Catalina POIANA (Endocrinology), President of the Bucharest College of Physicians, Romania
Bogdan O. POPESCU (Neurology) Vice-President of the Bucharest College of Physicians, Romania
Horia BUMBEA (Internal Medicine/Hematology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Ion FULGA (Experimental Medicine/ Pharmacology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Lucian NEGREANU (Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Traian PATRASCU (Surgery), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Mircea BEURAN (Surgery), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Ovidiu Gabriel BRATU (Urology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Emanoil CEAUSU (Infectious Diseases), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Catalin CIRSTOIU (Orthopedics), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Hiroyuki DAIDA (Cardiology), Juntendo University, Japan
Cristiana DAVID (Nephrology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Mircea DICULESCU (Gastroenterology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Dragan M. DJURIC (Physiology), University of Belgrade, Serbia
Dan Mircea ENESCU (Surgery), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania Leonida GHERASIM (Cardiology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Stefan HELL (Physics), Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
Viorel JINGA (Urology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Juan Carlos KASKI (Cardiology), “St. George’s” University of London, UK
Bradley P. KNIGHT (Cardiology), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, USA
Ioan LASCAR (Surgery), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Petre MANU (Internal Medicine), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Laurentiu MOGOANTA (Histology), University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Romania
Ryuichi MORISHITA (Cardiology), Osaka University, Japan
Cornelia NITIPIR (Oncology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Constantin POPA, (Neurology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Irinel POPESCU (Surgery), Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Romania
Ioanel SINESCU, (Urology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Bogdan SOCEA (Surgery), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Adrian STREINU-CERCEL (Infectious Diseases), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Mark SLEVIN (Pathology), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Constantin IONESCU TIRGOVISTE (Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Dragos VINEREANU (Cardiology), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Victor VOICU (Pharmacology), Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Romania
Viorel ZAINEA (E.N.T.), „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Victor VELTER (Scientometrics), UEFISCDI, Romania
Cristina Raluca ILIESCU (Biophysics), Bucharest College of Physicians, Romania
ISSN-online 2360-2473
ISSN-L 1223-0472
ISSN-print 1223-0472
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