Speaker
Monica Acalovschi
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy , Romania
Biography :
Em. professor gastroenterology / internal medicine at University Medicine & Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. PhD thesis Cluj-Napoca 1997. Research topics: gallstones, liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma. Main contributions: identification of the first genetic polymorphism conferring gallstone risk (Hepatology 2007); member EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Gallstones (J Hepatol 2016). 2021: „Lifetime Recognition Award” for excellent long-term services to sciences from European Society of Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA). I am Founder of Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences and Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy.
