Irinel Popescu

Irinel Popescu, M.D. (born on 22 April 1953, Filiași) is a Romanian surgeon.[2] He served as the manager of the Department of Surgery and Liver Transplantation at the Fundeni Clinical Institute.

Irinel Popescu
Born(1953-04-22)22 April 1953
Filiași, Dolj County, Socialist Republic of Romania
EducationCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Years active1977-
Known forfirst human liver transplant in Romania
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon, Politician
InstitutionsFundeni Clinical Institute
Sub-specialtiesLiver transplantation
AwardsOrder of the Star of Romania - Grand Cross Rank[1]

Career

Popescu studied medicine at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest and graduated in 1977.[2] He became a Specialist Surgeon in 1983,[2] and in 1990 he became a General Surgeon, getting a PhD from Carol Davila University Bucharest.[3] 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 of Medicine and Pharmacy.[4]

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 1500 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 Romanian Parliament, 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 Romanian Academy.

Awards and honors
  • Member of the Academy of Sciences
  • Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova
  • Honoris Causa of the University "Ovidius" of Constanta
  • Honorary Professor position at the University "Ovidius" of Constanta
  • Honorary Professor position at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures
  • Romanian Star
  • 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
  1. "President Traian Băsescu decorates doctor Irinel Popescu". HotNews. 2013-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Irinel Popescu, a Scalpel Virtuoso". Revista Cariere. 2004-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Prof. dr. Irinel Popescu: "Anytime we are in doubt, the liver to be transplanted is put in a machine that checks it"". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2020-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Petrilă, Dora. (2003). Dincolo de limită : convorbiri cu chirurgul Irinel Popescu. Popescu, Irinel. București: Ed. Humanitas. ISBN 973-50-0403-8. OCLC 54786451.
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