Education

Classes (Courses and WS) for Medical School Students, since 1991: 3 to 5 series per year in the Romanian speaking module, and for the English speaking module since 2007 (2 series per year in the last two years);
Formation of residents between 1962 and 1965, then after 1990 - permanently, an average of 40 Radiology residents (first to last year) in the last 10 years
Postgraduation continuous medical education
Training classes that started in our Radiology Department, unique in Romania when they started (CT, MRI, breast imaging)

• Optional course of Medical Imaging for students and residents - 1991 and 1992;
• CT certification course (since 1992);
• MRI certification course (since 2001-2002)- Ioana Lupescu, R.Capsa;
• Senology Imaging certification course (since 2002-M.Lesaru);
• Radiology training classes to prepare the radiology specialty exam (since 1962);
• Intensive, interactive teaching courses in imaging novelties (Ioana Lupescu, R.Capsa, E.Preda), in interventional radiology (M.Grasu, R.Dumitru), digital technology applications etc.;
• Teaching courses for residents and young radiology specialists in Summer and Winter Schools;
• Formation classes for nurses in conventional radiology, CT and MRI (G.Popa, Cristina Dumitrescu);

Teaching classes destinated for other specialties:
Teaching Class for neurologists - basic Neuroimaging (2 hours since 2000) - weekly case discussions;
Teaching Class on Cardiovascular imaging (since 2004), for Cardiology residents;

      Research 

The Radiology Department is distinguished with the title of "Excellence Center" of CNCSIS (The National Council of Scientific Research in Upper Education) of the Education Ministry since 2001, for performance in education and research.
The most important areas of interest in research have been represented by: pre-/ and post- hepatic or renal transplantation imaging; evaluating cirrhotic liver nodules through noninvasive imaging techniques using CT and MR; inflammatory and tumoral reno-urinary pathology; inflammatory and tumoral pathology of the pancreas; tumoral and inflammatory pathology of the gastro-intestinal tract, oncohematology imaging.

Developping new non-invasive imaging techniques, since 2001, for the first time in Romania: MR colangio-pancreatography (MRCP), MR-urography (MRU), MRI evaluation of cranial nerves; CT and MR evaluation pre- and post- renal or hepatic transplantation; cerebral diffusion, dinamic examinations with paramagnatic contrast, using cellular-specific MR contrast agent: Kupffer cells (SPIO) and hepatocytes (Gd-BOPTA-Multihance, Gd-EOB-DTPA-Primovist), cerebral MR spectroscopy (in cerebral deposition diseases); CT-angiography (CTA) and MR-angiography (MRA) evaluation for large vessels - aorta, SVC, IVC, pulmonary circulation, supra-aortic trunks, Willis polygon, peripheral arteries); neuro-degeenrative and cerebral vascular pathology (both ischaemic and haemorrhagic) ; miastenia gravis; onco-haematology (lymphomas and leukemias); introducing new protocols: CT-urography, CT-enterography and CT-colonography, MR-elastography, multiparametric MR evaluation for abdominal viscera (liver, pancreas, Kidney), prostate and uterus.
Development of research cores, previously not approached in our country: molecular and functional imaging; pediatric neuroimaging; minimally invasive interventional radiology for hepato-bilio-pancreatic applications; developping non-invasive imagistic diagnosis in pericardial and cardiac pathologies (CT angiography of coronary arteries, cardio-MR); MR-spectroscoy.
The scientific and research activity of the medical staff within the Discipline of Radiology and Medical Imaging Department has been rewarded with numerous prizes and honorable mentions (over 75) at national congresses and conferences, at Radiology francophone congresses (JFR), at ECR and ESGAR Congress.