Editor Name: Natalia Patrascu

Country: Romania

University: University Emergency Hospital of Bucharest

1. Doctor in medicine, "Carol Davila "University, of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest (Romania)

2. Medical doctor graduation, "Carol Davila"University of Medicine and Pharmacy, General Medicine, Bucharest (Romania)

Designation: Medical doctor, Assistant Professor in Cardiology

Department: Cardiology

Email:  nataliapatrascu@gmail.com 

Research Interest: Standard echocardiography, Special echocardiography (transeoesophageal, pharmacological stress, new techniques), Vascular Doppler echography, Courses and practice training with students and fellows

BIOGRAPHY: 

Dr. Natalia Patrascu - Cardiology and Internal Medicine Specialist Professional training: - graduate of the "Carol Davila" Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, 1999 promotion

Preferential fields of activity and expertise:

Imaging in cardiology

Specific cardiovascular pathology of pregnant and lazy woman

High blood pressure

PROFESSIONAL POSITION:

Specialist cardiology and internal medicine;

Assistant professor of cardiology and internal medicine within the UMF "Carol Davila" since 2006 (formerly: university trainer in the same clinic since 2003)

Doctor in medical sciences (from 2013) with a doctoral thesis on research in the field of hypertension and heart failure in early stages

COMPETENCIES:

General echocardiography

Special echocardiography (transesophageal, pharmacological stress, new techniques)

Doppler vascular ultrasound

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

16 years of activity in a service of Internal Medicine and Cardiology of which over 7 years in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit and ward in an emergency hospital

13 years of teaching experience (practical training for students in Cardiology and Pneumology, courses for students and resident doctors)

Investigator experience in randomized, multicenter clinical trials (over 10 clinical trials to date)

Experience in specific imaging from cardiology (over 1500 transthoracic echocardiography, over 400 transesophageal echocardiography, over 200 vascular ultrasound, over 50 pharmacological stress ultrasounds)

Experience in long-term surveillance of patients with cardiovascular disease;

Research, supervision and targeted therapy activity specifically on the cardiovascular pathology of pregnant women.

COURSES:

1. Certificate for 3D Echo intensive course, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua (Italy) (11/201311/2013). 

2. Postuniversitary competence course in vascular echography, "Carol Davila"University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest (Romania), Competence in vascular echography for peripheral arteries, cervical arteries and veins system (01/10/201427/01/2015).

3. Postuniversitary competence in special echocardiography, "Carol Davila"University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest (Romania) (01/06/201401/10/2015).

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrascunatalia/