The 13th edition of the National Conference of the Central Military Emergency University Hospital “Dr. Carol Davila” (SUUMC) took place on October 14-19, 2024, with the theme “Modern Military Medicine – symbiosis between mission, accessibility and performance”. On this occasion, the Romanian Military Medicine Awards were presented, marking the 193 years of existence of the Central Military Hospital.
At the opening of the event, Mrs. Major General Commander Prof. Dr. Florentina Ioniță-Radu presented briefly the achievements of the Hospital and the prospects for development in the context of today’s technological progress.
The representatives of the Presidency, the Government, the Romanian Academy of Scientists, the National Health Insurance House, the Romanian College of Physicians, praised the management’s performance and the competence of the doctors.
Prof. Univ. dr. eng. Doina Banciu, President of the AOSR, emphasized during the conference the special cooperation that the Romanian Academy of Scientists has with the Central Military Emergency University Hospital, a flagship unit for the competence of medical action and the services offered to patients. The collaboration between the two institutions is carried out particularly in the area of research-innovation in various projects and through the active participation of the members of the AOSR who work at the Military Hospital.
Prof. Prof. Dr. Viorel Jinga, Vice-President of the AOSR, said at the awards ceremony that “in medicine, and especially in military medicine of the sec. This is all the more reason to place the main theme of this congress in the symbiosis between mission, accessibility and performance, even if we are talking about the performance of military action in times of peace, war or in times of crisis, such as the recently ended COVID 19 pandemic”.
Prof. Dr. Viorel Jinga – Rector of the “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Mrs. Major General Prof. Dr. Florentina Ioniță-Radu presented the General Professor Dr. Atanase Demosthene Award for the entire activity in the field of surgical specialties to Mr. Colonel (r.) Dr. Ioan Stoian.
The tradition of collaboration between the two institutions is long and strong. Prof. Dr. Vasile Cândea was President of the Romanian Academy of Scientists from 1990-2016. The Medical Sciences Section of the Romanian Academy of Scientists includes many military personalities who have worked at the Central Military Emergency University Hospital, maintaining a permanent institutional relationship with the Hospital, as well as a personal relationship with fellow military doctors.
The tradition is continued today through projects and programs developed jointly by the two institutions.