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EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief

Assoc. Prof. Manuela CUCEREA, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania

Honorary Founding Editor

Prof. Silvia Maria STOICESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Honorary Editors-in-Chief

Prof. Maria STAMATIN, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania

Deputy Editors-in-Chief

Assoc. Prof. Maria Livia OGNEAN, MD, PhD – Sibiu, Romania

Assoc. Prof. Adrian Ioan TOMA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Senior Editors

Prof. Gabriela ZAHARIE, MD, PhD – Cluj Napoca, Romania

President – Romanian Association of Neonatology

Assoc. Prof. Manuela CUCEREA, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania

Honorary Editors

Prof. Edward BELL, MD, PhD – Iowa City, USA

Prof. Dana CRAIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Prof. Yasser ELSAYED, MD, PhD – Manitoba, Canada

Prof. Kathrin KLEBERMASS-SCHREHOF, MD, PhD – Viena, Austria

Prof. Neena MODI, MD, PhD – London, UK

Prof. Doina Anca PLESCA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Prof. Rangasamy RAMANATHAN, MD, PhD – Los Angeles, USA

Prof. Luca RAMENGHI, MD, PhD – Genova, Italy

Prof. Dan STEWART, MD, PhD – Louisville, USA

Prof. Daniele De LUCA, MD, PhD – Paris, France

Prof. Ola SAUGSTAD, MD, PhD – Oslo, Norway

Associated Editors

Prof. Esin KOC, MD, PhD – Ankara, Turkey

Prof. Georgios KONSTANDINIDIS, MD, PhD – Novi Sad, Serbia

Prof. Larisa CRIVCEANSKAIA, MD, PhD – Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Prof. Gabriel DIMITRIOU, MD, PhD – Patras, Greece

Prof. Dmytro DOBRYANSKYY, MD, PhD – Lviv, Ukraine

Prof. Mihai GAFENCU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania

Prof. Vlad GORDUZA, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania

Prof. Boris KRAMER, MD, PhD – Poznan, Poland

Prof. Claudiu MARGINEAN, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania

Prof. Oana MARGINEAN, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania

Prof. Francis MIMOUNI, MD, PhD – Jerusalem, Israel

Prof. Corado MORETTI, MD, PhD – Milano, Italy

Prof. Maria PUIU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania

Prof. Riccardo PFISTER, MD, PhD – Geneva, Suisse

Prof. Tudor Lucian POP, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Prof. Mihai PUIA DUMITRESCU, MD, PhD – Seattle, USA

Prof. Francesco RAIMONDI, MD, PhD – Napoli, Italy

Prof. Manuel SANCHEZ LUNA, MD, PhD – Valencia, Spain

Prof. Yogen SINGH, MD, PhD – California, USA

Prof. Demetra SOCOLOV, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania

Prof. Horatiu SUCIU, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania

Prof. Mehmet VURAL, MD, PhD – Istanbul, Turkey

Assoc. Prof. Laura BALANESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Assoc. Prof. Mihai CRAIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania

Assoc. Prof. Amalia FAGARASAN, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania

Assoc. Prof. Nelly JEKOVA, MD, PhD – Sofia, Bulgary

Assoc. Prof. Szabo HAJNALKA, MD, PhD – Szeged, Hungary

Editorial General Secretary

Assoc. Prof. Andreea AVASILOAIEI, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania

Editorial Secretaries

Anca BIVOLEANU, MD, PhD – Iasi Romania

Radu GALIS, MD – Oradea, Romania

Mihaela TUNESCU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania

Managing Editor

Mihai-Cristian POPESCU, MD
VicePresident of the Romanian Medical Association
Editorial Manager – AMPH, Bucharest, Romania

 

EDITORIAL COUNCIL

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Lecturer Sorin ANDREICA, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca
Assoc. Prof. Andreea AVASILOAIEI, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Laura BALANESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Edward BELL, MD, PhD – Iowa City, USA
Lecturer Ligia BLAGA, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Prof. Marioara BOIA, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Iulia CIONGRADI, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Catalin CIRSTOVEANU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Dana CRAIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Mihai CRAIU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Larisa CRIVCEANSKAIA, MD, PhD – Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Assoc. Prof. Manuela CUCEREA, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Adriana DAN, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Vlad DAVID, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania
Prof. Daniele De LUCA, MD, PhD – Paris, France
Vlad DIMA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Gabriel DIMITRIOU, MD, PhD – Patras, Greece
Prof. Dmytro DOBRYANSKYY, MD, PhD – Lviv, Ukraine
Prof. Yasser ELSAYED, MD, PhD – Manitoba, Canada
Assoc. Prof. Amalia FAGARASAN, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Lecturer Irina FRANCIUC, MD, PhD – Constanta, Romania
Prof. Mihai GAFENCU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania
Lecturer Mihaela GHEONEA, MD, PhD – Craiova, Romania
Prof. Vlad GORDUZA, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Liliana GOZAR, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Szabo HAJNALKA, MD, PhD – Szeged, Hungary
Assoc. Prof. Daniela IACOB, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Nelly JEKOVA, MD, PhD – Sofia, Bulgary
Prof. Kathrin KLEBERMASS-SCHREHOF, MD, PhD – Viena, Austria
Prof. Esin KOC, MD, PhD – Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Georgios KONSTANDINIDIS, MD, PhD – Novi Sad, Serbia
Prof. Boris KRAMER, MD, PhD – Poznan, Poland
Prof. Claudiu MARGINEAN, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Prof. Oana MARGINEAN, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Prof. Francis MIMOUNI, MD, PhD – Jerusalem, Israel
Assoc. Prof. Geta MITREA, MD, PhD – Galati, Romania
Prof. Neena MODI, MD, PhD – London, UK
Prof. Corado MORETTI, MD, PhD – Milano, Italy
Lecturer Leonard NASTASE, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Maria Livia OGNEAN, MD, PhD – Sibiu, Romania
Gabriela OLARIU, MD – Timisoara, Romania
Prof. Riccardo PFISTER, MD, PhD – Geneva, Suisse
Prof. Doina Anca PLESCA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Tudor Lucian POP, MD, PhD – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Prof. Mihai PUIA DUMITRESCU, MD, PhD – Seattle, USA
Prof. Maria PUIU, MD, PhD – Timisoara, Romania
Prof. Lucian PUSCASIU, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Prof. Francesco RAIMONDI, MD, PhD – Napoli, Italy
Prof. Rangasamy RAMANATHAN, MD, PhD – Los Angeles, USA
Prof. Luca RAMENGHI, MD, PhD – Genova, Italy
Lecturer Ioana ROSCA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Manuel SANCHEZ LUNA, MD, PhD – Valencia, Spain
Prof. Ola SAUGSTAD, MD, PhD – Oslo, Norway
Lecturer Marta SIMON, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Prof. Yogen SINGH, MD, PhD – California, USA
Prof. Demetra SOCOLOV, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania
Prof. Maria STAMATIN, MD, PhD – Iasi, Romania
Prof. Dan STEWART, MD, PhD – Louisville, USA
Florina STOICA, MD – Timisoara, Romania
Prof. Silvia Maria STOICESCU, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Horatiu SUCIU, MD, PhD – Targu Mures, Romania
Lecturer Monica SURDU, MD, PhD – Constanta, Romania
David SWEET, MD – Belfast, United Kingdom
Assoc. Prof. Adrian Ioan TOMA, MD, PhD – Bucharest, Romania
Diana UNGUREANU, MD, PhD – Brasov, Romania
Prof. Mehmet VURAL, MD, PhD – Istanbul, Turkey
Prof. Gabriela ZAHARIE, MD, PhD – Cluj Napoca, Romania