Curriculum vitae

WORK EXPERIENCE

01/11/2006–Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Senior General Surgeon MD, Ph.D., General Surgery, FEBS - AWS, Robotic Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery

Life Memorial Hospital, Bucharest (Romania)

2003–2006 MD, General Surgeon, General Laparoscopy

“Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, Bucharest (Romania)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2016–Present Advanced Laparoscopy Certificate

University of Medecine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest (Romania)

2014 Trainer, European Certificate

2011 PhD, General Surgery

University of Medecine and Pharmacy, “Carol Davila”, Bucharest (Romania)

2010 MD, Senior Surgeon

2004 General Laparoscopy Certificate

2001 Medical Doctor, Specialist, General Surgeon

1995 Graduated in Medicine

University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara (Romania)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Courses 2016 - 2nd Annual Global Symposium on Robotic-assisted and Minimally Invasive Hernia Repair.Cadaver Lab. New York

2013 - Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

2012 - Application of Harmonic in Head and Neck Surgery, Zagreb, Croatia

2011 - Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS), Hamburg, Germany

2011 - Laparoscopic Training Course Hernia Surgery, Berlin, Germany

2009 - Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Gynaecological Surgery - Advanced Techniques in Operative Gynecological Surgery, IRCAD EITS, Strasbourg, France

2009 - Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery, W.A.L.S (World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons), Laparoscopy Hospital, New Delhi, India

2008 - The Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery, "St. John" Hospital, Bucharest,Romania

2007 - The Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Digestive Surgery, "St. John" Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

2005 - Public Hospital Transition, Georgetown University, Washington DC

Presentations

2018 Invited speaker at Surgical International Symposium, Belgrad, Serbia

- eTEP approach in ventral hernia repair

2018 - Invited speaker at Salzburger Hernientage, Salzburg, Austria

- Hernia cicatricea: eTEP

- Demonstrative live surgery eRives

2018 - Invited speaker at the 6th ARCPA Conference, Sibiu, Romania

- the Postgraduate Course: Surgical anatomy of the groin. Posterior (laparoscopic) approach

- the Postgraduate Course: Anatomy of the complex abdominal wall reconstruction. Laparoendoscopic approach

- Tips and tricks in eTEP ventral hernia repair

2018 - Invited speaker at Swiss Hernia Days, Basel, Switzerland

- Can extraperitoneal techniques replace IPOM in ventral hernia repair?

2018 - Invited speaker at the International Symposium On Abdominal Wall Robotic Surgery, Ghent, Belgium:

- "Extra-peritoneal MIS component separation"

2018 - Invited speaker at the International Hernia Collaboration Congress, New Delhi, India

- the Postgraduate e-TEP Course: "Retromuscular dissection - tips and tricks"

- "Steps of eTEP: an overview"

- Mentor on Strycker Advanced Cadaver Lab

2018 - Invited speaker at the 16th World Congress of Laparoscopic Surgery, SAGES - CAGS, SeattleWA,

- the Postgraduate Course: Minimally Invasive Advances in Complex Hernia Repair - "Laparoscopic Components Separation",

- Devil’s in the Details: MIS Retrorectus Approaches - "eTEP Access Laparoscopic Rives Stoppa And Port Placement – How And Why",

- International Hernia Symposium 2018: “You Did What?” - "International Hernia Symposium 2018: “You Did What?”

2017 - Invited speaker at The 25th International Congress of EAES, Frankfurt, to scientific sessions "Laparoscopic ventral hernia and Minimal invasive component separation" and "Moving the mesh to extraperitoneal position: future of ventral hernia repair?"

2017 - Small bowel obstruction as a possible complication after endoscopic Rives-Stoppa procedure, EHS Congress, Vienna

2017 - Good Bye IPOM? Early results after switching from laparoscopic to endoscopic approach in ventral hernia repair, EHS Congress, Vienna

2016 - Rives-Stoppa Procedure - the "Gold Standard" in open ventral hernia repair. What about laparoscopic repair?, 4th ARCPA Conference, Cluj-Napoca

2016 - Posterior component separation with TAR in giant incisional hernias repair, 4th ARCPA Conference, Cluj-Napoca

2016 - Cyanoacrylate Glue in TAPP Inguinal Hernia Repair - How Do I Do It, National Congress of Surgery, Sinaia

2016 - Ventral Hernia Repair by Rives-Stoppa Technique - Laparoscopic Approach, National Congress of Surgery, Sinaia

2016 - Incisional Hernia M3W3 Repaired by Posterior Component Separation, TAR and Sublay Mesh, 38th International Congress of European Hernia Society, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2016 - One Surgeon, One Center: 3 years of experience for glue mesh fixation in TAPP hernia repair, 38th International Congress of European Hernia Society, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2015 - Incisional Hernia M3W3 Repaired by Laparoscopic Approach and Endoscopic Component Separation, 1st World Conference on Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery, Milan

2015 - Laparoscopic Approach of Giant Hiatal Hernia, National Conference of Surgery, Bucharest

2014 - TAPP – Minimal Aggressive Approach of Inguinal Hernia, 2nd Conference of Romanian Abdominal Wall Repair Association Cluj-Napoca

2014 - Incisional Hernia – Laparoscopic Approach, 2nd Conference of Romanian Abdominal Wall Repair Association Cluj-Napoca

2013 - Prosthesis Fixation Methods in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair, 7th Congress of Romanian Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Bucharest

2012 - Minimal Invasive Approach (TAPP) of Inguinal Hernia, 26th National Congress of Surgery,Timisoara

Publications

"The use of cyanoacrylate for mesh fixation in inguinal hernia repair – literature review", Mircea LICA1, MD, Victor Gheorghe RADU1, MD, Alexandru CHIOTOROIU2, MD, Prof. Mircea BEURAN2, MD, PhD - Practica Medicalå – Vol . 13, Nr. 1(54), An 2018

"A Novel Approach Using The Enhanced-View Totally Extraperitoneal (eTEP) Technique For Laparoscopic Retromuscular Hernia Repair.", 1Igor Belyansky MD, 2Jorge Daes MD, 3 Victor Radu MD, 4Raman Balasubramanian MD, 5H. Reza Zahiri DO, 6Adam S. Weltz MD, 7Adrian Park MD, 8Yuri Novitsky MD - Surg Endosc. 2018 Mar;32(3):1525-1532. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5840-2. Epub 2017 Sep 15

"Practical Guide of Abdominal Wall Surgery – Vol 1 - Inguinal Hernia – TAPP Repair",Bucharest:Etna, 2014 ISBN 978-973-1795-69-0

"Practical Guide of Abdominal Wall Surgery – Vol 2 - Incisional Hernia", Bucharest: Etna, 2016 ISBN 978-973-0-20873-3

Memberships

American Hernia Society, since 2022

President of Hernia Training Center, since 2019

Scientific Secretary of Romanian Abdominal Wall Repair Association, since 2016

European Hernia Society, since 2011

World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons, 2009

Romanian Surgical Society, since 1997