Professional experience
2014 - present: primary pediatric physician, specialist in pediatric interventional cardiology - Clinicco Cardiology Hospital, Brasov
2011 - 2012: Primary Pediatrician - Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery for Adults and Children, Târgu Mureș
2009 - 2011: Primary Physician - Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation (IBCvT), Targu Mures
2004 - 2008: Primary Pediatrician - Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, IBCvT, Targu Mures
1999 - 2004: Pediatric Specialist - Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, IBCvT, Targu Mures
1998 - 1999: Resident Pediatrician - Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, IBCvT, Targu Mures
1995 - 1998: Resident Pediatrician - Pediatric Clinic III, Târgu Mureș
1995: Resident Pediatrician - Pediatrics Clinic I, Târgu Mureș
1995: Internship - Pediatric Clinic I, Budapest, Hungary
1994 - 1995: Trainee Doctor - Târgu Mureș Municipal Hospital

Studies
2004: Doctor of Medical Sciences
1999: Pediatric fellowship training at Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, USA
1987 - 1993: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu Mures - Faculty of General Medicine

Specialized courses
2003: Competences in echocardiography - Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu", Bucharest, Romania
2003: Primary examination in pediatrics
2004: Doctor of Medical Sciences
2004: Super-specialization in pediatric cardiology
2008 - 2009: Specialization in Interventional Cardiology - Kinderspital Zürich, Switzerland
2011: Public Health / Preventive Cardiology - University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2012: Cardiology specialty exam
Interventional cardiology

Teaching and research
Chapter: A. Sglimbea - Advances in Cardiology, Vol. II, Chap. 15 - "Interventional therapy in pediatric cardiology", Ed. Media Med Publicis, 2007, ISSN 1843-3731
Head: A. Sglimbea - Advances in Cardiology, Vol. III
- Chapter 7 "Fontan Circulation", pp. 211-219
- Chap. 11 "Non-invasive assessment of Fontan circulation", pp. 231-242
Ed. Media Med Publicis, 2008, ISSN 1843-3731

Full articles:
Kretschmar O., Sglimbea A., Prêtre R., Knirsch W. - Pulmonary artery stent implantation in children with single ventricle malformation before and after completion of partial and total cavopulmonary connections, J Interv Cardiol., 2009 Jun;22(3):285-90
Kretschmar O., Sglimbea A., Corti R., Knirsch W. - Shunt reduction with a fenestrated Amplatzer device, Catheter Cardiovasc Interv., 2010 Oct 1;76(4):564-71
Kretschmar O., Sglimbea A., Daehnert I., Riede F.T., Weiss M., Knirsch W. - Interventional closure of atrial septal defects with the Solysafe Septal Occluder - preliminary results in children, Int J Cardiol., 2010 Sep 3;143(3):373-7

Other professional data
Member of the Romanian Pediatric Society
Member of the Romanian Society of Cardiology
Member of the European Society of Pediatric Cardiology
Member of the European Society of Cardiology