Speakers
Session A Speakers Vascular Surgery
Prof. Dr. Mihai Ionac
Chairman Session A
- Head of discipline: vascular surgery, microsurgery
- Vascular surgery primary care physician
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- General surgery
- Head of the Vascular Surgery Department (2006 – 2020)
- Emergency County Clinical Hospital “Pius Branzeu” Timisoara
Prof. Dr. Claudia Gherman
Moderator Session A
- Primary physician surgeon
- Professor at UMF “Iuliu Hatieganu”
- Manager of the Cluj-Napoca Emergency County Hospital
Assoc. Univ. Dr. Popa Radu Florin
Moderator Session A
- Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery Hospital “Sf
Spiridon” Iasi - Primary doctor of vascular surgery
- Assoc. Univ. UMF “Grigore.T.Popa” Iasi
Prof. Dr. Ivo Petrov
Moderator Session A
- Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- University Hospital Acibadem City Clinic Sofia
- Cardiology, electrophysiology and angiology
Assoc. Univ. Dr. Camelia Diaconu
- Primary internal medicine physician, Bucharest Clinical Emergency Hospital
- Cardiology specialist
- Assoc. Univ. UMF “Carol Davila” Bucharest
Dr. Andrada Bogdan
- Cardiology specialist doctor
- Competence in interventional cardiology
- SANADOR Clinical Hospital, SANADOR Buzești Clinic
Dr. Claude Vaislic
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon
- Member of the National Academy of Surgery
- Expert witness for the Court of Cassation
- First vice president for the expert company for the Court of Cassation
Session B Speakers Aortic valve
Prof. Dr. Horatiu Moldovan
Chairman Session B
- MD. PhD Habil
- University Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery – Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Qualified Doctor in Medical Sciences
- Full Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
- Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital
- Associate Member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists
Dr. Elisa Mikus
Moderator Session B
-
MD
-
Cardiovascular surgery
-
Maria Cecilia Hospital
-
Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy
Dr. Rodica Niculescu
Moderator Session B
- Cardiology primary doctor
- Head of Interventional Cardiology Department, SANADOR Clinical Hospital
- Competence in invasive and interventional cardiology
- SANADOR Clinical Hospital, SANADOR Buzești Clinic
Dr. Markus Liebrich
Moderator Session B
- Sana Herzchirurgie Stuttgart
- Specialist in cardiac surgery
- Member of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiovascular and Vascular Surgery (DGTHG)
- Member of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
- Certificate Surgery Congenital Heart Defects
Prof. Dr. Ivo Petrov
- Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- University Hospital Acibadem City Clinic Sofia
- Cardiology, electrophysiology and angiology
Dr. Cristina Caldararu
- Cardiology primary doctor
- Competencies in: transesophageal echocardiography (special); vascular ultrasound
- SANADOR Clinical Hospital, SANADOR Buzești Clinic
Dr. Vladimir Voth
- Member of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiovascular and Vascular Surgery (DGTHG)
- Member of the European Society for Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery (EACTS: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery)
main areas of work - Special reconstructive heart valve surgery for congenital and acquired defects
Prof. Dr. Horatiu Suciu
- Member of the UMF University Senate
- Member of the UMF Faculty Council
- Corresponding member of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- President of the Mureş County College of Doctors
- Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic
- Head of discipline, IUBCvT Tîrgu Mures, UMF Tg. Mures
Session C Speakers Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery and novel transcatheter solutions
Prof. Dr. Victor Costache
Chairman Session C
- University professor, Titu Maiorescu University Bucharest
- Member of the French Academy of Surgery (https://www.academie-chirurgie.fr)
- Former Minister of Health in Romania 2019, 2020
- President of the Romanian Society of Vascular Surgery
- Medical Director and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sanador Clinical Hospital, Bucharest
- Executive Director for Eastern Europe within the International Society of Endovascular Specialists
Prof. Dr. Lucian Dorobantu
Moderator Session C
- University Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at Titu Maiorescu University
- Scientific Director at Monza Hospital
- Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic at Monza Hospital
- Cardiomyopathy Center Coordinator at Monza Hospital
Dr. Andrei Iliut
Moderator Session C
- Head of the heart catheter laboratory at the Dortmund Clinic
- Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dr. Jean-Paul Couetil
Moderator Session C
- Head of the cardiac surgery department at CHU Henri Mondor in Créteil
- Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Dr. Cristina Pitis
- Cardiology primary doctor
- Competencies in: vascular ultrasound, transesophageal echocardiography (special)
- SANADOR Clinical Hospital
Dr. Bogdan Radulescu
- Cardiovascular surgery primary physician
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery I of I.U.B.C.V Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu
- University Assistant Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, U.M.F. Carol Davila, Bucharest
Dr. Catalin Badiu
- Cardiovascular surgery
- Primary care physician in Cardiovascular Surgery
- Valvular plastic surgery and the treatment of thoracic aorta aneurysms.
Dr. Horia Feier
- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Timișoara
- Cardiovascular surgery
- Vascular surgery
- Timisoara, Romania
Session D Speakers NextCARDIO Aortic ‐ Late‐breaking news on thoracoabdominal aneurysms and type B aortic dissection
Prof. Dr. Rodney White
Chairman Session D
- M.D
- ISEVS Vice-President
- Past President of the American Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cardiovascular surgeon at UCLA
Dr. Nicholas Bonnet
Moderator Session D
- Cardiac Surgeon at Center Cardiologique du Nord
- Expert at the Court of Appeal of Paris
- Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Dr. Arjan Hoksberg
Moderator Session D
Prof. Dr. Victor Costache
Moderator Session D
- University professor, Titu Maiorescu University Bucharest
- Member of the French Academy of Surgery (https://www.academie-chirurgie.fr)
- Former Minister of Health in Romania 2019, 2020
- President of the Romanian Society of Vascular Surgery
- Medical Director and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sanador Clinical Hospital, Bucharest
- Executive Director for Eastern Europe within the International Society of Endovascular Specialists
Dr. Peter Lukas Haldenwang
- Ruhr University Bochum | RUB
- Clinic for cardiac and thoracic surgery
- Doctor of Medicine
Assoc. Dr. Adrian Molnar
- M.D
- President SRCCMI
- Medical director of the Heart Institute “Niculae Stancioiu” Cluj-Napoca
- UMF “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj
Dr. Costin Minoiu
- Radiologist – diagnostic and interventional radiology
Prof. Dr. Grigore Tinica
- University Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery at UMF “GR. T. Popa” Iasi
- Cardiovascular Surgeon, Head Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
- Manager Cardiovascular Institute Iasi, Romania
Session E Speakers Congenital heart disease
Assoc. Dr. Serban Stoica
Chairman Session E
- Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
- Honorary Associate Professor
- Bristol Children’s Hospital and the Heart Institute at the Bristol Royal Infirmary
Dr. Youssef Tammam
Moderator Session E
- Chirurgie cardiacă
- Chirurgie cardiovasculară (adulți și copii)
- Chirurgie cardiacă pediatrică
- Chirurgie cardiacă adulți
- Cardiologie intervențională
- Ecocardiografie
Assoc. Dr. Eliza Cinteza
Moderator Session E
- Primary physician Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology
- Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children “Marie Sklodowska Curie”
Dr. Sorina Mihaila
- Cardiology
- Researcher in Cardiology and three-dimensional echocardiography,
Dr. Stefan Mot
- Cardiologist Primary Physician
- Skills in interventional cardiology and vascular Doppler ultrasound
- Monza Hospital – Ares Cluj Napoca
Dr. Vlad Ciobotaru
- Cardiologist
Dr. Petru Liuba
- Senior lecturer at Paediatrics (Lund)
- Project manager at Children cardiology
- Principal investigator at LUCC: Lund University Cancer Centre
Dr. Cătălin Cîrstoveanu
- Head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the “Marie Sklodovska Curie” Hospital in Bucharest
- Neonatologist doctor
Session F Speakers HOCM – Dedicated to our colleagues in Ukraine
Dr. Martin Maron
Chairman Session F
- MD
- Medical Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at Lahey
- Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
-
Assistant Professor Of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Lucian Dorobantu
Moderator Session F
- University Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at Titu Maiorescu University
- Scientific Director at Monza Hospital
- Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic at Monza Hospital
- Cardiomyopathy Center Coordinator at Monza Hospital
Prof. Dr. Franco Cecchi
Moderator Session F
- University Of Florence, Italy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy HCM
- Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis
- Cardiomyopathy.
Prof. Dr. Paolo Ferrazzi
Moderator Session F
- Director of the Center for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Valve Pathology presso Policlinico di Monza
- Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy
Dr. Kostyantin Rudenko
Moderator Session F
Dr. Paolo Spirito
- Expert specialist
- Department of Cardiology
Prof. Dr. Ruxandra Jurcut
- Cardiology at the Emerald Medical Center
- Cardiology primary doctor, FESC, FEACVI.
- Special echocardiography certificate
- Genetic heart diseases and cardio-oncology
Prof. Dr. Petrescu Lucian
- University Professor – Director of Department VI – Cardiology – U.M.F. “Victor Babes” Timisoara
- USTACC Department Coordinator – Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Timisoara
- Internal medicine and cardiology primary doctor
Session G Speakers Aortic valve
Dr. Claude Vaislic
Chairman Session G
- Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon
- Member of the National Academy of Surgery
- Expert witness for the Court of Cassation
- First vice president for the expert company for the Court of Cassation
Dr. Peter Lukas Haldenwang
Moderator Session G
- Ruhr University Bochum | RUB
- Clinic for cardiac and thoracic surgery
- Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Andrada Bogdan
Moderator Session G
- Cardiology specialist doctor
- Competence in interventional cardiology
- SANADOR Clinical Hospital, SANADOR Buzești Clinic
Prof. Dr. Victor Costache
Moderator Session G
- University professor, Titu Maiorescu University Bucharest
- Member of the French Academy of Surgery (https://www.academie-chirurgie.fr)
- Former Minister of Health in Romania 2019, 2020
- President of the Romanian Society of Vascular Surgery
- Medical Director and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sanador Clinical Hospital, Bucharest
- Executive Director for Eastern Europe within the International Society of Endovascular Specialists
Dr. Anatolie Cazacu
- Medical Doctor at the German Diagnostic Center
- Chisinau, Moldavia
Assoc. Col. Dr. Liviu Stan
- Cardiovascular surgery primary physician
- Army Cardiovascular Disease Center
- Clinical Hospital University of Emergency Military Cantral Bucharest
Dr. William Camilleri
- Mater Dei Hospital of Malta, Msida (Malta)
- Member of European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
Session H Speakers NextCARDIO session ‐ New developments in aortic dissections and aneurysms
Dr. Arjan Hoksbergen
Chairman Session H
- Aortic surgery, open and endovascular
- Aortic aneurysms, dissections and ruptures
- Thoracic and thoraco-abdominal aortic pathology
- Kidney transplant
- Varicose Vein Surgery
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Amsterdam UMC
Assoc. Prof. Gianmarco de Donato
Moderator Session H
- Vascular surgery
- Siena University
- Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Dr. Jacques Busquets
Moderator Session H
- Private practitioner – Val d’Or Surgical Clinic – Saint-Cloud
- Winner of the Hospitals
- Former head of clinics at the Hospitals of Bordeaux
- Member – French Society of Vascular Surgery (SCVCE)
Prof. Dr. Rodney White
- M.D
- ISEVS Vice-President
- Past President of the American Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cardiovascular surgeon at UCLA
Dr. Palma Shaw
- Vascular Surgery
- Upstate University Hospital
- New York, USA
Dr. Kaj Kappe
- ACS – Microcirculation
- Research Associate, Surgery
- Amsterdam UMC
Dr. Kak Khee Yeung
- Specialist doctor, ACS – Atherosclerosis and ischemic syndromes
- Medical Specialist, ACS – Microcirculation
- Medical Specialist, Surgery
- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Assoc. Dr Eric Eeckhout
- Associate Professor of Cardiology
- MD
- Vaudois University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Session I Speakers Coronary artery disease
Dr. Patrick Nataf
Chairman Session I
- Cardiac surgeon
- Head of Cardiac Surgery at Bichât Hospital
- Scientific manager of Labcom INSERM “Augmented reality in surgery”
Assoc. Dr Eric Eeckhout
Moderator Session I
- Associate Professor of Cardiology
- MD
- Vaudois University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Assoc. Dr. Adrian Molnar
Moderator Session I
- M.D
- President SRCCMI
- Medical director of the Heart Institute “Niculae Stancioiu” Cluj-Napoca
- UMF “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj
Lt. Col. Dr. Silviu Ionel Dumitrescu
Moderator Session I
- Head of works
- Cardiologist primary doctor
- Doctor of Medical Sciences
- Head of Cardiology Section 1 at the Military Emergency University Hospital “Dr. Carol Davila”
Prof. Dr. Theodora Benedek
- Cardiologist primary doctor and internal medicine
- Competence in interventional cardiology
- Proficiency in pacemaker implantation
- Competence in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
European
Dr. Mihnea Nichita Brendea
- Primary cardiology doctor
- Competence in interventional cardiology
Dr. Radu Pretorian
- Angiography
- Coronary angioplasty
- Cardiac catheterization
- Cardiac ultrasound
- Ponderas Academic Hospital
Dr. Cristian Militaru
- Dr. Cristian Militaru, cardiologist specialist
- CardioMed Craiova
- Craiova County Emergency Clinical Hospital
Dr. Iulian Matei
- Interventional Cardiologist at Saint Spiridon Emergency County Hospital, Iasi, Romania
- Interventional and Structural Cardiology
- Research and publications
Session L Speakers Peripheral vascular disease
Prof. Dr. Horatiu Moldovan
Chairman Session L
- MD. PhD Habil
- University Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery – Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Qualified Doctor in Medical Sciences
- Full Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
- Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital
- Associate Member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists
Prof. Dr. Calin Vicol
Moderator Session L
- Physician
- Specialist in general surgery
- Cardiac surgeon
- LMU Klinikum Campus Großhadern Cardiac surgery, clinic and polyclinic
Assoc. Dr. Radu Vătășescu
Moderator Session L
- Cardiology primary physician
- Internal medicine primary physician
- European skills in interventional electrophysiology and pacing, internal defibrillators and resynchronization therapy
- SANADOR Clinical Hospital
Dr. Dan Tesloianu
Moderator Session L
- Primary cardiology doctor
- Cardiomed Iasi
Dr. Zara Cornelia
- Cardiology primary doctor
- Area of interest – heart failure
- Exceptional experience in Doppler echocardiography
Prof. Dr. Doina Dimulescu
- Cardiology primary doctor
- Primary physician Internal Medicine
- Doctor of Medical Sciences
- University Professor of Cardiology, “UMF Carol Davila”
Dr. Ștefan Busnatu
- Cardiologist, doctor of medical sciences
- Vice Dean at the Faculty of Medicine – “Carol Davila” U.M.F.
- Ambassador of Romania on Cardiovascular Prevention from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology,
Prof. Dr. Maria Dorobantu
- Primary cardiology
- Internal medicine doctor
- General and transesophageal echocardiography competence
Dr. Jos Gisberts
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Badila Elisabeta
- Primary cardiology doctor
- Bucharest, Romania
Iulian Vasile Antoniac
- Polytechnic University of Bucharest
- UPB · Department of Materials Science and Physical Metallurgy
- Doctor of Engineering
Dr. Cristian Mihalea
- Primary physician Radiology – medical imaging
- Superspecialization in interventional radiology, competency in computed tomography
- SANADOR Clinical Hospital
Prof. Dr. Chioncel Ovidiu
- Cardiology primary doctor
- Doctor of Medical Sciences
- General echocardiography
- Transesophageal ultrasound
- Dobutamine stress ultrasound
Dr. Ovidiu Nutu
- Vascular surgery
- Floreasca emergency clinical hospital
Prof. Dr. Pascal Leprince
- Cardiothoracic surgeon,
- Director of the department of cardiothoracic surgery at La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
- Paris, France
Prof. Dr. Benedek Imre
- Cardiologist primary doctor and internal medicine
- Competence in interventional cardiology
- Competence in electrophysiology
- Proficiency in pacemaker implantation
- Competence in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography
European
Dr. Alexandru Scafa
- Cardiologist primary doctor
- Head of the cardiology department
- Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest – Floreasca
Dr. Horia Traila
- Interventional and Diagnostic Radiologist at Mioveni City Hospital
- Manager of the Mioveni city hospital
Dr. Gabriel Crasmariu
-
Cardiology specialist doctor
- Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Jacques Busquets
- Private practitioner – Val d’Or Surgical Clinic – Saint-Cloud
- Winner of the Hospitals
- Former head of clinics at the Hospitals of Bordeaux
- Member – French Society of Vascular Surgery (SCVCE)
Prof. Dr. Daniela Bartoș
- University professor, Cardiology primary doctor
- Doctor of Medical Sciences
- Primary care physician Internal medicine, primary care physician Cardiology, expertise in ultrasound
- SANADOR Floreasca Clinic
Dr. Alexandra Iliesiu
- Bucharest, Romania