Studies:1984-2000 MD, Faculty of General Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Scientific positions/titles: PhD “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Bucharest (2016); Lecturer, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine, Bucharest (2016)

Professional experience 2001-2007 Resident in Cardiology at “Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest; 2008 Specialist Cardiologist at “Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest; 2015 Head of Stress echocardiography department, EuroEcolab, Echocardiography laboratory of “Carol Davila”University of Medicine, reaccreditation in TTE, TOE, Stress echocardiography in Jan 2015; 2016 Senior Cardiologist at “Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu” Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest

Certification/Accreditation: National certification in vascular ultrasonography (2009); Certification in stress echocardiography (Liege, Belgium, 2010); European certification in transthoracic echocardiography (by exam, Amsterdam, 2013); National certification in special echocardiography (including TEE and stress echocardiography; since 2014)

Fellowships: 2007 Research Fellowship in cardiology, awarded by The Association for Research in Cardiology, Pordenone, Italy (1 year); 2009 Research Fellowship in cardiology, awarded by The Romanian Society of Cardiology (fellowship in stress echocardiography, Belgium, Liege – 1 year)

Publications and scientific activities: 35 full-text articles published in journals indexed by ISI-Science Citation Index; Hirsch Index: 18 by ISI Thomson; more than 1100 ISI citations; Author of 11 book chapters; Author of a book chapter in the EACVI Textbook on echocardiography (2016); Invited speaker at the Romanian Congress of Cardiology (since 2006), Congress of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) (since 2012), The XIX World Congress of Echocardiography and Allied Techniques (2014); Member in the project team of international multicenter studies (NORRE, SUCCOUR, ISCHEMIA, COT Registry – EORP, EUROENDO Registry, EACVI AFib Echo Europe Registry, EMPEROR) and National research grants; Member of the peer-review committee (Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Acta Cardiologic)