CURRICULUM VITAE Conf. Dr. Mircea FILIP

Associate Professor, MD, PhD, FEBO
President of Romanian Society of Ophthalmology

Education:

• 1966-1972: Military University of Medicine, Bucharest
• 1972-1978: Physician at Military University of Medicine, Bucharest
• 1978-1981: Medical Resident in Ophthalmology
• 1981-2005: Ophthalmologist at Ophthalmology Department, Central Military Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest
• 1981-1887: Assistant Profesor
• 1990: MD in Ophthalmology
• 1994-2000: Lecturer
• 2000-2005: Associate Professor at “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
• 1991-present: Medical Director at Amaoptimex Eye Clinic, Bucharest
• 1996: PhD in Ophthalmology

Professional and scientific activity

• Over 200 national and international published papers and presentations (Piatra-Neamt, Sibiu, Hunedoara, Craiova, Constanta; Odessa, Magdeburg, Paris, Athens, Istanbul, Kesthely,Paris,Athens,Budva,Budapest,Chisinau,Siofok); published papers at SPIE in LASER field
• Grants and specializations: Budapest, Sofia, Prague, Moscow, Munich, Athens, Tel-Aviv, St. Polten, Frankfurt, Dallas, Rhodes,Recklinghausen,Cologne
• Author of “Ophthalmology – residency course”
• Coauthor of “Ophthalmology News” – 7 editions part of The Ophthalmology Thesis under the editorial board of Prof. Mircea Olteanu
• Coauthor of Ophthalmology Thesis series – Prof. Marieta Dumitrache
• Member of Romanian Society of Ophthalmology; vice-president, founding member starting from the year 2000; secretary of Romanian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, member of European Society of Cataracts and Refractive Surgeons and of Black Sea Society of Ophthalmology
• Secretary of Romanian Journal of Ophthalmology (1990-1996), Deputy Chief Editor (1996-2000), Chief Editor (2004-2012)
• Secretary of Romanian Society of Ophthalmology, Bucharest Subsidiary (1997-2004), then President during 2004-2012 period
• Co-organizer of Military Ophthalmology Conferences and Romanian Ophthalmology Society Conferences
• Co-organizer of Phacoemulsification Wetlab (Bucharest, 2008) in collaboration with Romanian Society of Cataracts and Refractive Surgeons, East-European Society of Cataracts and Refractive Surgeons and MTS-The Wetlab Company, Austria
• Member of European Board of Ophthalmology (F.E.B.O) since 2008
• Instructor of more than 150 residents in ophthalmology
• Phacoemulsification Instructor at courses and specializations held in Bucharest, Craiova, Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Brasov, Sibiu
• President of Romanian Society of Ophthalmology since 2012
• Honorary Member of Hungarian Society of Ophthalmology since 2014

National Conferences

• Ophthalmology Assembly discussing “Diagnosis and Treatment Difficulties in Ocular Pathology” – Timisoara, 16-17 April 1999
• The First National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 6-9 October 1999
• The XXXVIth Annual Reunion of Ophthalmology, Iasi, 26-27 May 2000
• The Xth Military Conference of Ophthalmology, Brasov, 27-29 September 2000
• The XXXVII Annual Reunion of Ophthalmology, Iasi, 18-19 May 2001
• The IInd National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 10-13 October 2001
• The XIIth Military Conference of Ophthalmology, Cluj-Napoca, 26-28 September 2002
• The IIIrd National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 1-4 October 2003
• The XIVth Military Conference of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 29 September – 2 October 2004
• The IVth National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 5-8 October 2005
• The Vth National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 4-7 October 2006
• The VIth National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 3-6 October 2007
• The VIIth National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 1-4 October 2008
• The VIIIth National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 30 September – 3 October 2009
• The IXth National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, October 2010
• The Xth National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, October 2011
• The XIth National Congress of Ophthalmology together with The Xth Black Sea Ophthalmology Society Congress, Sinaia, 9-13 October 2012
• Speaker at “Red Eye – Differential Diagnosis and Treatment” Assembly organized by Alcon Romania, April 4th, 2009
• “Excellence in Glaucoma Management saves years of eyesight”, Bucharest, January 26th, 2013
• Romanian Conference of Cornea, Bucharest, 26-27 September 2014
• The XIIIth Congress of Romanian Society of Ophthalmology together with The XIth Congress of South-East European Society of Ophthalmology, October 2014
• Presentation and Wetlab in Ophthalmology during the SOMS Conference of Medical Students, 2015
• Organizer of National Congress of Ophthalmology as President of Romanian Society of Ophthalmology from 2012 to 2016
• Presentation and Wetlab in Ophthalmology during the SOMS Conference of Medical Students, April 2017
• Regional Conference of Ophthalmology, Timisoara, April 2017
• “Slowing in Myopic Progression”Conference, Bucharest, May 2017
• Congress of Romanian Society of Cataracts and Refractive Surgeons, Eforie Nord, June 2017
• Retina Congress, Eforie Nord, June 2017
• Coauthor of 6 Ophthalmology Thesis under the editorial board of Prof. Marieta Dumitrache
• Annual Experience Exchange, Laseroptisan Eye Clinic, Cluj-Napoca – 2014-2016
• Experience Exchange in Holistic Medicine, Transilvania Healing Center, Cluj-Napoca 2017

International conferences

• SIHOL Conference, Keszthely, Hungary, March 13th – April 1st, 2000
• Annual Meeting 2000 American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dallas, USA, 22-25 October 2000
• Xth Congress of the Hungarian Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (SIHOL), Keszthely, Hungary, 29-31 March 2001
• The XXI Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Munich, Germany, September 2003
• The XXII Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Paris, France, September 2004
• The XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, London, England, 9-13 September 2006
• The XXV Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Stockholm, Sweden, 8-12 September 2007
• The XXVI Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Berlin, Germany, 13-17 September 2008
• The 3rd International Meeting on Innovative Glaucoma Surgery, 24-25 October 2008, Recklinghausen, Germany
• Training course in Glaucoma Surgery – Augenlaserzentrum, Reckinghausen, Germany under the supervision of Dr. Gabor Scharioth, October 2008
• SHIOL Conference, Keszthely, Hungary, 18-21 March 2009
• SOE 2009 – The 17th Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13-16 June 2009
• The XXVII Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Barcelona, Spain, 12-16 September 2009
• WOC – World Ophthalmology Congress, Berlin, Germany, 5-9 June 2010
• The 15th ESCRS Winter Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 18-20 February 2011
• SIHOL Conference, Keszthely, Hungary, 17-20 March 2011
• The XXIX Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Vienna, Austria, 17-20 September 2011
• Refresher Course in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eyelid under the supervision of Dr. Ortrun Gundisch at Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic – Munich, Germany, 8-11 November 2011
• SIHOL Conference, Keszthely, Hungary, 17-20 March 2011
• DOC – The International Congress of German Ophthalmology Surgeons, Nuremberg 14-16 June 2012
• CUSTOMIZED ABLATIONS IN REPAIR PROCEDURES (moderator B. Jendritza, Mannheim)
  • Basics of aberrometry and limitations of aberrometres – B. Jendritza, Mannheim
  • Wavefront-guided ablations – M.C. Knorz, Mannheim
  • Laser epithelium removal and custom PRK – T. Kohen, Frankfurt
  • Collagen cross linking and customized ablations, Th. Seiler, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Customized treatments: advantages and limitations – M.C. Knorz, Mannheim
• PRESBYOPIA CORRECTION (moderators: G. Auffarth, Heidelberg, A. Liekfeld, Postdam)
  • Monovision: LASIK, RLE, phakic IOLs – B. Jendritza, Mannheim
  • Corneal ablation – what can be achieved, what are the side-effects? – G. Auffarth, Heidelberg
  • The KAMRA@inlay – “enhanced monovision” – B. Jendritza, Mannheim
  • Accomodating IOLs – current designs, what can be achieved, what are the side-effects? – A. Liekfeld, Potsdam
  • Intralenticular laser surgery – when will it be ready? – G. Gerten, Koln
• Course and wetlab (training course): OZURDEX release (intravitreal dexamethasone implant) – Allergan, Bucharest, November 19th, 2011
• International Conference regarding “Ionophoresis: The definitive CXL” – Rome, Italy, 8-9 February 2013
• Exchange of experience in refractive and cataract surgery at “Augencetrum Koln”, Koln, Germany 18-19 February 2013
• The Congress of Hungarian Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Budapest, 21-23 March 2013
• The Conference of the European Society of Ophthalmology, Copenhagen, 8-11 June 2013
• The Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 14-16 February 2014
• The Congress of the Hungarian Society of Ophthalmology 2014
• The Congress of Implantology United – Ireland , Dublin, Ireland 2014
• The Congress of the Hungarian Society of Ophthalmology – Pecs 2015
• The Congress of the Hungarian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons – Siofok 2016, 2017
• SEEOS Congress, Budva, Montenegro 2015
• The National Congress of ophthalmology, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 2015
• The European Refractive Laser Symposium, Florence, Italy, May 2016
• SEEOS Congress, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 2016
• AAO Congress – Chicago, USA, October 2016
• Exchange of experience with USIOL, Lexington, USA, October 2016
• European Refractive Laser Symposium 2017 “Taking vision further”, Paris, France, May 2017

Multiple appearences in tv shows and health education programs

• Antena 2 – the TV Show “Traieste sanatos” with Simona Balanescu
• B1 TV – the TV Show “Ne priveste” with Alina Stancu
• TVR1 – the TV Show “Surprize, surprise” with Andreea Marin
• National TV
• N24 Plus – the TV Show “Doctorul tau” with Adriana Zaharia
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mircea Filip is the ophthalmology surgeon of the PRO TV Show “Frumusete pe muchie de cutit”
• Digi24 – morning shows with medical topics