• February 2024 – Present | Specialist Physician in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology | Ares Monza Cardiomed Hospital | Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• May 2022 – December 2023 | Clinical Activity | Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Unit | Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation | Târgu-Mureș, Romania

• December 2021 – Present | On-call Physician (First Line) | Pediatric Cardiology Department | Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation | Târgu-Mureș, Romania

• February 2020 – April 2022 | Specialist Physician | Pediatric Cardiology Department | Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation | Târgu-Mureș, Romania

• July 2016 – December 2019 | Second-Line On-Call Contract | Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children | Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• January 2014 – December 2019 | Pediatric Resident Physician | Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children | Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• 2009 – 2015 | Paramedic | SMURD Emergency Medical Service | Romania

• 2009 – 2013 | Volunteer – Emergency Department On-Call Shifts | Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children | Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• 2009 – 2013 | Volunteer – Emergency Department On-Call Shifts | County Emergency Clinical Hospital | Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• 2008 – 2019 | Volunteer | Medical Caravans and Mobile Clinics | Romania and Abroad

• 2007 | Community Health Activity | Lions Clubs Association | Community Health Projects

• 2007 | Humanitarian Activity | Luxotica Foundation | “Give the Gift of Sight” Project

• 2022 – 2023 | Teaching Assistant | “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology | Târgu-Mureș, Romania

• 2023 | Recipient of Excellence Scholarship in Scientific Research | UMFST “George Emil Palade” | Târgu-Mureș, Romania

• 2022 – 2023 | Project Director – Research Grant | “Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in Psychomotor Development Dynamics in Patients with Congenital Heart Defects after Cardiovascular Surgery” | UMFST “George Emil Palade” Grant no. 510/3/17.01.2022

• October 2020 – September 2024 | PhD Candidate | UMFST “George Emil Palade” | Târgu-Mureș, Romania

• PhD Thesis Title | Early Diagnosis of Psychomotor Development Delay in Patients with Congenital Heart Defects after Cardiovascular Surgery

• 2008 – Present | Academic and Professional Activity | ICMDA – International Christian Medical and Dental Association

• 2008 – 2010 | International Educational Activity | PRIME UK – Partnerships in International Medical Education

• 2008 – 2014 | “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Undergraduate Medical Studies

• October 2020 – September 2024 | PhD in Medical Sciences | UMFST “George Emil Palade” | Târgu-Mureș, Romania
  Thesis: Early diagnosis of psychomotor development delay in patients with congenital heart defects after cardiovascular surgery

• European Competence in Pediatric Cardiology

• Specialist Physician in Pediatrics

• Specialist Physician in Pediatric Cardiology

2024

• Competency Course in Transesophageal Echocardiography

• Teaching Course: Prevention and Sports – Shaping Healthy Hearts | AEPC | Porto, Portugal

• 57th Annual Meeting of AEPC | Porto, Portugal

• Genomics of Cardiovascular Risk Factors | European Society of Cardiology

• World University for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Course Series (Pulmonary Conduits, Redo Cardiac Surgery, TGA & VSD)

• Teaching Course: Hearts and Minds – The Brain in Congenital Heart Disease | AEPC | Dublin, Ireland

• 56th Annual Meeting of AEPC | Dublin, Ireland

• National Congress of Pediatric Cardiology | Târgu-Mureș, Romania

2022

• Teaching Course: Arterial and Venous Pulmonary Circulation | AEPC | Geneva, Switzerland

• 55th Annual Meeting of AEPC | Geneva, Switzerland

• 15th European Echocardiography Course on Congenital Heart Disease | Rome, Italy

• Course: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) in Congenital Heart Disease | Kiel, Germany

2021

• Teaching Course: Acquired Heart Diseases in Childhood | AEPC | Gothenburg, Sweden

• 54th Annual Meeting of AEPC | Gothenburg, Sweden

• European Academy of Pediatrics – MasterCourse & Congress (online)

2019

• Teaching Course: Left Heart Obstructive Lesions | AEPC | Seville, Spain

• 53rd Annual Meeting of AEPC | Seville, Spain

• Europaediatrics 2019 | Dublin, Ireland

2018

• Pediatric Echocardiography Fellowship | Lund University & Skåne University Hospital | Sweden

• Teaching Course: Transposition of the Great Arteries | AEPC | Athens, Greece

• 52nd Annual Meeting of AEPC | Athens, Greece

• National Congress of Pediatric Cardiology | Iași, Romania

2017

• 8th Europaediatrics Congress | Bucharest, Romania

• MasterCourse & Congress | European Academy of Paediatrics | Ljubljana, Slovenia

2016

• Clinical Fellowship in Neonatal Echocardiography and Intensive Care | University Hospital Lausanne | Switzerland

• Training: Basic Pediatric Intensive Care

• Course: Neonatal Respiratory Support

• Clinical Fellowship | Diospi Suyana Hospital | Curahuasi, Peru

2015

• CARDIOPED Program – Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease

• Clinical Fellowship | Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW | Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

• 7th Europaediatrics Congress | Florence, Italy

Additional Certifications

• 2008 | Computer Skills Certificate (PC operation and programming)

• 2006 | ECDL – European Computer Driving Licence

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• Specialist Physician in Pediatrics
• Specialist Physician in Pediatric Cardiology
• European Competence in Pediatric Cardiology
• PhD in Medical Sciences
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ISI Publications

• Chiperi LE, Huţanu A. Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein: Diagnostic and Prognostic Role in Psychomotor Development Dynamics in Patients with Congenital Heart Defects after Cardiovascular Surgery. Balkan Medical Journal. 2024;41(2):151–152.

• Chiperi LE, Tecar C, Huţanu A. Serum tau protein and myelin basic protein in pediatric patients with congenital heart defects undergoing cardiac surgery. Irish Journal of Medical Science. 2024;193(3):1229–1237.

• Chiperi LE, Huţanu A, Tecar C, Muntean I. Serum Markers of Brain Injury in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Defects Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Clinics and Practice. 2023;13(5):1253–1265.

• Chiperi L.E. Impact of a child with congenital heart defect on mother’s quality of life. Cardiology in the Young. AEPC 2023; p. 275.

• Chiperi L.E. Correlations between psychomotor development and neuromarkers in children with unrepaired congenital heart defects. Cardiology in the Young. AEPC 2023; pp. 266–267.

• Badulescu M., Pasc S.A., Chiperi L.E., et al. Treatment individualization in low birth weight patients with transposition of the great arteries. Cardiology in the Young. AEPC 2023; p. 189.

• Chiperi LE, Tecar C, Toganel R. Neuromarkers predicting neurodevelopmental impairment after cardiac surgery: a systematic review. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 2023;26(3):206–215.

• Chiperi L.E., Pantelemon C. Psychomotor developmental characteristics of children with unrepaired congenital heart defects. Cardiology in the Young. 2022;32(2):277–278.

• Chiperi L.E. Impact of a child with congenital heart defect on mother’s quality of life. Cardiology in the Young. 2022;32(2):124.

• Chiperi L.E., Ionescu A.D., et al. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a child with HIV infection. Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology. 2021;62(1):279–282.

• Pop L.E., Suteu C. Congenital cardiac defect with double inversion anatomy. Frontiers in Pediatrics. EAP 2021; pp. 593–595.

• Pop L.E., Bungardi A.M., et al. Early detection of cardiovascular disease in dialysis pediatric patients. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2019;104(Suppl 3):A173.

• Pop L.E., Bungardi A.M., et al. Hypertension in chronic dialysis pediatric patients. Cardiology in the Young. 2019;29(Suppl 1):183.

• Bungardi A.M., Pop L.E., et al. Cardiac function and cardiovascular risk in pediatric end-stage renal disease. Cardiology in the Young. 2019;29(Suppl 1):S110.

• Serban D.E., Hopulele D., Pop L.E. Epstein–Barr virus status and thiopurine therapy in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2017;65(Suppl 1):S44.

• Pop L.E., Fufezan O., et al. Exclusive enteral nutrition in pediatric Crohn’s disease. European Journal of Pediatrics. 2017;176:1493.

• Pop L.E., Vasile G., Miclea D. Double-male syndrome (48,XXYY) diagnosed in the neonatal period. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2019;102(Suppl 2):A145.

• Pop L.E., Hopulele D., Serban D.E. Undiagnosed Crohn’s disease revealed by emergency surgery. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2017;102.

BDI / B+ Publications

• Chiperi L.E., Huţanu A. GFAP as a serum neuromarker of brain injury in pediatric patients with congenital heart defects. Acta Marisiensis – Seria Medica. 2023;69(3).

• Chiperi L.E. Neuromarkers correlated with neuropsychomotor development in pediatric congenital heart disease. Romanian Journal of Medical Practice. 2022;17(Suppl 2):29.

• Chiperi L.E. Impact on quality of life of parents of children with congenital heart defects. Romanian Journal of Medical Practice. 2022;17(Suppl 2):28.

• Chiperi L.E. Quality of life of parents before and after surgical correction of congenital heart disease. Romanian Medical Journal. 2022;LXIX(Suppl 1).

• Chiperi L.E. Neurodevelopmental evaluation in unrepaired congenital heart disease. Scientific Session UMFST. 2021;4:141.

• Pop L.E., Pop D. Holter ECG monitoring in ischemic heart disease in women. Romanian Journal of Cardiology. 2020 (Supplement).

• Pop L.E., et al. Diagnostic algorithm for pediatric skin lesions. Clinical Cases in Medicine and Surgery. 2020; Vol. II.

• Pop L.E., Pop D., Pantelemon C. Ambulatory ECG monitoring as a diagnostic tool in women. Balneo Research Journal. 2020;11(3):409–416.

• Pop L.E., Butnariu A. Misjudgment of heart murmur: a case report. Acta Medica Transilvanica. 2020;25(3):15–17.

• Pop L.E., et al. Double-male syndrome (48,XXYY). Medicine in Evolution. 2020;26(3):269–273.

• Pop L.E., Pantelemon C. Pfeiffer syndrome type 1: case report and literature review. HVM Bioflux. 2020;12(3):113–116.

• Pop L.E., Butnariu A. Hidden complex congenital cardiac defect. Pediatric Cardiology Congress, Iași. 2018; p. 96.

• Rachisan A.L., Pop L.E., et al. Coexisting celiac disease and type 1 diabetes in children. Human & Veterinary Medicine. 2017;9(1):15.

• Pop L.E., Siladi V., Iubu R. Fulminant infective endocarditis with negative blood cultures. Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy. 2016;89(Suppl 3):S83.

• Pop L.E., Marcu C. Measles myocarditis in a 6-month-old infant. Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy. 2016;89(Suppl 3):S82.

• Pop L.E., Cainap S., Oprita S. Gigant fungal endocarditis. Acta Medica Marisiensis. 2016;62(Suppl 5):10.

• Pop D., Pop L., Zdrenghea D.T. Holter monitoring versus stress testing in diagnosing ischemia in women. Romanian Journal of Cardiology. 2015 (Supplement):162.

• Pop L.E., et al. Pierre–Robin syndrome: case report. Journal of Pediatrics. 2015;XVIII(Suppl 2):222.

• Pop L.E., et al. Vomiting in premature infants. Journal of Pediatrics. 2015;XVIII(Suppl 2):125.

• Pop L.E., et al. Diagnostic challenges in pediatric skin lesions. Pediatric Medical School, Iași. 2015; p. 77.

• Pop L., et al. Correlation between ECG and ventricular tachycardia. LIMSC Leiden Abstract Book. 2013; p. 264.

• Schiau S., Pop L., et al. Pulmonary vein anatomy assessed by CT. LIMSC Leiden Abstract Book. 2013; p. 287.