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Current Position:

• Consultant General & GI Surgeon, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgeon
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• Head of the General Surgery Department
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• Director of the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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• Executive Director of the Bucharest Surgical Training Institute
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• Associated Professor of the “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania, and "Carol Davilla" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

Main professional responsibilities and activities:

• GI & Metabolic Surgery: over 1000 procedures per year - mostly laparoscopic and robotic-assisted. Pioneering and developing metabolic surgery, laparoscopic colorectal surgery, laparoscopic hernia, GERD, SILS and NOTES in Romania, it was offered the opportunity to gain extensive experience for laparoscopic colorectal surgery, bariatric & metabolic surgery, laparoscopic hernia & incisional repair, laparoscopic treatment of GERD, endoscopic revision surgery.
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• Training activities in MIS: 25 years of experience, Executive Director of the Surgical Training Institute (RAES, EAES and ASM Endorsed educational activities), Course director of 12-15 MIS hands-on courses per year since 2011, Director of Clinical immersions and Workshops for international surgical teams since 2010.

Degrees and academic background:

• MD Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Senior Consultant in General Surgery
• Consultant in Emergency Medicine
• PhD University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
• Assistant Professor “Titu Maiorescu” University, Faculty of Medicine 2012-2014
• Surgeon of Excellence in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, SRC accreditation
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• Surgeon of Excellence in Minimal Invasive Surgery, SRC accreditation (Surgical
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• Surgeon of Excellence in Breast Surgery, SRC accreditation (Surgical Review
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• Laparoscopic level I and II accreditation
• Oncologic Surgery accreditation
• General Ultrasound accreditation
• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Digestive Endoscopy accreditation

Dr. Bogdan Smeu is a member of the Romanian Society of Surgery and co-founder of the Romanian Society of Metabolic Surgery, and a member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery with active involvement in the academic field.

With surgical experience of more than 20 years, he is recognized as laparoscopic surgery expert and a fellow of the European Board of Surgery-FEBS/MIS, he was accredited by Surgical Review Corporation as a Surgeon of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, and he also received accreditation for Robotic Surgery as Console Surgeon. 

He trains other surgeons in the field of bariatric surgery, and colorectal surgery and is on the faculty of numerous courses organized in the Surgical Training Institute. 

Certifications:

• Doctor in Medicine –Thesis Title: Method of prevention of gastric migration after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy - 2022
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• Certification for Oncological Surgery - Ministry of Health of Romania – 2021
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• Surgeon of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery - Accreditation by Surgical Review Corporation – United States of America - 2021
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• Master Surgeon in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery - Accreditation by Surgical Review Corporation – United States of America -2020
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• Fellow of the European Board of Surgery – Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery – U.E.M.S. and E.A.E.S. Award after examination -2019
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• Surgeon of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery – Accreditation by Surgical Review Corporation – United States of America - 2019
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• FUSETM Certification, Society of American and Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons – 2019
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• Certification for Laparoscopic Surgery – Advanced Techniques 2nd Level – Ministry of Health of Romania - 2017
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