Pediatrics II

As part of the Department of Pediatrics, the 2^nd Pediatrics Clinic is led by Prof. Dr. Liviu Pop. Founded in 1974, it is established as an external clinic of ²Pius Brânzeu²Emergency County Clinical Hospital, Timișoara. The 2^nd Pediatric Clinic is set to improve child care and also to expand the field of pediatric education.  

The basis of clinical care, education and research includes:

Pediatric subspecialties:

• Pediatric PneumologyUnit (coordinated byAssociate Professor IoanaCiuca) 
• Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit (coordinated byProfessorLiviu Pop)
• Pediatric EndocrinologyUnit (coordinated by Associate Professor Corina Paul)
• Pediatric Cardiology Unit (Coordinated by Assistant Professor Adrian Lacatusu)

The clinic includes several pediatric subspecialties: Pediatric Gastroenterology (Assistant Professor CorinaPienar), Pediatric Endocrinology (Associate Professor Corina Paul), Neonatology (Assistant Professor Tănăsescu), Pediatric Nephrology (Assistant Professor IonelaTămăsan), Genetics (with emphasis on cystic fibrosis), Pediatric Intensive Care and the National Cystic Fibrosis Center.

NATIONAL COORDINATING CENTERS:

• National Cystic Fibrosis Center (accredited in 2006) and authorized by the Ministry of Health as a European Reference Center (2016) – coordinated byProfessorLiviu Pop
• Regional Center for Continuous Glycemic Monitoring of Children with Type 1 Diabetes (accredited in 2018) – coordinated byProfessorIulianVelea
• Training of resident physicians in Pediatrics, Pediatric Pneumology, Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Coordinating the activity of the Students’ Pediatric Interest Group

SPECIALIZED EVALUATION UNITS:

• Digestive endoscopy, Esophageal Impedance and pH-metry, Abdominal Ultrasound and Ultrasound-based Elastography- training center for Pediatric Gastroenterology residents
• Functional and imaging examinations of the respiratory system (basal and induced ventilometric tests, clearance tests, pulmonary ultrasound), Pediatric Pulmonologytraining center for resident physicians
• Center for Genetic, Metabolic and Nutritional Diseases in Children (accreditation from 2001)
• Master’s degree in “Clinical and Community Nutrition”

Research offer for students and masters: genetic pathology (with emphasis on cystic fibrosis), Pediatric Pneumology (pneumonia, asthma, pulmonary ultrasound, chronic respiratory pathology), nutrition diseases (primarily diabetes and obesity), Pediatric Endocrinology (thyroid and growth disorders in children), Pediatric Cardiology (cardiac malformations), Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Nephrology (infectious pathology, chronic kidney disease), Neonatology (neonatal infections).

External collaborations:

• Department of Genetics –Prague University of Medicine (Professor Milan Macek), permanent collaboration on studies of rare genotypes in children with cystic fibrosis in Romania – ProfessorLiviu Pop, Associate Professor Ioana Ciuca
• European Cystic Fibrosis Society – patient Registry (ECFSPR): permanent collaboration for the European Register of patients with cystic fibrosis – Associate Professor Ioana Ciuca and University Assistant Professor Mihaela Dediu
• in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes collaborations materialized by the participation of external lecturers at the Symposiums and National Congresses of Diabetes Nutrition and Pediatric Endocrinology “ENDOPED” organized annually by the 2^nd Pediatric Clinic since 2010 and writing chapters in volumes printed annually since 2011 under “Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes – Update” (editors: Iulian Velea, Corina Paul, Stuart J Brinks) Mirton Publishing House, Timişoara.
• Pediatric Gastroenterology:
  o   European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition – ESPGHAN (Dr.CorinaPienar, voting member)
  o   Collaboration with Professor Luigi d’allOglio, OspedalePediatrico Bambino Gesù, Endoscopic Surgery Unit, Rome        

• Kings College London, Evelina Children’s Hospital, collaborations in respiratory pathology, including in the training of residents in the specialty of Pediatric Pneumology – Associate Professor IoanaCiuca
• in the field of Pediatric Cardiology (Assistant Professor Adrian Lăcătușu):
  o    Bad Oeynhausen – Herz – und Diabeteszentrum NRW Ruhr University of Bochumo
  o    IRCCS Policlinico San Donato – Aria di CardiochirurgiaDellePatologieCongeniteo 
  o    KlinischeAbteilung fur PadiatrischeKardiologie – Medical University of Wien, Children , NHS  

Scientific meetings organized by the 2^nd Pediatric Clinic (in the last few years):

• Symposiums and National Congresses on Diabetes Nutrition and Pediatric Endocrinology “ENDOPED”, organized annually since 2010 (last edition 2021 in online format)
• Symposium on Pediatric Pneumology and the National Congress of Cystic Fibrosis organized every 2 years, starting with 2018 (last edition 2021 in online format)
• Simposium²National Caravan – The role of nutrition and physical activity in maintaining the child’s health², 2018