Dr adrian ionescu

 

• Graduated from Medical School in Bucharest, 1987
• Research fellow in Cardiology at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, 1995-1999
• Cardiology trainee on the Welsh Programme 1999-2005
• Interventional fellowship Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, 2004
• Appointed Consultant Cardiologist in Morriston Cardiac Centre, Swansea, 2005

 

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Degrees and qualifications

 

• Doctor Medic, 1987, Bucharest, RO
• MRCP UK, 1999, Edinburgh, UK
• Doctor in Medicine, Cardiff University, 2004
• FRCP, Edinburgh, UK, 2005

• Cardiff University/Bond-Solon (CUB) training as medical expert (completed December 2017)

 

Appointments

 

• 1987-1990 – Medical resident, teaching Hospitals in Bucharest, RO
• 1991 – 1995 – Junior lecturer in internal medicine and cardiology, ‘Coltea’ Teaching Hospital, Bucharest, RO
• 1995-1999 – Research Fellow in Cardiology and Honorary Registrar, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
• 1999-2005 – NTN Cardiology Registrar, Welsh Rotation
• 2004 June-September – Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, NL
• 2005 to present – Consultant Cardiologist, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK

• Honorary associate professor, Swansea University College for Human and Health Sciences, Feb. 2017 to date

 

Membership of professional bodies

 

• British Society of Echocardiography
• British Society of Interventional Cardiology
• European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

 

Languages spoken

 

• Romanian (native language)
• English (IELTS level 9/9)
• French (fluent)
• German, Italian (working knowledge, mainly of medical terminology)