EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Doctor-Medic (diploma no.106 / 16.10.2012, average 9.74), Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy T. Popa Iași, 2010
- Neurosurgery specialist (order no. 30870 / 03.01.2017, average 9.56), 2016
- Doctor of Medicine, specialization Neurosurgery (Summa cum laudae), scientific guide Prof. Univ. Dr.Poeată Ion, with the thesis Possibilities and limits in the microsurgical resection of atypical cerebral meningiomas (title confirmed by the Order of the Minister of Education and Research No. 6245 of 21.12.2020), 2020
- Neurosurgeon specialist at the Neurosurgery Clinic II, Dr. N. Oblu Emergency Clinical Hospital in Iași, 2017-present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Lecturer – Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 2021- present
DISCIPLINES TEACHED
- General surgery and surgical specialties
- Human anatomy
- Epidemiology
RESEARCH AREAS
- Neurosurgery
- Neuroanatomy
- Paleopathology
- Iconodiagnostics
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
- Hirsch 7 Index, with over 119 ISI Thomson citations (excluding self-citations)
- 34 articles in ISI Thomson Web of Science indexed journals (Clarivate Analytics)
- 65 articles in BDI listed magazines
- 81 papers communicated at scientific events
- 5 books (author and co-author)
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
- Cucu AI, Costea CF, Turliuc MD, Dumitrescu GF, Sava A, Poeata I. Are there any correlations between demographic characteristics, tumor location, and Ki-67 labeling index in intracranial atypical meningiomas (WHO grade II)? RJME 2019, 60 (2): 567-572. IF = 1,411
- Cucu AI, Costea CF, Perciaccante A, Carauleanu A, Turliuc S, Costachescu B, Poeata I, Turliuc MD. The history of Arachne through historic descriptions of meningiomas with hyperostosis: from prehistory to the present. World Neurosurgery 2019, 128: 37-46. IF = 1,829
- Cucu AI, Turliuc MD, Costea CF, Dascălu CG, Dumitrescu GF, Sava A, Turliuc Ş, Scripcariu DV, Poeată I. Tumor recurrence in parasagittal and falcine atypical meningiomas invading the superior sagittal sinus. Rom J MorpholEmbryol 2020; 61 (2): 385-395. IF = 1,411
- Turliuc D, Sava A, Dumitrescu GF, Cucu A, Esanu A, Tudorache C, Costache II, Costea CF. Right visual loss due to choroidal metastasis of a papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung, Case report. RJME 2015, 56 (3): 1173-1177. IF = 0.811
- Perciaccante A, Cucu AI, Coralli A, Turliuc MD, Costea CF, Bianucci R. History of Medicine Mid-19th century Chinese medical portraits depict late-stage female breast tumors. Lancet Oncology 2019, 20 (10): 1347-1348. IF = 33,752
- Porumb Andrese E, Costea CF, Cucu AI, Perciaccante A, Costachescu B, Turliuc MD. An ulcerated squamous cell carcinoma of the forehead in the artistic heritage of Lam Qua. Medical Hypotheses, 2019, 133: art. No. 109383. IF = 1,375
- Turliuc MD, Cucu AI, Costachescu B, Tudor RM, Papacocea T, Bogdanici CM, Carauleanu A, Floria M, Tanase DM, Costea CF. The use of mannitol in neurosurgery and neuro-ophthalmology. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology 2019, 53 (7-8): 625-633. IF = 0.857
- Turliuc MD, Cucu AI, Carauleanu A, Costea CF. Efficiency and safety of microporous polysaccharide hemispheres from potato starch in brain surgery. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology 2018, 52 (7-8): 505-513. IF = 0.857
- Dumitrescu AM, Costea CF, Cucu AI, Dumitrescu GF, Turliuc MD, Scripcariu DV, Ciocoiu M, Tănase DM, Turliuc Ş, Bogdănici CM, Nicoară SD, Cărăuleanu A, Schmitzer S, Sava A. The discovery of the circle of Willis as a result of using the scientific method in anatomical dissection. Rom J MorpholEmbryol, 61 (3): 959-965. IF = 1,411.
- Costea C, Turliuc S, Cucu A, Dumitrescu G, Carauleanu A, Buzduga C, Sava A, Costache I, Turliuc D. The “polymorphous” history of a polymorphous skull bone: the sphenoid. Anatomical Science International 2018, 93 (1): 14-22. IF = 1,566
- Turliuc D, Turliuc S, Cucu A, Dumitrescu G, Costea C. An entire universe of the Roman world’s architecture found in the human skull. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 2017, 26 (1): 88-100. IF = 0.288.
- Turliuc DM, Turliuc S, Cucu AI, Sava A, Dumitrescu GF, Carauleanu A, Buzduga C, Trandafir D, Costea CF. An unwritten anatomy lesson: the influence of roman clothing on neuroanatomical terminology: in memoriam Albert L. Rhoton, Jr. (1932–2016). Clinical Anatomy 2016, 29: 680-690. IF = 1,824
- Turliuc D, Turliuc S, Cucu A, Dumitrescu GF, Carauleanu A, Buzduga C, Tamas C, Sava A, Costea CF. A review of analogies between some neuroanatomical terms and roman household objects. Annals of Anatomy 2016, 204: 127-133. IF = 1,864
- Costea CF, Turliuc S, Buzduga C, Cucu AI, Dumitrescu GF, Sava A, Turliuc MD. The history of optic chiasm from antiquity to the twentieth century. Child’s Nervous System 2017, 33 (11): 1889-1898. IF = 1,235
- Costea CF, Turliuc S, Cucu AI, Turliuc MD. To be or not to be Wilbrand’s knee? A question that is looking for an answer. Child’s Nervous System 2018, 34 (11): 2135. IF = 1,327
- De Santo NG, Bisaccia C, De Santo LS, Cucu AI, Costea CF. John XXI, the Pope Philosopher and Physician-Scientist of Portuguese Origins Died of Crush Syndrome in 1277. Journal of Religion and Health 2020 Nov 3. IF = 1.162. Ahead of print
- Turliuc MD, Turliuc S, Cucu AI, Tamas C, Carauleanu A, Buzduga C, Sava A, Dumitrescu GF, Costea CF. Through clinical observation: the history of priapism after spinal cord injuries. World Neurosurgery 2018, 109: 365-371. IF = 1,723
- Turliuc MD, Cucu AI, Perciaccante A, Tosolini G, De Luca S, Costachescu B, Costea CF. Hydrocephalus of King Charles II of Spain, the Bewitched King. European Neurology 2019, 81 (1-2): 76-78. IF = 1.182
- Cucu AI, Costea CF, Perciaccante A, Turliuc S, Ciocoiu M, Turliuc MD. The anatomy of papal tiara: a story about popes ’contribution and protection of anatomists. Journal of Religion & Health 2019, 58 (4): 1307-1327. IF = 1,162
