of the Doctor's College in Romania for the year 2001 for special achievement in the year 2001 in the scientific activity for surgical specialities 2007: 1st Place granted by MECT - ANCS for Complex Projects of Research-Development, thematic area - Health Administrative and public functions 1998-1999: Director of the Institute for Postgraduate Training of Doctors and Pharmacists 1999-2000: Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health 2004-2008: Senator - President of the Romanian Committee for Education, Research, Youth and Sport 2006-2011: Vice-President of the National Awarding Committee of Titles, Diplomas and Certificates 2009 (January - December): President of the National Authority for Health Insurance Member of the editorial board of national publications: 2004 - present: Editor of "Chirurgia" magazine 1996 - present: Editor of "Annals of Fundeni Hospital" Timișoara Medical Journal-member The Romanian Journal of Surgery -member Archives of the Balkan Medical Union - Co Editor-in-chief Member of the editorial board of international publications: Hepatogastroenterology- Editor-in-chief (2011-2012), Senior Honorary Editor- 2013 Telemedicine and E-Health - member Langenbecks's Archives of Surgery - member Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology- member Scientific Interests: Liver transplantation - the first to perform liver transplantation in Romania (he achieved 500 transplantations) Digestive oncology - genomic studies of digestive cancers Robotic surgery - 825 robotic surgery interventions Cellular therapies - pancreatic islets, stem cells Telemedicine The surgeon Irinel Popescu is an exemplary man, who achieved in Romania something nobody had ever achieved before and which many believed to be impossible: the first liver transplantation and the founding of a true Romanian school for liver transplantation. The famous Romanian surgeon will talk about his surgical performance, considered a „challenge of the human spirit", on Sunday. „The talent and the vocation are very important values of a person, regardless of his job. In my profession, which has been considered humanistic par excellance for centuries, we could use a little more vocation. Everything else is attained through endless hours of hard work and through sacrifices which pave the way for somebody who feels that being a doctor is the right profession for him." Translated by: Diaconescu Alina MTTLC, The University of Bucharest
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