ION COSIMIN PUIA

Professor of Surgery at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Iuliu Hațieganu” Cluj-Napoca.

Started laparoscopic surgery in 1992, after training in Gottingen.

Member of the first Romanian Training Center in Laparoscopic Surgery, founded in Cluj by professor Sergiu Duca

Several national priorities in laparoscopic procedures

Vice-president of the Romanian Society of Surgery 2020-present

Former President of the Romanian Association of Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplant 2017-2018

Former Vice-president of ARCE – Romanian Endoscopic Surgery Association 2016-2017