I am Professor of Pediatric and Orthopedic Surgery at the Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara and Head of the Pediatric Surgery Clinic. I obtained my MD in 1991, a Pharmacy degree in 1996, a PhD in Medicine in 2002, and completed my Habilitation in Medical Doctoral Studies in 2019. My research focuses on pediatric robotic surgery, minimally invasive pediatric surgery, thoracoscopic surgery, pediatric urology, neonatal surgery, and pediatric surgical oncology. I completed international fellowships through WOFAPS (USA), EUPSA (Austria), and IRCCS Burlo Garofolo (Italy). I have coordinated national and international research projects and served as principal investigator in multicenter clinical trials. My publications include Small Scale, High Precision: Robotic Surgery in Neonatal and Pediatric Patients—A Narrative Review (2024) and Pediatric Robotic Surgery in Romania: Review of the First 71 Cases Using the da Vinci Platform (2026). I am a member of the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association (EUPSA), the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS), and the Romanian Society of Pediatric Surgery (SRCP). To date, I have authored 68 scientific publications, received more than 380 citations (h-index 12), and remain committed to advancing robotic and minimally invasive pediatric surgery through clinical research, innovation, and surgical education.
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes
Timişoara, Timiş, Romania
XI Pediatrics-Pediatric Surgery