COORDINATING BOARD

Acad. Constantin IONESCU-TÎRGOVIŞTE

ROMANIAN MEDICAL ASOCIATION | ASOCIAȚIA MEDICALĂ ROMÂNĂ

Gheorghe BORCEAN, MD, PhD

ROMANIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS | COLEGIUL MEDICILOR DIN ROMANIA

Acad. Mircea IFRIM

ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | ACADEMIA DE ȘTIINȚE MEDICALE

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. George Sorin ŢIPLICA, MD, PhD

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Viorela ENĂCHESCU, MD, PhD

Honorary Founding Editor

Grigore BUŞOI, MD, PhD

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Caleb E FINCH, MD, PhD

Marinela van den HEUVEL-OLĂROIU, MD, PhD

Senior Editors

Prof. Dumitru MATEI, MD, PhD

Prof. Adrian RESTIAN, MD, PhD

Prof. Dan RIGA, MD, PhD

Prof. Sorin RIGA, MD, PhD

Associate Editors

Prof. Carmela ABRAHAM, MD, PhD

Prof. Emanoil CEAUȘU, MD, PhD

Prof. Leonid P. CHURILOV, MD, PhD

Prof. Aubrey D.N.J. de GREY, MD, PhD

Prof. Oleksiy KORZH, MD, PhD

Eleonora LUKA, MD, PhD

Acad. Gheorghe ȚÎBÎRNĂ

Honorary Editors

Assoc. Prof. Camelia DIACONU, MD, PhD

Mergeani DINA, MD, PhD

Lecturer Ioana Veronica GRĂJDEANU, MD, PhD

Editorial General Secretary

Anca HALDAN, MD

Editorial Secretary

Violeta DIACONIŢA, MD

Daniela POPESCU, MD

Managing Editor

Mihai-Cristian POPESCU, MD

EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Viorel ALEXANDRESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (epidemiology)
Prof. Elena ARDELEANU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania (cardiology)
Prof. Corin BADIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (endocrinology)
Prof. Constantin BOGDAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (geriatrics-gerontology)
Prof. Octavian BUDA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (history of medicine, psychiatry)
Assoc. Prof. Dragoş BUMBĂCEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (pneumology)
Prof. Emanoil CEAUȘU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (infectious diseases)
Violeta DIACONIŢA, MD – Bucharest, Romania (occupational health)
Assoc. Prof. Camelia DIACONU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (internal medicine, cardiology)
Mergeani DINA, MD, PhD – Constanța, Romania (preventive medicine, family medicine)
Prof. Dan DUMITRAŞCU, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca, Romania (neurogastroenterology)
Prof. Viorela ENĂCHESCU, MD, PhD – Craiova, Romania (gastroenterology)
Lecturer Ioana Veronica GRĂJDEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (family medicine)
Assoc. Prof. Cristian GUJA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (metabolic diseases)
Assoc. Prof. Răzvan HAINĂROȘIE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (ENT)
Assoc. Prof. Lorant HECSLER, MD, PhD – Tg. Mures, Romania (legal medicine)
Prof. Jean HURJUI, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (geriatrics)
Prof. Mirela MANEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (psychiatry)
Prof. Dumitru MATEI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (family medicine, gastroenterology)
Prof. Traian MIHĂESCU, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (pneumology)
Prof. Dana MINCĂ, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (social medicine)
Prof. Mihai NECHIFOR, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (pharmacology)
Lecturer Adriana Elena NICA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (anesthesia, intensive care)
Prof. Dan OLTEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (internal medicine, gastroenterology)
Prof. Gelu ONOSE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (recovery, balneology, geriatrics)
Assoc. Prof. Diana Loretta PĂUN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (endocrinology)
Assoc. Prof. Sorin PĂUN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (gastroenterology)
Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu PETRIŞ, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (internal medicine)
Daniela POPESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (pediatrics)
Mihai Cezar POPESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (internal medicine)
Prof. Adrian RESTIAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (family medicine, brain sciences)
Prof. Dan RIGA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (anti-aging, longevity sciences)
Prof. Sorin RIGA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (stressology, adaptology, mental health)
Prof. Carmen Maria SĂLĂVĂSTRU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (pediatric dermatology)
Ana-Maria Alexandra STĂNESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (dermatology)
Prof. Laurenţiu ŞORODOC, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania (internal medicine, emergency medicine)
Prof. George Sorin ŢIPLICA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (dermatology)
Prof. Cătălina TUDOSE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (psychiatry)
Assoc. Prof. Alexandru ULICI, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (pediatric orthopedics)
Assoc. Prof. Silviu VOINEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (surgical oncology)
Prof. Viorel ZAINEA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania (ENT)

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Carmela ABRAHAM, MD, PhD – Boston, USA (brain research, neurogerontology)
Assoc. Prof. Radost ASSENOVA, MD, PhD – Plovdiv, Bulgaria (urology)
Prof. Sancar BAYAR, MD, PhD – Ankara, Turkey (surgery, oncological surgery)
Assoc. Prof. Roxana CĂRARE, MD, PhD – Southampton, England (neurosciences)
Prof. Ilya CHANUKVADZE, MD, PhD – Tbilisi, Georgia (general surgery)
Prof. Leonid P. CHURILOV, MD, PhD – Saint-Petersburg, Russia (clinical pathophysiology)
Prof. Xheladin DRAÇINI, MD, PhD – Tirana, Albania (surgery)
Prof. Caleb E FINCH, MD, PhD – Los Angeles, USA (neurobiology, gerontology)
Prof. Aubrey D.N.J. de GREY, MD, PhD – Cambridge, England (regenerative medicine)
Marinela van den HEUVEL-OLĂROIU, MD, PhD – Groeningen, Netherlands (family medicine)
Assoc. Prof. Jean-Pierre JACQUET, MD, PhD – Grenoble, France (family medicine)
Prof. Oleksiy KORZH, MD, PhD – Kharkiv, Ukraine (family medicine)
Eleonora LUKA, MD, PhD – Geneva, Switzerland (innovative, holistic, orthomolecular medicine)
Mihai NEAGU, MD, PhD – Freiburg, Germany (medical history, psychiatry)
Prof. Serdar ÖZTORA, MD, PhD – Trakya, Turkey (family medicine)
Vitalie SCRIPNIC, MD, PhD – Kishinev, Republic of Moldova (general physiology, adaptology)
Acad. Gheorghe ȚÎBÎRNĂ – Kishinev, Republic of Moldova (oncology)
Prof. Leonas VALIUS, MD, PhD – Kaunas, Lithuania (family medicine)

We are very grateful to our
Past Editors

Assoc. Prof. Doina FELEA, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania
Steluţa GEORGESCU-MARIUŢAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
George HABER, MD, PhD – Alba Iulia, Romania
Cristina ISAR, MD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Afilon JOMPAN, MD, PhD – Arad, Romania
Cristian Sever OANĂ, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Sabin OPREA, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Rodica TĂNĂSESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania