Lecturer MD Ph.D. Răzvan Iacob

Razvan Iacob, MD, PhD
Current position: Lecturer at “Carol Davila” University and Medicine, senior physician in gastroenterology at Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Email: raziacob@gmail.com
Education, degrees and diplomas
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest (1995-2001); MD degree – 2001
• Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fundeni Clinical Institute - Gastroenterology Residency (2002-2007); 2002- Acknowledged as a resident physician in Gastroenterology; 2007 - Acknowledged as a specialist physician in Gastroenterology; 2013 - Acknowledged as a senior physician in Gastroenterology
• October 2006 – October 2010 - PhD studies, PhD Thesis entitled “The role of liver enriched transcription factors in hepatic differentiation”, PhD Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Irinel Popescu
• January – September 2005 – Attestation de Formation Specialisee (AFS) CHRU Lille, France
• February 2009 – January 2010 – Basic research stagium in cellular and molecular biology, Hannover Medical School, Germany; DAAD Research Scholarship, Hannover Medical School, Germany
• Other courses in the field of Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 58
Professional experience, former employers
• 2003-2006 - Teaching Assistant of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest
• 2007-2016 - Universitary Assistant of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest
• 2016-present – present – Lecturer of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest
Prizes, scholarships, acknowledgement of the scientific work
International Prizes : 19
• UEGF/ASNEMGE National Scholar Award 2010 for the paper “Induction of liver specific genes in a fibroblast cell line by expression of liver enriched transcription factors” (October 2010)
• APASL Liver Week Presidential Award (June 2013)
National Prizes: 12
• Prize of Excellence „Acad. N Cajal” “Generation of hepatocyte-like cells from stem cell sources” (april 2010)
• First Prize of the Romanianh Society of Gastroenterology for the paper presented at the XXXIIIrd National Congress of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endocopy, Timisoara 2013: Quantitative gene expression of liver enriched transcription factors could be used for prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence following a potentially curative treatment (June 2013)
• Romanian Society of Gastroenterology Prize for best oral presentation: Gene expression profile of liver stem/progenitor cells specific genes in hepatocellular carcinoma – prognostic signifficance (June 2014)
Scientific Society Member: 6 National and International Societies, out of which: Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (SRGH), European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization (ECCO), American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
Scientific activity
Original articles ISI indexed – 39; Original articles IDB indexed – 17; Book chapters -8; Published abstracts ISI indexed – 180; Papers presented as posters – 269
Oral presentations: As invited speaker – 10; International meetings - 8; National Meetings – 58
Hirsch Index ISI Web of Science: 17; ISI Web of Science Citations: 648