Dr. Elena Avram

• 2018 – 2022: medic rezident Genetica Medicala, Centrul Universitar Bucuresti
• 2013 – 2016: medic rezident Oftalmologie, Centrul Universitar Sibiu
• 2012 – 2013: Universitatea „Lucian Blaga”, Departamentul pentru Pregatirea Personalului Didactic, Modul Psihopedagogic si Metodic – Nivel II (Sibiu, Romania)
• 2010 – 2012: Universitatea Romano-Germana, Facultatea de Stiinte Economice, specializarea studiilor de masterat „Managementul organizatiilor” (Sibiu, Romania)
• 2007 – 2012: Universitatea „Lucian Blaga”, Departamentul pentru Pregatirea Personalului Didactic, Modul Psihopedagogic si Metodic – Nivel I (Sibiu, Romania)
• 2007 – 2010: Universitatea Romano-Germana, Facultatea de Stiinte Economice, specializarea studiilor de licenta „Management” (Sibiu, Romania)
• 2006 – 2012: Universitatea „Lucian Blaga”, Facultatea de Medicina „Victor Papilian”, specializarea studiilor de licenta „Medicina Generala” (Sibiu, Romania)
• 2002 – 2006: Colegiul National „Mihai Viteazul”, specializarea „Matematica – Informatica, intensiv informatica” (Sf. Gheorghe, Romania).

• 2023: Mentorship, Centru de Referinta pentru Boli Genetice Oftalmologice, Spitalul Universitar Strasbourg (Strasbourg, Franta)
• 2016: Observership, Departamentul „Neuro-oftalmologie si strabism” din cadrul Spitalului „Policlinica S. Orsola-Malpighi” (Bologna, Italia)
• 2014: Observership, Departamentul „Chirurgie Plastica” din cadrul Spitalului „Cleveland Clinic”  (Cleveland, SUA).

Activitati de cercetare:

• 2018: Fellow (Fellowship de cercetare in Oftalmologie), Augentagesklinike Rheine, (Rheine, Germania)
• 2013 - 2016: Membru al echipei de cercetare, Centrul de Cercetare al Suprafetei Oculare (Sibiu, Romania)
• 2010 - 2016: Investigator principal si responsabil al Programului Terapie Vizuala Computerizata Clinica OftaTotal (Sibiu, Romania).

• 2023: „Electrofiziologia clinica a vederii - electroretinograma, potentiale vizuale evocate” (Marea Britanie)
• 2017: „Seminar in Oftalmologie” (Salzburg, Austria)
• 2016: 
  • „Facoemulsificare - elemente de baza” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) – curs practic de tehnici chirurgicale
  • „Glaucom” (Praga, Cehia)
  • Scoala de vara Neurodiab „Abordarea moderna a neuropatiei diabetice”, Societatea Romana de Neuropatie diabetica (Sinaia, Romania)
  • „Facoemulsificare si glaucom” (Sofia, Bulgaria) – curs practic de tehnici chirurgicale
  • „Degenerescenta maculara legata de varsta” (Praga, Cehia)
  • „Oftalmopediatrie si neuro-oftalmologie” (Praga, Cehia)
• 2015: 
  • „Tehnici chirurgicale in glaucom” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) – curs practic de tehnici chirurgicale
  • „Initierea in diagnosticul si tratamentul diferitelor forme de strabism” (Bucuresti, Romania)
  • „Curs de facoemulsificare” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) – curs practic de tehnici chirurgicale
  • „Principii de microchirurgie in practica oftalmologica” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) – curs practic de tehnici chirurgicale
  • „OCT in oftalmologie”  (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • „Chirurgia vitreo – retiniana” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • „Uveitele”  (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • „Keratoconus – mijloace de diagnostic si tratament” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
• 2014: 
  • „Actualitati in tratamentul retinopatiei diabetice” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • „Actualitati in strabologie”  (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  • „Adaptarea lentilelor de contact”  (Sibiu, Romania)
• 2012: „Noduri si suturi chirurgicale”   (Sibiu, Romania)  – curs practic de tehnici chirurgicale.

Premii obtinute:

• Premiul III: Young Investigator Forum Meeting - Elena Avram, Onda Tabita Calugaru, poster "Inherited ophthalmic diseases in the European Union - state of the art in 2023", 14th International Congress of Human Genetics, Cape Town, Africa
• ESHG Mentorship, 2023
• Locul 7 pentru articolul „Alinierea cristalinelor artificiale torice in era digitala” la sectiunea „Cele mai bune 10 articole ale anului 2019” ale revistei CRSTEurope
• Premiu pentru cea mai buna prezentare sustinuta in cadrul Scolii de vara „Abordarea moderna a neuropatiei  diabetice”, sectiunea „Prezentari de caz” acordat de Societatea de Neuropatie Diabetica: „Neuropatie optica ischemica anterioara non-arteritica la un pacient diabetic ” – Elena Avram, Sinaia, 2016
• Bursa acordata de Societatea Europeana de Oftalmologie, 2016
• Bursa acordata de Societatea Romana de Oftalmologie pentru sustinerea tinerilor medici specialisti si rezidenti ce au obtinut stagii de pregatire in strainatate, Al XII-lea Congres National Roman de Oftalmologie reunit cu Al XI-lea Congres Sud-Est European de Oftalmologie, Bucuresti, 2014
• Locul II: „Conjunctivita purulenta – importanta examenului bacteriologic” – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, Congresul International pentru Studenti si Tineri Medici Asklepios, Sibiu, 2010.

Lucrari stiintifice prezentate la congrese:

• Genetic diagnosis in Juvenile-onset open-angle glaucoma – Elena Avram, Annual Congress of the Romanian Glaucoma Society, Brasov, 2024
• Genetic diagnosis and management in Meesmann epithelial corneal dystrophy – Elena Avram, Annual Congress of the Romanian Society for Contact Lens and Romanian Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface, Sibiu, 2023
• The ESHG-Y Committee and our impact in empowering young geneticists across Europe – Delia Sabau, Can Ding, Juliana Xavier de Miranda Cerqueira, Mridul Johari, Ana Raquel Gouveia Freitas da Silva, Elena Avram, ESHG-Y committee – the 6th international romanian Cogress of medical genetics, Craiova, 2022
• Efficacy of a CDK 4/6 inhibitor combined with an aromatase inhibitor as a first line treatment in the case of advanced breast cancer HR+/HER2 – Andreea Lazescu, Marius Pirciu, Elena Avram, Adelina Gheorghe, Elena Dumitrescu, Oana Trifanescu, Dana Lucia Stanculeanu, RAD Spring Conference, Montenegro, 2022
• Communicating with cataract surgery patients – communication channels – Elena Avram, Maria Szocs, Andreea Ciubotaru, 17th Romanian National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2019
• Is hypovitaminosis D3 the cause of acommodative spasms? – preliminary results – Elena Avram, Raluca Florea, Andreea Ciubotaru, 17th Romanian National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2019
• Non – arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a diabetic patient – Elena Avram, „Modern approach to diabetic neuropathy” Summer School, Diabetic Neuropathy Society, Sinaia, 2016
• Fuchs endothelial dystrophy: is femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery the right approach? –  Monica Gavris, Roxana Belicioiu, Alexandra Ioana Olteanu, Elena Avram, Hanga Kedves, 13th Romanian National Congress of Ophthalmology, Sinaia, 2015
• The role of bacteriological examination in acute bacterial conjunctivitis – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, IATDMCT Regional Conference: The XXI National Congress of Laboratory Medicine, The IX – th National Congress of Nurses Laboratory, The VIII – th Symposium of Immunopathology, Sibiu, 2014 – research conducted in the Ocular Surface Research Center
• HTS Amblyopia iNet software efficiency in anisometropic amblyopia – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, Romanian Society of Ophthalmopediatrics and Strabismus, Sinaia, 2014
• Etiology and treatment of acute bacterial conjunctivitis – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, Annual Congress of the Romanian Society for Contact Lens and Romanian Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface, Sibiu, 2013 – research conducted in the Ocular Surface Research Center
• Anisometropic amblyopia: Occlusion or Computer Vision Therapy? – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, Asklepios Medical Congress for Students, Sibiu, 2012
• A new approach in the treatment of children amblyopia: Computer Vision Therapy – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, Asklepios Medical Congress for Students, Sibiu, 2011
• Purulent conjunctivitis – the importance of bacteriological examination – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, Asklepios Medical Congress for Students, Sibiu, 2010

Postere prezentate la congrese:

• The ESHG-Young & the Young Investigator Forum: Partnership, networking and innovation – E. Avram, R. Barbosa-Matos, M. Johari, A. R. Gouveia Freitas Da Silva, S. Kalantari, R. Dore, M. Mroczek, J. Miranda Cerqueira, W. Akurugu, V. Nembaware, S. Adadey, K. Mnika, A. Yalcouye, W. Mupfururirwa, P. Nevondwe, M. Alimohamed, ESHG Conferecence, Glasgow, UK, 2023
• The European Society of Human Genetics’ innovative international educational initiatives for young human geneticists – a collaboration between ESHG-Y and EduComm – Elena Avram, Ana Raquel Silva, William G. Newman, Patricia Calapod, Edith Coonen, Christophe Cordier, Johan den Dunnen, Vita Dolzan, Sofia Douzgou, Gulcin Gumus, Elizabeth Loehrer, Sally Ann Lynch, Carmen Garrido-Navas, James J. O’Byrne, Inga Prokopenko, Feliciano J. Ramos, Celia Azevedo Soares, Edward S. Tobias, Conferinta ESHG, ESHG Conferecence, Glasgow, UK, 2023
• The worldwide use of the ESHG’s guide to online educational resources (EuroGEMS.org) and its new Portuguese and Spanish translations – A. Tobias, E. Avram, A. R. Gouveia Freitas Da Silva, J. Miranda Cerqueira, A. Esteve Garcia, I. Esteban, E. S. Tobias, ESHG Conferecence, Glasgow, UK, 2023
• The European Society of Human Genetics - Young Committee - our achievements in the last 5 years and goals for the future – D. Sabau, M. Johari, A. R. Gouveia Freitas Da Silva, S. Kalantari, A. R. Matos, R. Dore, M. Mroczek, J. Miranda Cerqueira, E. Avram, ESHG Conferecence, Glasgow, UK, 2023
• Inherited ophthalmic diseases in the European Union – state of the art in 2023 – Elena Avram, Onda Tabita Calugaru, ICHG and YIF 2023, Cape Town
• The European Society of Human Genetics Young Committee (ESHG-Y) - achievements from 2019 and strategies for the future –  Mridul Johari, Ana Raquel Gouveia Freitas da Silva, Ileana - Delia Sabau, Silvia Kalantari, Rita Barbosa-Matos, Rhys Dore, Magdalena Mroczek, Juliana Xavier de Miranda Cerqueira, Elena Avram, ICHG 2023, Cape Town
• The emerging role of the European Society of Human Genetics-Young Committee – Elena Avram, Juliana Xavier de Miranda Cerqueira, Can Ding, Mridul Johari, Ana Raquel Gouveia Freitas da Silva, Ileana – Delia Sabau, Nuru Noor, ESHG Conference, 2022
• Worldwide use of EuroGEMS.org, the ESHG’s guide to online educational resources, and its new full Spanish translation – Adam P. Tobias, Irene Esteban, Anna Esteve Garcia, Elena Avram, Ana Raquel Gouveia Freitas Da Silva, Juliana Xavier de Miranda Cerqueira, Edward S. Tobias, ESHG Conference, 2022
• Identifying the presence of Putative miRNA with possible involvement in acute promielocitary leukemia – Onda Calugaru, Avram Elena, Mihaela Dragomir, Silvia Aposteanu, Danut Cimponeriu, Daniel Coriu, XIIIth National Congress of Clinical Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Sinaia, 2021
• Toric IOL alignment – IntelliAxis (LensAR) vs Z Align (Callisto Eye) – Elena Avram, Michaela Fischer, Matthias Gerl, Florian T.A. Kretz, 23rd Winter Meeting, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Congress (ESCRS), Athens, 2019

• Advancing intercontinental collaboration in human genetics: success story of the African and European Young Investigator Forum -  Mohamed Zahir Alimohamed, Khuthala Mnika, Samuel Mawuli Adadey, Rita Barbosa-Matos, Elena Avram, Patracia Nevondwe, Wisdom A. Akurugu, Wilson Mupfururirwa, Juliana Xavier de Miranda Cerqueira, Rhys Dore, Ileana-Delia Sabau, Silvia Kalantari, Ana Raquel Gouveia Freitas da Silva, Abbas Abel Anzaku, Alice Matimba, Paballo Abel Chauke, Mridul Johari, Victoria Nembaware & Magdalena Mroczek, Eur J Hum Genet, 2023
• The European Society of Human Genetics-Young committee- activities and achievements between 2019-2022 - Avram E, Ding C, de Miranda Cerqueira JX, Johari M, da Silva ARGF, Sabau ID, Noor N, Kalantari S, Dore R, Barbosa-Matos R, Mroczek M, Tonini F; European Society of Human Genetics - Young Committee. Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 Feb 9  
• Novel miRNAs discovered in acute promyelocytic leukemia - Calugaru Onda−Tabita, Bogdan Popescu, Avram Elena,  Dragomir Silvia Mihaela, Mighiu Ioana, Aposteanu Silvia, Cimponeriu Danut, Coriu Daniel, RRML, vol 30, nr 3, July 2022  
• The ESHG-Y Committee – an annual activity report - Elena Avram, Juliana Xavier de Miranda Cerqueira, Can Ding, Mridul Johari, Ana Raquel Gouveia Freitas da Silva, Ileana - Delia Sabau, Nuru Noor, ESHG Newsletter, nr 37, June 2022
• Intratumoral heterogeneity in breast cancer – a real challenge for diagnosis and treatment - Marius Pirciu, Elena Avram, Iolanda Georgiana Augustin, Daniela Zob, Andreea Lazescu, medichub.ro, March 2022    
• The Young Geneticists Network and the ESHG-Young committee, a forward-looking international community - Florence Riccardi, Ruta Marcinkute, Celia Azevedo Soares, Patricia Calapod, Juliana Cerqueira, Elena Avram, Can Ding,  Eur J Hum Genet, 2022 
• The role of the European Society of Human Genetics in delivering genomic education – William Newman, Edward Tobias, Elena Avram, Patricia Calapod, Christophe Cordier, Johan den Dunnen, Can Ding, Vita Dolzan, Sofia Douzgou Houge, Sally Anne Lynch, James O'Byrne, Philippos Patsalis, Inga Prokopenko, Celia Soares, Adam Tobias, Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 
• Toric IOL Alignment in the Digital Era – Elena Avram, Florian Kretz, CRSTEurope, february 2019
• Can optical coherence tomography redefine amblyopia? – Elena Avram, „Romanian Journal Of Ophthalmology”, volume 61, nr.2/2017 – 10 citations 
• Insights in the treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction – Elena Avram, „Romanian Journal Of Ophthalmology”,  volume 61, nr.2/2017
• Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: Is femtosecond laser – assisted cataract surgery the right approach? – Monica Gavris, Ioan Horje, Elena Avram, Roxana Belicioiu, Ioana Alexandra Olteanu, Hanga Kedves, „Romanian Journal Of Ophthalmology”, volume LVIII, no.3/2015   
• Persistent Pupillary Membrane or Accessory Iris Membrane? – Monica Gavris, Ioan Horje, Elena Avram, Roxana Belicioiu, Ioana Alexandra  Olteanu, Hanga Kedves, „Romanian Journal Of Ophthalmology”, volume LVIII, no.3/2015 – 14 citations    
• Etiology and treatment of acute bacterial conjunctivitis – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, „Acta Medica Transilvanica – supliment”, nr.1/2014 – research conducted in the Ocular Surface Research Center     
• Treating anisometropic amblyopia with HTS Amblyopia iNet Software – preliminary results – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, „Oftalmologia”, Volume LVII , nr.2/2013     
• Functional amblyopia – Elena Avram, Adriana Stanila, „Oftalmologia”, Volume LVII , nr.4/2013.