Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Ungureanu Sergiu

Ungureanu Sergiu

Qualification: Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor

Positions held: Head of the Department of Surgery No. 4, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Training: Germany, France, Romania, Russian Federation

Main activities and responsibilities: Deputy Director for Surgery, Republican Clinical Hospital, Chișinău, Moldova (2005–2015); Head of the "Minimally Invasive Surgery" Laboratory, Republican Clinical Hospital

Areas of professional and scientific expertise: Open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery; Pancreatobiliary surgery; Bariatric surgery

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Guțu Eugen

Guțu Eugen

Qualification: Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor

Positions held: University Professor, "Nicolae Anestiadi" Department of General Surgery, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Training: Romania, Russian Federation, USA, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Main activities and responsibilities: Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board in Surgery (since 2012); Chair of the Expert Committee in Surgery, National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research (since 2006); President of the "Nicolae Anestiadi" Association of Surgeons of the Republic of Moldova (2015–2019); Chair of the specialized "Surgery" Commission, Ministry of Health (2015–2019); Vice-Chair of the Certification Commission in Surgery, Ministry of Health (since 2018)

Areas of professional and scientific expertise: Open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery; Oncologic pancreatobiliary surgery; Vascular surgery

Hotineanu Adrian

Hotineanu Adrian

Qualification: Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor

Positions held: Head of the Department of Surgery No. 2, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Training: Spain, France, Romania, Austria, USA, Russia

Main activities and responsibilities: Head of the Department of Surgery No. 2 (since 2019); University Professor, Department of Surgery No. 2, Nicolae Testemițanu SUMPh (since 2014); Head of the Liver Transplantation Department, National Transplant Agency (since 2012); Head of the Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Department, "Timofei Moșneaga" Republican Clinical Hospital (since 2011)

Areas of professional and scientific expertise: Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery and liver transplantation; General surgery; Colorectal surgery; Bariatric surgery

Rojnoveanu Gheorghe

Rojnoveanu Gheorghe

Qualification: Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor

Positions held: University Professor, "Nicolae Anestiadi" Department of General Surgery, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Training: Romania, Russian Federation, USA, United Kingdom; Master's degree in Public Health Management (2008–2010)

Main activities and responsibilities: President of the "Nicolae Anestiadi" Association of Surgeons of the Republic of Moldova; Vice-Rector for Scientific Activity, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (2013–2019)

Areas of professional and scientific expertise: Open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery; Pancreatobiliary surgery; Bariatric surgery; Thoracic surgery

Managing Editor

Ferdohleb Alexandru

Ferdohleb Alexandru

Qualification: Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences

Positions held: Associate Professor, Department of Surgery No. 2, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Training: Romania, Russian Federation

Main activities and responsibilities: Deputy Head, "Timofei Moșneaga" Republican Clinical Hospital, Chișinău, Moldova

Areas of professional and scientific expertise: Open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery; Pancreatobiliary surgery

Honorary Members of the Editorial Board

Ghidirim Gheorghe

Ghidirim Gheorghe

Academician, University Professor of Surgery; "Nicolae Anestiadi" Department of Surgery No. 1, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Laboratory, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

ORCID: 0000-0002-9047-0596 · e-mail: gheorghe.ghidirim@usmf.md

Ababii Ion

Ababii Ion

Academician, University Professor of Otorhinolaryngology; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

e-mail: ion.ababii@usmf.md

Ceban Emil

Ceban Emil

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Former Minister of Health of the Republic of Moldova. Department of Urology and Clinical Nephrology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

e-mail: emil.ceban@usmf.md

Editorial Board Members

AG

Anghelici Gheorghe (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Hepatic Surgery Laboratory, "Constantin Țîbîrnă" Surgical Clinic No. 2, Department of Surgery No. 2, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: gheorghe.anghelici@usmf.md

BA

Batrînac Aureliu (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor and Research Associate Professor. Cardiovascular surgeon, Medical Director, Medpark International Hospital, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

BE

Bendelic Eugen (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Department of Ophthalmology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: eugeniu.bendelic@usmf.md

BJ

Bernic Jana (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. "Natalia Gheorghiu" Department of Pediatric Surgery, Orthopedics and Anesthesiology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova; "Natalia Gheorghiu" National Scientific Center of Pediatric Surgery, Mother and Child Institute, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: jana.bernic@usmf.md

BM

Beuran Mircea (Bucharest, Romania)

"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Department of General Surgery, Bucharest Emergency Hospital, Romania.
e-mail: drmirceabeuran@yahoo.com

BL

Bordeianou Liliana (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Chief, Colorectal Surgery Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Director/Co-Chair, MGH Pelvic Floor Disorders Center; Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Colorectal Surgery Collaborative, Boston, USA. 
e-mail: lbordeianou@mgh.harvard.edu

BA

Bour Alin (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Head of the Department of Surgery No. 5, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
e-mail: alin.bour@usmf.md

BV

Brașoveanu Vlad (Bucharest, Romania)

University Professor, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. Director of Center and Head of the Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation (HPBTH) Clinic, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.

CD

Casian Dumitru (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

MD, PhD, DrHab, Professor and Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Head of the Vascular Surgery Clinic, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: dumitru.casian@usmf.md

CA

Ciubotaru Anatol (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Department of Surgery No. 4, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: anatol.ciubotaru@usmf.md

CS

Constantinoiu Silviu (Bucharest, Romania)

"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; "Sf. Maria" Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
e-mail: silviuconstantinoiu@gmail.com

CG

Conțu Ghenadie (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor. SANCOS Aesthetic Medicine Clinic, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: ghenadie.contu@gmail.com

CC

Copăescu Cătălin (Bucharest, Romania)

"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania; Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
e-mail: catalin.copaescu@gmail.com

CC

Copotoiu Constantin (Târgu Mureș, Romania)

"George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Romania.
e-mail: chirurgie1tgm@yahoo.com

CA

Cotîrleț Adrian (Moinești, Romania)

Moinești Municipal Emergency Hospital, Romania; "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău, Romania.
e-mail: spitalmoinesti@bacau.astral.ro

DI

Dumbrăveanu Ion (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Department of Urology and Clinical Nephrology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: ion.dumbraveanu@usmf.md

DC

Duță Ciprian (Timișoara, Romania)

MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery. Director of the Department of Surgery, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara; Surgical Clinic 2, Timișoara County Emergency Clinical Hospital,  Timișoara, Romania.
e-mail: ciprian_duta@yahoo.com

FA

Fokin Alexei (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)

South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
e-mail: AlAnFokin@yandex.ru

GS

Gauthier Serghey (Moscow, Russian Federation)

"V.I. Shumakov" National Medical Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russian Federation.
e-mail: priemtranspl@yandex.ru

GE

Gudumac Eva (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Academician, Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. "Natalia Gheorghiu" Department of Pediatric Surgery, Orthopedics and Anesthesiology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova; "Natalia Gheorghiu" National Scientific Center of Pediatric Surgery, Mother and Child Institute, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: eva.gudumac@usmf.md

YP

Yablonskiy Petr (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, Russian Federation.
e-mail: spbniif_all@mail.ru

KV

Kopchak Volodymyr (Kyiv, Ukraine)

"A.A. Shalimov" National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology, Kyiv, Ukraine.
e-mail: vmkopchak@gmail.com

LC

Lupașcu Cristian (Iași, Romania)

Doctor of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Head of the II Surgery Clinic, "Sf. Spiridon" County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Iași, Romania; "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania. Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences; Doctor Honoris Causa of the Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova; Coordinator of the Iași Liver Transplant Center.

MV

Mischenko Vasyl (Odesa, Ukraine)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, Professor. Professor, Department of Surgery with Postgraduate Education, Odesa National Medical University, Ukraine.
e-mail: vasyl.mishchenko@onmedu.edu.ua

MI

Mișin Igor (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Laboratory, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova; Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: mishin_igor@mail.ru

MV

Mitish Valerii (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences. Director of the Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology (Moscow Healthcare Department); Head of the Wound and Wound Infection Center, "A.V. Vishnevsky" National Medical Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russian Federation.

PT

Pătrașcu Traian (Bucharest, Romania)

"Dr. Ion Cantacuzino" Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
e-mail: petrascutraian@gmail.com

PE

Pitel Eleferii (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

"Sanatate EVP" Private Clinic, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: dr_pitel@yahoo.com

PI

Polyansky Igor (Chernivtsi, Ukraine)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, Professor. Head of the Department of Surgery No. 1, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine. President of the Chernivtsi Regional Association of Surgeons; Honorary Member of the Association of Surgeons of the Republic of Moldova.

PI

Popescu Irinel (Bucharest, Romania)

Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
e-mail: irinel.popescu@icfundeni.ro

RA

Razumovsky Alexandr (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.

SV

Sârbu Vasile (Constanța, Romania)

Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Ovidius University of Constanța, Romania. Full Member and President of the Medical Sciences Section, Academy of Romanian Scientists. Areas of expertise: general, cardiovascular, oncological and laparoscopic surgery; history of Romanian surgery.
e-mail: vasilesarbu_cta@yahoo.com

SV

Scripcariu Viorel (Iași, Romania)

"Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania.
e-mail: viorel.scripcariu@umfiasi.ro

TT

Tamm Tamara (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, Professor. Department of Surgery No. 5, Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine (former Head of the Department of Surgery and Proctology, Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education).

TA

Tănase Adrian (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)

Doctor Habilitatus of Medical Sciences, University Professor. Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
e-mail: adrian.tanase@usmf.md

TE

Târcoveanu Eugen (Iași, Romania)

"Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania.
e-mail: eugen.tarcoveanu@umfiasi.ro

TG

Tinica Grigore (Iași, Romania)

"Prof. Dr. George I.M. Georgescu" Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Iași, Romania; "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania.
e-mail: grigoretinica@yahoo.com