Professional experience
01.2024 - present: cardiology specialist, Clinicco Hospital Brasov
2018 - 2023: Resident cardiologist, Brasov County Emergency Hospital
2022 - 2023: Echocardiography and other cardiac imaging internship, Groupe Hospitalier de Territoire Grand Paris Nord-Est - CHI André Grégoire, Montreuil, France - under the supervision of Dr. Albert Boccara
2019 - 2020: Internship on congenital heart diseases in adults, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "C.C. Iliescu", Bucharest - under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ioan Mircea Coman
11.2021: European accreditation in transthoracic echocardiography

Studies
2022 - present: Doctoral studies, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Brasov
2022 - 2023: Master in non-invasive cardiovascular imaging, with specialization in cardiac MRI and cardiac CT - Paris Cité University, France
2011 - 2017: University degree, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania

Specialized courses
Master in Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging with specialization in Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT - Université Paris Cité, France (2022 - 2023)
EACVI Certification in Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography (Nov. 2021)
Certificate of participation in the Workshop "Transesophageal Ultrasound", Bucharest (May 2021)
Role of ultrasound in hemodynamic monitoring of critically ill patients, Bucharest Emergency Hospital (Nov. 2020)
Young Cardiologists Summer School, Sibiu (June - July 2019)
European Congress (EuroEcho 2021, EACVI - Best of Imaging 2020, ESC Congress 2020, 2022, 2023)
Romanian National Congress of Cardiology (2018 - 2022)
Romanian Society of Cardiology Spring Conference (2018 - 2023)
News in Cardiovascular Imaging - From Guidelines to Practice (2018)
Cardiorenal (2019, 2021)
Cardio-Oncology Symposium (2019), PHADER Spring Forum (2020)
Iași Arrhythmia Forum (2020, 2021, 2022)
Online courses on the ESC e-learning platform
Participation in the European Congress of Cardiology 2023 through a grant offered by the Romanian Society of Cardiology
Participation in the European Congress of Cardiology 2022 through a grant offered by the Romanian Society of Cardiology

Vocational training
Subinvestigator - FINEARTS-HF (Finerenone in Heart Failure Patients) - multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, double-blind, placebo-controlled study - June 2021

Teaching and research
Ivascu M., Koubbi A., Bobescu E. - Papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve chordae: a happy ending story - oral presentation, ESC Congress (August 2023)
Ivascu M., Cicala E., Orțan F., Pestrea C. - Paroxysmal atrioventricular block in young patients - Romanian Journal of Cardiology - Abstracts Supplement 2022
Ivascu M., Pintilie I. - Nutcracker syndrome - an unusual cause of secondary hypertension - clinical case presentation, SRC Spring Conference (May 2022)
Ivascu M., Enache R., Rus H., Bobescu E. - Misfortune never comes alone: thrombus in passage at the level of foramen ovale - clinical case presentation, SRC Spring Conference (May 2021)
Rus H., Ivascu M., Gheorghe A., Bobescu E. - In type II diabetic patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, left atrial function index and poor glycaemic control can be predictors of arrhythmia recurrence - IASI ARRHYTHMIA FORUM 2021 - Abstracts Supplement, pg. 4
Ivascu M., Zara C. - Amyloidosis - a bad kind of sparkle - Theracardia webinar (Nov 2021)
Ivascu M., Bogdan D., Enache R., Găitan A., Gheorghe A., Rus H., Bobescu E. - The use of imaging techniques in cardiac evaluation during COVID-19 pandemic - Medical Journal Brasov No 2/2020; e-ISSN 2247-4706
Clem M., Toader M., Ditu M., Marinescu C., Keresztes A., Zara C. - A review of cardiovascular risk factors in Romanian military personnel - Aerospace Medical Conference, Brasov, Romania (Jan. 2019)
Zara C., Spac R., Clem M., Iancu V., Moarcas M., Khazaei O., Nemes R. - Heart rate variance in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea identifies the patients with high cardiovascular risk - National Congress of Cardiology, Sinaia - Abstracts Supplement 2019
Vlădău L.A., Zara C., Clem M., Enache R., Comșa A.M., Iarca I., Iarca E. - Checkmate chronic heart failure - poster presentation, National Congress of Cardiology, Sinaia - Abstracts Supplement 2019 (pg. 382-383)
Clem M., Moarcas M., Dumitrescu J., Dumitrache S., Zara C. - Huge right atrium thrombosis with successful thrombolysis - Romanian Journal of Cardiology - Abstracts Supplement 2018, ISSN 1220-658X

Other professional data
Member of the Romanian Society of Cardiology
Member of the European Society of Cardiology
Member of the European Society of Cardiac Cardiac Imaging (EACVI)

Foreign Languages
English - B2
French - B2