Laurentiu Simion is professor of surgery and head of the surgery discipline at the Bucharest Oncological Institute, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila in Bucharest, Romania. He is also head of the first Surgery Department of the Bucharest Oncological Institute. Laurentiu Simion is a senior consultant in general surgery, with certificates of complementary studies in laparoscopic surgery, oncological surgery, palliative care, and health services management, and a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila in Bucharest, Romania. Laurentiu Simion holds a Ph.D. in medicine from the same university and a master’s degree in health services management from Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania.