GENERAL DATA

First name: TEODORA CAMELIA
Last name: COMAN (Anterior last name: POPESCU)
Date of birth: October 24, 1964
Place of birth: ALBA-IULIA, Jud. Alba, Romania
Catholic religion
Driver license NO
QI: 140 at the Raven test, confirmed by the psychological examination n° 37 / 17.01.2001
Civil state:

• divorced since 1998
• one child: Coman Eugen Paul, date of birth: 01.06.1992

Parents:

• mother: Popescu Elena, birth date 24.01.1939
• father: Popescu Napoleon Mihai Titu, birth date 02.04.1933

Profession: certified neurosurgeon, confirmed by the Order of the Minister of Health N°.2707 / 1996, based on the examination promoted in the session November, 11, 1996

KNOWN LANGUAGES

Italian - perfect
English - medical English perfect, due to all my studies performed in this language
Spanish good understand, autodidact individual studies
French studied by the second elementary school
Romanian perfect

STUDIES

1979-1983 Lyceum” Al.I.Cuza”, Alexandria - Diploma series B N°. 56687, released with the N° 174, August 25, 1983
1982 Certificate of Honor to the Olympiad of Chemistry - the national phase – Baia-Mare, Romania
1979, 1982, 1983 Participation to the Olympiads of Chemistry - national phases
1983 Exam for admission to the University of General Medicine Targu-Mures, Romania
1983-1989 Period of the Universitary studies to the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy,Tirgu-Mures, Romania, the profile “General Medicine”
1984 Participation to the Olympiad of General Surgery
1989 Examination for the Diploma Graduation, defeated with the punctuate 10 for the thesis in otorinolaryngology “Polyps of the Nose.” In bases to the decision of the Commission of examination, session September 1989, I obtained the Diploma of Doctor-Physician, specialty General Medicine. (Diploma series G n°.1883, released with number 173, December 6 th 1989)
1989-1991 Post-University Training (two years of sanitary practice) to the District Hospital Alexandria and the Hospital of Infectious Illnesses Alexandria, in which, the following stages were performed:

6 months infectious illnesses
3 months neurology
6 months general surgery
9 months general medicine

1991 Exam for admission to the School of Specialization in Neurosurgery confirmed in bases of the Order of the Health Minister N°.1728 /30.12.1991 and in bases of the session October 26-27th 1991.
1992-1996 Resident physician in neurosurgery - Clinic Hospital”Bagdasar-Arseni” Bucharest, Romania. During this period of time, the followings stages were performed:

1992-1993 SNC IV - pathology of the spinal discs
1993-1994 SNC III - cerebral and spinal pathology
1994-1995 SNC IV -spinal pathology
1995-1996.SNC -pediatric pathology
1996-1997 SNC IV -mixed pathology

1994 (25.04.1994) Exam for work-place in the Hospital “Prof. Dr.D.Bagdasar” Bucharest (Disposition N°.91 / 20.05.1994, Sanitary Direction Bucharest).
1996(session 11.11.1996) Final examination of Certification in Neurosurgery.
1997 Confirmed as Certified Neurosurgeon in bases of the Order of the Health Minister N°. 2707 / 1996.
1998 Certificate for the Free Medical Practice N°.3407, registered with number 10863, in July 10, 1998, released of the Order of the Physicians, in bases of the law 74/1995 and the Order of the Health Minister n°.84/1998.
1995 Admission to the Master Degree for the petroclival tumours study (scientific supervisor - Prof. Constantinovici Alexandru).
1995-2001 In this period, three exams were sustained and qualified with the punctuate 10, all of these enclosed in the doctorate training (Neuroanatomy, Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery), and two scientific works representing together, the entire theoretical part of the thesis.
1997-2001As Certified Neurosurgeon, I participated to 800 neurosurgical operations, in 98 by all in first operator position.
2001-2003 Scientific secretary activities, coordinating an informational database of patients, I improved the computer skills, knowledge of various software programs and Microsoft operative systems.

SCIENTIFIC PARTICIPATIONS, COURSES

1993 Course of AIDS Protection, organized in Romania by”Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center”, University Illinois-Chicago.
1993 Course of Microsurgery, organized by the Rumanian Society of Neurosurgery
1994 National Congress of Neurosurgery - Galati, Romania
1995 European Course of Neurosurgery, organized by the EANS Society (Prof. Gunther Lanner to Ossiach -Klagenfurt city, Austria
1995 National Congress of Neurosurgery-Bucharest, Romania
1998 National Congress of Neurosurgery Baia-Mare, Romania
1998 The 3rd French Course of Neurosurgery, organized in Romania by Prof. Houteville
1999 1st Romanian Course of Spinal Surgery with international participation (theoretical part frequented).
1999 (May 1 – May 31), stage long one month to the University of Neurological Studies ”La Sapienza”, Prof.Giampaolo Cantore-Roma-Italy,
2000 National Congress of Neurosurgery,Bucharest, Romania
2000 French Course of Neurosurgery,organized in Romania
2000 (8 October - 8 December) stage long two months to the Department of Neurosurgery, ”Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” Hospital, directed by Prof. Giuseppe Gambardella, Reggio-Calabria, Italy - where I started an activity of research on the intracranial pressure, in collaboration with the CODMAN corporation.
2000 Programmatic Preliminary Meeting on the theme:” Medico-Legal Aspects of the Neurosurgical Activity”, Pizzo Calabro-Italy
2001 First Rumanian Course of Skull-Base Surgery (theoretical and practical part frequented).
2001 Stages long 10 months (April, 8, 2001- January, 12, 2002) to the Department of Neurosurgery of the ”Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” Hospital - Prof. Giuseppe Gambardella, Reggio-Calabria, Italy, in which I developed an activity of research on themes of notable importance from clinical and practical point of view:

• Intracranial Pressure, Computer Elaboration of dates
• Utility of the Translabyrinthine Approach in the Treatment of the Epidermoids of the Cerebellopontine Angle
• Utility of the S100 Protein Monitoring in the Early Diagnosis of the Progressive Brain Laceration
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, protocol of monitoring
• Malignant Tumours, Leukemias and Lymphoma
• General Treatment of the Pineal Gland Tumours
• Malignant Cerebral Gliomas-Therapeutically Concept
• Non Specific Spinal Epidural Abscesses
• Posterolateral Approach in the Treatment of the Vertebral Body Fractures of Thoracic-Lumbar Junction with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Paediatric Age.

2001 - 4-5 May Theoretical-Practical Course of Intracranial Biomechanics and Transcranial Doppler - Villa St. Giovanni-Italy, where was presented the scientific work:” Intracranial Pressure Continuous Monitoring and Microcirculation Assessment Using Laser Doppler Device “(Constantinovici A,Ciurea J, Coman T.)
2001 - September I was qualified the responsible of the sector of technical-scientific activity to The Scientific and Diagnostic Institute of General and Specialist Medicine “Delta” -Messina, Italy.
2001 -17 October Rumanian Conference of Neurosurgery: oral presentation: “Epidermoids of the Cerebellopontine Angle, the Utility of Varied Approaches” (G.Gambardella, A.V.Ciurea, T.Coman, C.Zaccone)
2001 -9 November Reggio Calabria, Reunion of the Study Group of Spinal Surgery–presentation on the theme: “Non Specific Spinal Epidural Abscesses” (Gambardella G, Campolo C, Coman T.C.)
2001 -23-24 November Palermo, Poster Session - “The Utility of the Neuronavigation in the Cerebral Gliomas Approaches” (F. de Blasi, F. Turiano, C. Zaccone, O. Gervasio, T. Coman, G.Gambardella)
2001 - 4-7 December National Congress of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery.Poster Session – 5.12.2001:

• Utility of the Translabyrinthine Approach in the Epidermoids of the Cerebellopontine Angle” (G.Gambardella, T.Coman, A.V.Ciurea, C.Zaccone, F.Tomasello)
• Software for the Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Single Wave Analysis (G.Gambardella, G: Caruso, *T. Coman, C. Morabito, M. Campolo)

2002 - 7-10 February Rome, Winter-meeting:

• “Posterolateral Approach in the Treatment of the Vertebral Body Fractures of the Thoracic-Lumbar Junction with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Paediatric Age” (Gambardella G, Ciurea A.V, Coman T.C, Zaccone C, Mannino M.) – poster presentation.
• “Retropharyngeal Approach in the Treatment of High Ventral Cervical Lesions” (Caruso G, Ciurea A.V, Coman T.C, Gambardella G.) - oral presentation

2002 - 2 – 6.October Cluj (Romania), Romanian Neurosurgical Conference, with international participation,.

• Our policy in the management of posterior fossa tumors in children.Ciurea AV, Voinescu D, Tascu A, Teodora Coman, Paripas S, Mircea D,Lisievici M
• Giant intracranial aneurysms. Personal experience on 17 cases Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman , Tascu A, Voinescu D, Mircea D, Talianu D, Chefneaux A
• Actualities in penetrating head injuries: Mircea D, Ciurea AV, Tascu A, Voinescu D, Teodora Coman, Mircea R.

2002, 3 - 4 October Bucuresti, The 4th National Conference of Stroke, with international participation.

• General management for intraoperative ischemia – prevention correlated with the total removal of intracranial tumors Ciurea AV, Mircea D, Teodora Coman, Mircea R, Talianu D
• Best management in intracranial aneurysms to prevent ischemic stroke.Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman, Mircea D, Tascu A, Voinescu D, Chefneux A, Paripas; S.

2002 November 1st – 2nd,Gifu (Japan) 7th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Congress for Brain Tumor Surgery,.

• Brain tumor's pathological spectrum (754 verified cases) in the WHO scale view Ciurea AV, MD, Teodora Coman, Ligia Tataranu, Nuteanu L, Lisievici M.

2002 6 – 8.November.Bucuresti,Conferinta de Neuropatologie,.

• Special aspects of posterior fossa in children. Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman, Mircea D, Lisievici M, Mircea R, Nuteanu L.
• Epidermoids of the cerebellopontine angle. Surgical dificulties correlated with anatomo-pathological features. Ciurea A.V., Coman Teodora., Radulescu R., Mircea D., Lisievici M.

2002 -26 – 30 November - Hong Kong (China) 4th ACNS, Posterior fossa tumors in children. Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman, Mircea D, Lisievici M, Ionescu V
2003. The IV-th Black Sea Congress, Chisinau, Republica Moldova, June 11-14, 2003

• Cerebral arteriovenous malformations – Results of surgical treatment in children. Ciurea AV, Coman Teodora, Mircea D., Tascu A., Voinescu D., Chefneux A.
• Giant intracranial aneurysms – Personal experience on 17 cases. Ciurea AV., Mircea D., Coman Teodora, Chefneux A., Mircea R.
• Our policy in the management of posterior fossa tumors in children. Ciurea AV., Coman Teodora, Mircea D., Lisievici M., Ionescu V.

2003 - The II-nd Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Heidelberg, Germania, Iunie 11- 14, 2003

• Results in the microsurgical approach of cerebral arteriovenous malformations in children. Mircea D., A.V. Ciurea, Teodora Coman

2003 – III-th BAPRAS Congress, Al XIV-lea Congress al Societatii Romane de Chirurgie Plastica, Reconstructiva si Estetica, Iasi, Mai 21-24, 2003

• Microsurgical approach in intracranial aneurysms – operatory problem. Ciurea A.V., Mircea D. Coman Teodora, Tascu A., Voinescu D., Chefneux A., Paripas S.
• Microsurgical approach of intracranial arteriovenous malformations in children. Ciurea A.V., Coman Teodora, Mircea D.

2003 - The 5th Congress of the Romanian Society of Neurosurgery - Bucharest, 28 mai – 1 iunie 2003.

• Our policy in craniopharyngiomas. Comparative study in children vs. adults. Ciurea AV, Tascu A., Voinescu D., Coman Teodora, Mircea D., Radulescu R.
• Solitude of the neurosurgeon facing the intraoperative hinders. Ciurea AV., Mircea D., Coman Teodora

2003 - The XII-th National Conference of Epilepsy with International partecipation, Bucharest, Romania, June 5 – 7, 2003.

• Cerebral cavernomas – epileptogenic factors. Ciurea AV., Coman Teodora, Mircea D., Tascu A., Voinescu D., Radulescu R.

2003 - Simpozionul International pentru Siguranta Copilului in Trafic, Bucuresti, Romania, iunie 16, 2003

2003 -Monte Carlo (Monaco) 31st Annual Meeting ISPN, 14 - 18 Septembrie 2003.

2004 - Jakarta (Indonesia) Asian CNS, 12-16 January 2004.

• Quality of life in olphactory groove meningiomas. Ciurea AV, Voinescu D, Teodora Coman, Mircea D, Virginia Rotarescu, Lisievici M.
• How I do it: microsurgical approach, difficulties and results, in intracranial AVM’s in children. Ciurea AV, Tascu A, Teodora Coman, Nuteanu L, Mircea D, Chefneux A.

2003 - Bucuresti, Scientific Session, Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedy, 16.01.2003.

• Our policy in the management of posterior fossa tumors in children. Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman, Radulescu R, Mircea D, Lisievici M, Ionescu V.

2003 - Bucuresti, Scientific Session, Academy of the Medical Sciences, 10 October 2003, “Jacques Monod” Center –Cantacuzino Institute.

• Cine, cum si cand trebuie sa intervina asupra creierului uman. Ciurea AV, Mircea D, Teodora Coman, Nuteanu L, Radulescu R.

2003 - Bucuresti, Cantacuzino Hospital Days.

• Microsurgical approach in lumbar disc herniation. Ciurea AV, Voinescu D, Mircea D, Teodora Coman.
• Complications in VP shunt. Ciurea AV, Tascu A, Teodora Coman, Radulescu R.
  

• Perfect surgery in treating vascular and tumoral neurosurgical lesions. Ciurea AV.

PUBLICATIONS

2002 Genic and Immune Therapy in Cerebral Gliomas, a New Concept - Review of the Literature. Ciurea AV,Teodora Coman. Romanian Neurosurgery, vol. X, nr. 1, 2002, pp:2-11
2002 – Neuronavigatia – metoda adjuvanta miniinvaziva in interventiile neurochirurgicale de precizie. Ciurea AV, Gambardella G, Coman T, Turiano F. Infomedica Nr 11 (105), noiembrie 2002
2002 - Ce este neuronavigatia?”. Autori: Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman -Viata Medicala,nr. 5 (631) anul XIV, 1 feb, 2002.
2002, Radiochirurgia – intre eficienta si limite” Autori: Ciurea AV, Coman Teodora -Viata Medicala nr. 21,2002
2002, Smile în România. Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman. Viata Medicalã, nr. 39, p. 1, 27 Septembrie 2002
2002 Posterolateral approach in the treatment of unstable vertebral body fractures of the thoracic-lumbar junction with incomplete spinal cord injury in paediatric age *Giuseppe Gambardella, M.D., **Teodora Camelia Coman, M.D., *Claudio Zaccone, M.D. ,*Marco Mannino, M.D., **Alexandru Vlad Ciurea, M.D.*Department of Neurosurgery, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy; **Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Hospital Bagdasar-Arseni, Bucharest, Romania. Child's Nervous System Nr.19 Ian 2003
2002 Editorial comment:

• Acquired sagittal suture separation in a infant skull from the 6th to the 8th centuries AD - a sign of raised intracranial pressure”, J. Weber and A. Czarnetzki, Editorial comments Ciurea AV., Coman Teodora, Aprilie 2002
• Long-term outcome of intracranial germinoma with hCG elevation in cerebrospinal fluid but not in serum, Satoshi Utsuki, Hidehiro Oka, Satoshi Tanaka, Yoshinori Tardzaki, and Kiyotaka Fujii, Editorial comment Ciurea AV., Coman Teodora, 2002
• Endolymphatic Sac Tumor: Unique Features of Two Cases and Review of the Literature, Mauro A. T. Ferreira, Joseph M. Zabramski, Robert F. Spetzler, Stephen W. Coons, Mark C. Preul, Editorial comment, Ciurea AV., Coman Teodora, 2002

2003 Craniopharyngiomas - a neurosurgical challenge. Ciurea AV, Mircea D, Coman T., Tascu A, Voinescu D, Rotarescu V, Mircea R. - Romanian Neurosurgery vol XI, nr. 1, 2003, pp:2-13

2003 Case report and review of the literature: Solitary hydatid cyst of the cervical spine. Ciurea AV, Teodora Coman, Nuteanu L, Paripas S. - Romanian Neurosurgery vol XI, nr.1, 2003, pp:25-28

2003 Our policy in craniopharyngiomas – comparative studies in children and adults – a personal craniopharyngiomas grading scale. Ciurea AV, Mircea D, Teodora Coman, Vionescu D, Tascu A, Lisievici M. In : Brain Tumor Surgery ; Management Strategies and Navigator / Neuroendoscope Osaka, Medica Co. Noboru Sakai (ed), Vol. 1:145-157, 2003.

INFORMATICS:

GOOD KNOWLEDGE: Computers software programs & operating systems: Windows 98, Me, 2000 Professional, 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP (installation, configuration, utilization), Office 2000, Office XP (word, Excel, Power Point, Front Page, Microsoft Publisher), Macromedia Dreamwever MX 6.0, Fireworks MX, Free Hand 10, Adobe Acrobat reader, Distiller, Photoshop 6.0, Adobe GoLive, Paint Shop Pro, Photoimpact, Flash 5, Swish, AUTOCAD 2004
2003 Course: Web design in Microsoft Front Page 2000 - International Computer School - No. 053090 released 10.02.2003, supervised by the Minister of Education & Research
Web site realized:
http://www.bagdasar-arseni.ro/index.htm
http://theacoman.faithweb.com
2003: Course (distance learning) Web design HTML 4. EUROCOR http://www.eurocor.ro
2003: Courses - Computer Land: http://www.training.computerland.ro
• MS2151- MS Windows 2000 Network & Operating System Essentials
• MS2152 - Implementing MS Windows 2000 Professional & Server
2003: MCP Certification 26.05.2003