Irinel Popescu,

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(born on 22 April 1953,

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surgeon. He served as the manager of the Department of Surgery and Liver Transplantation at the .

Career

Popescu studied medicine at

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy ( ro, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila”) or University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, commonly known by the abbreviation UMFCD, is a public health sciences university i ...

in Bucharest and graduated in 1977. He became a Specialist Surgeon in 1983, and in 1990 he became a General Surgeon, obtaining a PhD from Carol Davila University. In 1997, Popescu, along with a group of other scientists, established Romtransplant, a professional organization for raising awareness of the importance of organs transplantation through several arranged national congresses. He teaches in the Faculty of Medicine of Carol Davila University. He became known in Romania after being performing the country's first liver transplant in 2000. In the following years, he performed and oversaw more than 450 liver transplants and 1,500 liver resections. He was also nominated to be the Expert of the European Council in matters of transplants. From 2004 to 2008, Popescu served as a senator in the

Parliament of Romania The Parliament of Romania ( ro, Parlamentul României) is the national bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies ( ro, Camera Deputaților) and the Senate ( ro, Senat). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament in B ...

, representing the Conservator Party in Dolj County. He served as Chairman of National Education Committee, and in 2006 he established the Romanian Association of Hepato-biliary-pancreatic and Liver Transplantation. In 2013, Popescu was elected to serve as a corresponding member of the

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Awards and honors

* Member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences * Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova * Honoris Causa of

Ovidius University of Constanța Ovidius University of Constanța ( ro, Universitatea „Ovidius" din Constanța) is a public higher education institution in Constanța, Romania founded in 1961 as a Pedagogical Institute and transformed into a comprehensive university in 1990. ...

* Honorary Professor position at Ovidius University of Constanța * Honorary Professor position at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș *

Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the defunct Order of Michael the Brave. It is awarded by the President of Romania. It has five ...

, Grand Cross Rank * Romanian Award for Outstanding Achievement * Member of Ten for Romania Board and organizational leadership positions * President of 17th World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologist * President of the 8th Symposiums and Postgraduate Courses of Romanian Section of IASC * Deputy Editor of the "Archives de l'Union Medicale Balkanique" ("Archives of the Balkan Medical Union")

References

External links

Irinel Popescu: Un virtuoz al bisturiului
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Site Irinel Popescu

* [http://stirileprotv.ro/emisiuni/dupa-20-de-ani/irinel-popescu-2013-anul-romaniei-la-transplant-rata-de-donare-depinde-de-acceptul-familiei.html Irinel Popescu: 2013, anul Romaniei la transplant; rata de donare depinde de acceptul familiei]
Chirurgul nu mai este singur. Dialog cu Irinel Popescu
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