Prof. Ovidiu Bajenaru, MD, PhD

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Professor of Neurology, Department of the University Hospital of Emergency Bucharest

Professional adress:
University Hospital of Emergency Bucharest
Department of Neurology
Splaiul Independentei 169
Sectorul 5,
RO – 050098
Bucuresti
Romania

Education:
1983 M.D. at the Faculty of Medecine of University of Medecine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest
1983–1985 post graduate hospital stagium in University Hospital of Emergency Bucharest
1985–1989 resident of neurology (the same hospital).
1985 assistant professor – University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Emergency Bucharest
1989 specialist in neurology, confirmed by the Ministery of Health of Romania
1993 Ph.D. at the University of Medecine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest – senior lecturer of neurology, Head of Department and Medical Chief (same Hospital)
1994 Associate Professor of Neurology (same University and Hospital)
1999 Professor of Neurology at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, ”Carol Davila” Bucharest and Chairman of the Neurology, Department of the University Hospital of Emergency Bucharest

Other professional activities:
1998–2004 expert of the Romanian National Agency of Drugs, member of the Scientific Council of the Romanian National Agency of Drugs
1997–2004 member of the Executive Council of the College of Physicians from Bucharest
2000–2004 Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medecine – University of Medecine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest
2001– present president of the Romanian Society of Neurology
2003–2009 member of the Scientific Committee of ECTRIMS (European Council for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis)
2004–2009 pember of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Neurology
2008–present Romania official delegate in UEMS – EBN (Board of Neurology), *sept. 2010: elected Sectretary of the Executive Committee of UEMS – EBN
2007–present expert-evaluator of the Romanian Agency of Drugs for the European Drug Agency (EMEA)

Post-graduate training:
1992–1993 post graduate training in clinical neurology and functional investigations of the nervous system at University “Rene Descartes” (Paris) : C.H.U. Sainte-Anne (Neurology) and C.H.U. Cochin – Port Royal (Functional Investigations of the Nervous System)
1993–1994 training in neuroendocrinology at the University “Rene Descartes” (Paris)
1996 second competence (confirmed by the Ministery of Health of Romania) in “Diagnosis in Neurological Diseases by MRI”.
1997 assistant of clinical research in pharmaco-clinical trials (Paris)
2009 International training for methodology in clinical research

Fields of interest for the scientific research:
Stroke
Dementia and neurodegenerative diseases (in particular Alzheimer and Parkinson’s disease)
Multiple sclerosis
Experimental and clinical study of sleep disturbances in the neurological and neuroendocrinologic diseases
Pharmaco-clinical research (in: stroke, movement disorders, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis)

Other activities:
Coordinator of the Continuous Medical Education (EMC) national program of the Romanian Society of Neurology for neurologists in the whole country
Coordinator and author of the Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases (agreed by the College of Medecins of Romania ) – main author of the national guidelines for Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Dementia
Coordinator of the National Program of the National House of Insurance and Ministery of Health, for treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis (since 2000)
Coordinator of the first medical team in Romania for treatment by DBS in Parkinson’s disease.
Chief-editor of Romanian Journal of Neurology (the official journal of the Romanian Society of Neurology)

Affiliation:
Romanian Society of Neurology (president)
European Neurological Society (ENS) – member of the Executive Committee between 2005–2009
European Stroke Organization
European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS)
American Academy of Neurology (cooresponding member)
Danube Neurological Association (member in the Board)
ECTRIMS (member of the Scientific Council 2003–2009)
New York Academy of Sciences
American Academy for Advancement in Science
Movement Disorders Society
Romanian Association for the Study of Pain
Society for the Study of Neuroprotection and Neuroplasticity (president of the Romanian Scientific Board)

Awards:
2005 and 2006 awarded by the Prize of Excelence in Neurology for the scientific activity in Romania
2008 awarded by the Romanian Society of Internal Medicine for the best scientific activity in a related medical speciality

Publications:
more than 250 scientific papers published and reported in different national and international scientific meetings
5 medical books and monographies ( published in Romania)
co-author (1 chapter) to the “International Neurology – A Clinical Approach” (eds. ROBERT P. LISAK, DANIEL D. TRUONG, WILLIAM CARROLL, ROONGROJ BHIDAYASIRI ), Wiley-Blackwell (under printing)
Country Principal Investigator – in more than 20 international, multicentric clinical trials
Principal Investigator of the research site – in more than 30 international and national multicentic trials
Member of the Steering Committee of PRECISE trial (co-author of the final article and results, under printing in "Lancet”)