Professional Experience

2009 - present, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2007 - 2009, Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Medicine-Pain and Palliative Care, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

2006 - 2007, Chief Clinical Fellow, Department of Neurology-Pain and Palliative Care, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

2004 - 2006, Resident, Department of Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital- Weill Cornell Medical College, Brooklyn, NY

2003 - 2004, Intern, Department of Medicine, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

2002, Intern, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care; Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania


Education and Training

2001, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, M.D.

1994, National College Mihai Viteazul, Bucharest, Romania, B.S., Mathematics and Physics


Licenses and Certifications

2008, Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine- Hospice and Palliative Medicine

2008, Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Pain Medicine

2008, New York State License

2008, Colorado State License

2007, 2008, Communication Skills Training Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2006, Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine


This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 09/09.

Honors and Awards

2008, Scholarship, "An Intensive Review of the Specialty of Pain Medicine: A Pain Board Oriented Review Course," Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, Chicago, IL

2007, Scholarship, 7th International Conference on Pain and Chemical Dependency, Emerging solutions in pain, New York, NY

2007, Scholarship, 26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Washington, DC

1995 - 2001, National Merit Scholar, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania


Professional Memberships

2008, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

2008, International Association for the Study of Pain

2006, American Pain Society

2006, Medical Society of the State of New York

2003, American College of Physicians