{"id":53,"date":"2013-05-16T09:19:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T09:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2025-05-04T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:32:40","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"Dragos Serban\u2019s \u2013 Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dragosserban.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:250px;height:auto\" title=\"dragosserban\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dragosserban.jpg 638w, https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dragosserban-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dragosserban-305x300.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Senior Surgeon at University Emergency Hospital Bucharest ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor General Surgery at \u201cCarol Davila\u201d \u2019s University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest since 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Professional Experience<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11\/2021 \u2013 present \u2013 Chief of 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Surgery Discipline University Emergency Hospital, Department of General Surgery of \u201cCarol Davila\u201d \u2019s University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02\/2021 \u2013 09\/2021; 06\/2020 \u2013 09\/2020; 06\/2024 \u00a0\u2013 present \u00a0\u2013 Chief of 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Surgery Department University Emergency Hospital Bucharest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>09\/2013-10\/2014 \u2013 National Health Minister in the Opposition\u2019s Cabinet \u2013 as an independent (politically unaffiliated)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009 \u2013 National Institute Manager (appointed by Ministry of Health\u2019s decision) and Director of the Medical Direction of Bucharest Hospitals and Medical Services Administration (including 21 of the Bucharest\u2019s Hospitals)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 \u2013 Associate Professor General Surgery at \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007 \u2013 Senior Lecturer at \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005 \u2013 Senior Specialist in abdominal surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2002 \u2013 Co-chairman at Eurosurgery (European Surgery Congress), Lisbon, Portugal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2001 \u2013 Specialist in general surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999 \u2013 Assistant University Professor at \u201cCarol Davila\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Education<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>06\/2021 \u2013 Doctoral Habilitatus Degree in Medicine after exam, part of \u201cCarol Davila\u201d \u2019s University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest Doctoral School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006 \u2013 Hospital Management competence after exam organized by the Ministry of Health and National Public Health School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005 \u2013 National Defense College graduate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005 \u2013 Ministry of Health\u2019s Competence in laparoscopic surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2004 \u2013 Ministry of Health\u2019s Competence in medical services management (after the one year Master in Management of medical services)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2004 \u2013 Ph. D. in general surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2001 \u2013 Master in Management of Health Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2001 \u2013 Executive MBA \u2013 \u201cAsebuss\u201d Bucharest &amp; \u201cGeorge Washington\u201d University \u2013 Seattle (2 years eMBA in Bucharest with romanian and american professors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999 \u2013 Master of Business Management&nbsp;course organized by IROFAI Bucharest \u2013 Institute for Enterprise Administration &amp; Ecole Sup\u00e9rieure Universitaire de Gestion ESUG&nbsp;Toulouse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1995 \u2013 Medical Doctor Graduate \u2013 University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cCarol Davila\u201d Bucharest \u2013 Faculty of Medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1989 \u2013 Chief of promotion of \u201cZinca Golescu\u201d High-school, Pitesti, Romania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Additional Information<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Born: 17 November 1970 at Bucharest, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Residence: Bucharest, Romania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact information: dr.dragos.serban@gmail.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Publications:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2000-2012 \u2013 Author and co-author of several (14) books and chapters about surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 \u2013 Author of \u201cFasten your seatbelt! 189 places of my traveling soul\u201d \u2013 travel book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 \u2013 Author of \u201cPrepare for Take-off! Other 189 places of my traveling soul\u201d \u2013 travel book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Surgeon at University Emergency Hospital Bucharest , Professor General Surgery at \u201cCarol Davila\u201d \u2019s University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest since 2022 Professional Experience Education Additional Information Publications:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragosserban.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}