GEORGE STERCU 

Dr. Stercu George is a 30 years old Carol Davila Medical School graduate, psychiatry medical specialist from Bucharest, Romania and is currently working at Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia Hospital. He is the former president of AMRPR (Romanian National Psychiatry Trainee Association) and the current Past-President of EFPT (European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees). Prior to his election as President, he was a member of the controlling committee in EFPT for two years. In 2018 he graduated the SNSPMPPDSB (National Public Health Management School) Hospital management program.

Dr. Stercu George was the chair of the 2017 AMRPR National Congress and of the 2020 EFPT Bucharest/Virtual Forum and has organized various virtual Journal Clubs and workshops.In 2019 he was part of the International Advisory Board for the WASP (World Association of Social Psychiatry) where he helped organize the Young Health Professional Track events alongside Prof. Eliot Sorel. In the same year he was a member of the Early Career Psychiatry Committee of the WPA (World Psychiatry Association) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Between 2018-2020 he was a representative to the UEMS (Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes) – Psychiatry Section and took part in various projects regarding the future of psychiatric training in Europe, such as the Test your own training program.He was part of the Jury for the 2020 Porto Research Award, an yearly European award that aims to encourage European psychiatric trainees to conduct research.Beginning last year, Dr. Stercu George is one of the founders and Co-Chairs of CINP (International College of Neuropsychopharmacology) Young Member Engagement Task Force, a group chaired by CINP Vice-President and ECNP Past President, Prof. Joseph Zohar.

In the current year, Dr. Stercu George won the EPA (European Psychiatric Association) ECP scholarship for 2020 and was an invited speaker in the Opening Ceremony of the EPA Forum – an event chaired by EPA President, Prof. Philip Gorwood.