Dr. Silviu Horia Ciurea

• 1993 - primary surgeon in the Center for General Surgery and Liver Transplantation in Fundeni
• 2000 – Chief of Works in the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest – General Surgery department in Fundeni
• 2000 - PhD in medical sciences, with a thesis in "Optimizing diagnostic and treatment methods in pancreatic pseudo-cysts"

Acquired specializations and skills

• Specialization in liver surgery and transplantation
• Specialization in cancer surgery
• Competence in laparoscopic surgery

Postgraduate courses

• 1995 – Mechanical Stapling (Ethicon) – Fundeni Clinical Institute
• 1996 - Laparoscopy - Fundeni Clinical Institute
• 1999 - Colorectal Cancer Today - 7th IASG Athens International Postgraduate Course

Member of Scientific Boards

• 1983 - now: member of the al " Romanian Surgical Society "
• 1999 - now: member of the "International Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists"
• 2000 - now: founding member and executive manager of the "Foundation for Liver Surgery"
• Founding member of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other interventional techniques (ARCE)
• founding member of the "Association for telemedicine and space applications for health" (ATASS)
• 2005 - founding member of the "Association for Liver, Bile and Pancreas surgery and for liver transplantation "
• Member of the Romanian College of Physicians

Lecturer in postgraduate courses

• "Advanced laparoscopic surgery techniques" course set up by the Sf. Ioan clinical Hospital and by the Fundeni Clinical Institute (certified by the National Institute for Professional Training in the Medical Field) - 2000, 2001
• "The use of mechanical sutures in the salvation surgery of the rectal sphincter as part of rectal cancer therapy ", within the 6th symposium of the Romanian division of IASG (certified by the National Institute for Professional Training in the Medical Field) - 2004

Scientific activities

• 41 articles published (3 cited by ISI and 31 cited in international databases)
• 11 textbook chapters
• Editor of the "Liver Surgery" compendium
• Co-author in the series of surgical techniques "Surgical Encyclopedia" (with an attached CD-DVD) - 2004-2006, Ed. Celsius - Bucharest
• 5 course chapters for students
• 117 scientific communicates
• 7 video presentations