Education:
-School and high school: 1950 – 1961 – Liceul Spiru Haret, Bucharest.
-Faculty – 1961 – 1967 – Faculty of Medicine of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
Professional evolution:
-1966 – 1969 – internship in university hospitals in Bucharest
-1969 – 1971 – general practitioner in a village in the district of Buzau, Romania
-1971 – 1983 – assistant (professor) in Internal Medicine – University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
-1974 – specialist (consultant) in Internal Medicine
-1979 – scholarship in cardiology at Broussais Hospital (Prof. P. Maurice), Paris, France
-1980 – Ph.D. in Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
-1980 – first degree (medic primar) in Internal Medicine
-1983 – 1990 – lecturer of Internal Medicine – University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
-1990 – 1992 – Associated professor of Internal Medicine – University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
-1990 – 1992 – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
-1992 – present –Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
-1995 – first degree (medic primar) in Cardiology
-1994 – Chief of Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Coltea Hospital, Bucharest
Special assignments:
-1972 – 1978 – Secretary of redaction of the medical review “Spitalul” – Bucharest
-1990 – 1992 – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
-1997 – 1998 – Minister of Health, Romania
Memberships:
-member of the Romanian Academy of Medicine
-member of the Romanian Society of Internal Medicine
-2000 – present – president of the Romanian Society of Internal Medicine
-member of the Romanian Society of Cardiology
-1994 – 1998 – vice-president of the Romanian Society of Cardiology
-member of the European Society of Cardiology
-member of the European Federation of Internal Medicine
-honorary fellow of the European Federation of Internal Medicine
Scientific activity:
-over 50 articles published (mainly in noninvasive cardiology)
-over 350 communicated works and conferences at National and European Meetings
-11 books published as author (4) or contributor (7)
Aims as members of the Executive Committee
1.To strengthen the importance of EFIM
a.participation of the national societies with stalls or stands to the Internal Medicine Congresses so that the participants could know their activity
b.elaboration of EFIM guidelines for internists for common disease associations
c.if possible realization of studies to confirm the cost-efficiency of the treatment offered by the internist