about
who we are
Yoav Mintz - Chairman of the Technology Committee of EAES:
"We have to face it - a simple physical exam is just not enough anymore. Waiting hours/days for a simple abdominal U/S for suspected GB dis, or pleural tap, or scheduling a radiologist for intra-op U/S is inadequate anymore. We can be independent and provide better patient care. Look for the next EAES U/S course and register."
Calin Tiu
Senior Surgeon at Municipal Hospital Campina, Romania. President of Medis Foundation
Competences in: Laparoscopic Surgery, Diagnosis Ultrasound, Digestive Endoscopy, and Health Management
Work Package Leader in the European Projects: FUSIMO, KTS, SurgTTT, EASIER, MIREIA
Founder of the EAES Ultrasound for Surgeons Course, 2017
Andreas Melzer
Cofounder EAES & Consultant
20 years experiences in the development of: Medical technology for laparo-endoscopic surgery, Interventional radiology, Interventional and intraoperative MRI Image guided robotics, Surgical instrumentation, Surgical robotics, Nitinol devices– More than 100 patents and over 300 publications– Co-founder and partner of six start-up companies in the medical technology business– Consultant for major vendors in medicine.
Ciprian Duta
Professor of Surgery in Timisoara
Leading authority in thoracic and laparoscopic surgery, and has of recent years specialized in robotic surgery. His interests are broad and far-ranging, including radical procedures in gastric cancer and obesity, minimally invasive techniques, policies and practices in diagnosing colorectal cancer, varicose complications, as well as the formation and training of medical professionals.
Bogdan Socea
Attending General Surgeon at "Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital Bucharest
Lecturer at “Carol Davila” University of Pharmacy and Medicine Bucharest, Department of General Surgery.Attested in abdominal and general ultrasound, laparoscopic surgery, oncologic surgery and health caremanagement.
I am reviewer and member of editorial boards of several prestigious surgical journals.
Stavros Antoniou
Private surgeon at the Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus
Scientific collaborator at the European University Cyprus. He received his undergraduate degree in Thessaloniki, Greece and postgraduate clinical and research training in Greece, Germany and the United Kingdom. PhD in minimally invasive surgery, a Master Degree in Public Health and Health Business Administration and he is Fellow of the European Board of Surgery.
Andrei Keidar
Professor Ben Gurion University, Chairman General Surgery Assuta Ashdod Hospital, Israel
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Fellowship, with Dr N Katkhouda, HPBfellowship Centre Hepatobiliare Paul Brousse, Paris. Member, Technology Committee, EAES (2016 – 2018), Member of international committee of ASMBS. Member of the editorial boards of the Obesity Surgery Journal and Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases Journal. Author of more than 90 articles.
Florin Botea
Senior HPB surgeon at Fundeni Clinical Institute Bucharest
MD, PhD, General Surgery and Liver Transplant Center, Bucharest. Lecturer of General Surgery at Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest. Specialized in: Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, Oncological Surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, General Ultrasound
Focused on ultrasound-guided liver resections, trained at Humanitas Clinical Institute, Milan, Italy (2006-2013).
Over 50 papers published in internationally indexed journals.
Radu Elisei
Consultant surgeon at Bistrita Emergency County Hospital, Romania
PhD student at University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj-Napoca, Romania with the Project: 3D-printed liver shaped mold for gelatine and silicone liver models for image guided procedures training.
Certificated in complementary studies: Ultrasonography, Endoscopic Surgery – Advanced Techniques, Oncologic Surgery, Hepato-bilio-pancreatic Surgery (HBP)
Endocrine surgeon with a focus on thyroid and parathyroid surgery since 2012. Fellow of the European Board of Neck Endocrine Surgeons (since 2021) and PhD candidate in surgical innovation in endocrine pathology.
Ultrasound is at the core of my clinical and surgical practice. I use it routinely for preoperative assessment, intraoperative navigation, and postoperative follow-up. I regularly perform ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid and cervical lesions, and apply minimally invasive treatments.
He earned his PhD in 2013 from the University of Groningen, where he focused on the surgical treatment of melanoma - a field in which he remains actively involved in research. His clinical practice includes melanoma, thyroid, and adrenal surgery, as well as colorectal and inguinal hernia procedures. Dr. Wevers’ research interests lie particularly in fluorescence- and ultrasound-guided oncologic surgery. At MUMC+, he plays an active role in advancing and implementing these technologies through various clinical and translational research projects.
Roxana Boanta
Board-Certified Consultant Endocrine Neck Surgeon
National Endocrinology Institute “C.I.Parhon” Bucharest, Romania
Kevin Wevers
Gastrointestinal and oncologic surgeon at the Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+) in the Netherlands
My main areas of focus are trauma and acute care surgery, abdominal wall surgery, POCUS, and evidence-based medicine. I am an assistant professor of surgery at the “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest. I love teaching and finding new ways of improving surgical education. Podcast enthusiast. Open to any new collaboration meant to enhance our global profession.
Alexandru Carâp
Attending General Surgeon in Bucharest, Romania
