Historical overview

The Romanian neurosurgery was founded in 1935, by Prof. Dr. Dimitrie Bagdasar (1899-1946), who accomplished his formation in Boston, with Prof. H. W. Cushing (1927-1929). His department in Bucharest was the first in the southeastern Europe. Prof. Dr. Constantin Arseni developed for the first time a real school of neurosurgery in Romania.

Editor of Romanian Neurosurgery journal.

Neurosurgical centers

In present, in Romania there are over 17 neurosurgical centers, with approximately 1200 beds.

Objectives:

  to create neurosurgical centers on international standards, a basis of modern neurosurgery
  to recognize, develop and improve new neurosurgical and neuro-bordering strategies in the field of neural sciences
  to improve the efficiency and precision of neurosurgical diagnosis and evaluation
  to approach complex pathological entities by complete investigation, evaluation, monitoring and treatment methods
  to evaluate non-conventional therapeutic methods: electrical brain stimulation, neuroprotection, neurosurgery in epilepsy, brachytherapy in brain tumors, etc.
  to create the possibility for new therapeutical strategies in modern Neuro Intensive Care Units: hypothermia, neuroprotective agents, ICP monitoring, etc.
  to apply the alternative treatment options in certain brain diseases: radiotherapy, radiosurgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiological interventional procedures, etc.
  to improve the pathological support for neurosurgery
  to sustain experimental and clinical research base in neural sciences
  to improve the training and teaching programs for the Romanian neurosurgeons
  to rise the Romanian health standards in neurosurgery