Prof. Dr. Gelu Onose
Professor (since 2008) at the (State) University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”
(UMPCD), in Bucharest – member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Medicine of the UMPCD
PROF. GELU ONOSE – brief CURRICULUM VITAE and BIO – February, 2023
Dr. Gelu Onose – 66 years (born: the 20th of December, 1956); graduated, in 1982, from the Faculty of General Medicine, within the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, in Bucharest, Romania
Professor (since 2008) at the (State) University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” (UMPCD), in Bucharest – member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Medicine of the UMPCD
Doctoral/ Post-Graduate Tutor (since 2008) – at the UMPCD, in Bucharest
MD; – PhD; – MSc
Senior Physician of: Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) – since 1994 – and Gerontology & Geriatrics (G-G) – since 2000. Competences in: General Ultrasonograpy (since 1996) and Management of sanitary services (since 2000)
Chief of the of the UMPCD PRM Discipline and of the P(neural-muscular) RM Clinic Division (since 2005) – the National Reference Center for NeuroRehabilitation – and of its RDI Nucleus, at the Teaching Emergency Hospital“Bagdasar-Arseni” (TEHBA), in Bucharest
President Co-Founder of the Romanian Society for Neurorehabilitation (RoSNeRa) – affiliated to the World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR) – member of the Council – respectively, of the Romanian Society for Spinal Cord Pathology, Therapy and Rehabilitation (RoSCoS) – affiliated to the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) and to European Spinal Cord Injury Federation (ESCIF) – (since 2008/ 2009).
Vice–President of the Romanian Medical Association (AMR – since 2018)
Chairman of the Spinal Cord Injuries Research Panel – within the Management Commit–tee of the World Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology (AMN – since 2016)
Co–Founder and Honorary Ad Vitam President of the Romanian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine & Balneoclimatology (RSPRMB) – since 2019
Honorary Editor–in–Chief (since 2019) of the Balneo and PRM Research Journal (ESCI Clarivate indexed, with related IF: 0,61, in 2021)
Honorary member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, of Romania (since 2022)
Selected and invited – as among ”Highly-specialized scholars” – by Thomson Reuters to participate in the invitation–only ”Academic Reputation Survey”, within its related partnership with Times Higher Education‘s influential World University Rankings: 2010, 2011, 2012
Invitated Peer–Reviewer by the “Journal of Molecular Histology” (March 2010), respectively by the ”Spinal Cord” journal (March, 2012), the Forntiers in Neuroscience (2017), the ”British Medical Journal” (BMJ Open – July, 2021), in several MDPI (in 2021 and 2022), and in Frontiers in Neurology (in 2022) journals – all ISI Thomson Reuters rated journals), Maedica – a Journal of Clinical Medicine – accredited CNCSIS B+ (in 2022)
Contributing member/ (2011-2012) to the achievement of the imposing educational project: ”E-Learning for Spinal Cord Injury Health Professionals” (”a web based –”elearnSCI.org” – educational resource on Comprehensive Management of Spinal Cord Injuries”), of the International Spinal Cord society (ISCoS) – including/ specifically, în 4 modules/ submodules of it: Clinical Assessment of Patients with SCI; Assistive Technology Module and Mobility & Seating sub-module; Management of neurogenic bladder; Physiotherapy Module and Physical Therapy Perspectives on Rehabilitation sub-module
Gest Editor within its Special Issues: Second Edition, Vol. 4, 2011 and Vol. V, Third Edition, 2012
Founder Member of the Honorary Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurorestoratology (in 2013)
Senior Expert (since 2012) and also Rapporteur (since 2013) on Chronic Conditions Management and respectively, for Healthy and Active Ageing (since 2016) – of the Comité Permanent des Médecins Européens/ Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
Invited lecturer to almost all – since the first – European Teaching Courses on Neuro-
Rehabilitation, with training conference presentations (in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018) and respectively, with contributions to the organization of its edition, in 2012
Invited Professor to deliver two extended lectures to the Symposium: ”BEYOND TBI (Optimizing Management in TBIs)”, held in August, 2013, in Mumbai, India, within an International Educational Program of McCann–Erickson Healthcare Complete Medical
8 published medical books – one of them : “The Spondyloarthropathies” received, in 2002, the “Iuliu Hatieganu” Award of The Romanian Academy), and another one: ”Compendiu de NeuroReabilitare, la adulți, copii și vîrstnici” – awarded with ”Diploma Salonului de Carte Universitară”, 2009 (granted by the UMPCD, Publishing House and respectively, its Central Library)
8 (of which 2 equivalent micro-monographic works – one of them seriatedly published in the ”Muncitorul sanitar” journal, în 1989) chapters within medical books
About 300 scientific works, papers – communicated within national and international scientific meetings and/or articles published in peer-reviewed or non peer-reviewed medical journals – and professional interviews, in mass-media
3 Patents/ Invention Certificates and 2 Utility Models, appointed by the State Office for Inventions and Marks (SOIM/ OSIM), between 1999 and 2014
Main awards: the “Iuliu Hatieganu” Award of The Romanian Academy (2002); the ”Diploma Salonului de Carte Universitară”, 2009 (granted by the UMPCD, Publishing House and respectively, its Central Library); the Award of the (Romanian) National Authority for Scientific Research for the RDI project acronymed ”ACTUAT” (2006); the Gold Medal at the International Saloon of Inventions, Geneve/ Switzerland for the RDI project acronymed ”MOD” (2008); the ”Excellency in the Health Domain Award ” – granted by the Romanian Ministry of Health (2015)
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