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Simona Pătru, MD, PhD

Curriculum vitae

Personal Iinformations

Name and surname: SIMONA PĂTRU
Date and place of birth: 09.03.1974, Alexandria, Romania
Marital status: Married, one child
Work address: Str. Tabaci nr.1, 200322, Craiova, Romania
Phone: +4 0722 650 677
E-Mail: s_patru@yahoo.com

Professional Activity

1988 – 1992: I studied at the “Nicolae Bălcescu” mathematics-physics high-school of Craiova, Romania, and graduated with 9.47 general grade averages.
1992 – 1998: I studied at the Faculty of Medicine Craiova, Romania and graduated in 1998 as a doctor-physician in Medicine profile, licensed with 10.00
1998 – 2000: I was stagier at Emergency County Clinical Hospital Craiova
2000 – 2005: Residency followed by an exam for specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Bucharest, graduated with 9.60 grade-average
Since 2005: I work as specialist at Emergency County Clinical Hospital Craiova, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department
Since 2004 I have been teaching Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation to 6th year medical students, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Romania, Hidrothermotherapy, Rheumatologic Rehabilitation, Kinetoprophylaxy, to students at the Faculty of Physiokinetotherapy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, in the position of clinical teaching assistant.
2009: Doctor in Medical Sciences with the theme Moderns aspects for evaluation and rehabilitation in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Courses And Diplomas

March 2003: Postgraduate course of Medical Informatics graduated with 10.00 grades.
April 2003: Postgraduate course of Actualities in treatment of degenerative and inflammatory rheumatism disease
May 2004: Postgraduate course of Prophylaxis and Rehabilitation in balneal resorts
June 2004: Postgraduate course of “Low back pain”
June 2005: Postgraduate course of “Physical and natural therapeutic factors in cardiovascular rehabilitation”
June 2006: Postgraduate course of “Actualities in diagnosis and treatment of knee diseases”

Scientific Activity

Until now, I communicated and published 51 scientific papers in Romania at international scientific congresses, in journals in Romania, presented and published in abstract volumes at scientific conferences in Romania
I am co-author in 2 books published in Romania

Hidrothermotherapy and Balneology, R. Popescu, S.Patru ed. Universitaria Publishing House, Craiova, 2003, ISBN 973-8354-51-X
Physical Medicine, Balneology and Rehabilitation, R.Popescu, A.Bighea, S.Patru, D.Caimac, Medical University Publishing House, Craiova, 2005, ISBN 973-7757-91-2.

I took part at medical congresses and conferences in Romania, the most notable being:

4th National Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with international participation, Bucharest, 19-21 October 2000.
National Conference of Balneology, Voineasa, 25-26 May 2001
The 21st National Conference of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cluj Napoca, 25-27 October, 2001
4th National Conferences of Stroke, Craiova, 3-5 October, 2001
The 22nd National Conference of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Craiova, 10-12 October, 2002
The 23nd National Conference of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cluj Napoca, 15-18 October, 2003
5th National Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with international participation, Bucharest, 13-16 October, 2004
National Congress of Rheumatology, Craiova, 15-18 September, 2004
The 28th National Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Poiana Brasov, 2-5 November, 2005
4th National Conferences Osart, Sibiu, 24-26 May, 2006
National Congress of Rheumatology, Brasov, 18-21 October, 2006
The 29th National Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Poiana Brasov, 1-4 November, 2006

Member of the following societies

Romanian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (SRMFR) [2000].
Union Médicale Balkanique (UMB) [2004].

Language Skills

Excellent skills in English language (written and spoken)
Good skills in French language (written and spoken)

Experience In Clinical Trials

A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group, Ascending Dose Study to Assess the Activity, Safety and Tolerability of 2 Doses of AZD9056 for 4 Weeks in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Methotrexate or Sulphasalazine.
A placebo-controlled, double-blind, Phase II study exploring the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of a 4-week course of INCB003284 (100 mg bid) in subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis while receiving methotrexate.
Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmaco-dynamics of TRU-015 Administered Intravenously in Subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Efficacy and Safety of FASU 1 versus FASU 2 in a 90-day Treatment in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee.

Future objectives

New approaches to patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and osteoarthritis of the knee
New methods for clinical and functional assessment to patients with cardiovascular disease
Quality of life and rehabilitation to patients with cardiovascular disease