Adrian Covic#
| Membership Number: | 7242 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Homepage(s): | |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9985-2486 |
| X: | @accovic |
| Linkedin: | https://linkedin.com/in/adrian-covic-73260027 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Jan. 1999 - March 2000 Program Director, Cleveland, USA, Case Western Reserve University
- 2003 - 2011 ERA-EDTA Council Member and Secretary Treasurer
- 2009 - 2011 ERA-EDTA Cardiovascular Working Group (EURECAM) Secretary
- 2009 - 2011 COMGAN Eastern and Central Europe Committee Chairman
- 2004 - present Professor “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
- 2012 - present Vice-rector of Scientific research of the “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
- 1999 - present Chief of Division of Nephrology, Renal Transplantation, “Dr C. I. Parhon” Hospital Iasi, Romania;
- 2017 - present CNATDCU (National Council for Attestation of Qualification Diplomas and University Certificates) Vice President Panel 3 - Biomedical Sciences, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Medicine, Order 3761 / 09.02.2011 (period 2011 - 2014); National kidney transplant program: coordinator of the Iasi Kidney Transplant Program; National Liver Dialysis Program
- 2005 - 2008, 2012 - 2020 President of the Romanian Society of Nephrology
- 2009 - present Member, Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences
Fields of Scholarship
- Dialysis in the elderly
- Vascular damage and hypertension in CKD patients
- Anemia, urea kinetics modeling
- Predictive factors for AKI
- Main factors and prognosis of CKD patients
- Polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
- Cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients
- Hepatitis B and C in hemodialysis patients
- Mineral and bone disorder in CKD patients
- Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome
Honours and Awards
- International awards:
- 2000 Young Investigator Award - XXXIIIth European Congress of Nephrology, Nice
- 2002 Young Investigator Award - XXXVth European Congress of Nephrology, Copenhagen
- 2003 Award conferred by the World Congress of Nephrology, Berlin
- 2021 "Excellence in Patient Care" Award 2021, International Award, Royal College of Physicians
- National awards:
- 2008 Iuliu Hațeganu Award, Romanian Medical Academy
- 2016 SRN plaque - Award for outstanding contribution to Nephrology development in Romania, 25 years since the establishment of SRN
- 2017 The "Constantin C. Iliescu" Award of Romanian Academy of Scientists
- 2019 Award for Performance and Innovation in Medicine - Gala of Medical Elites, 4th edition, Târgu Mureș
- 2020 Doctor of the Year Award 2020 - Romanian Healthcare Awards
- 2021 The best team/hospital department in the 5th edition of the Medical Elite Gala, Baia Mare
- 2022 "Education and Research in the medical field" Nephrology Discipline "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi - Gala of Medical Elites, 7th Edition
- 2023 "Excellence in Health" Evening of Values 2023 organized by Iaşi City Hall
- 2023 "Medical Team of the Year" award for "Dr. C.I. Parhon" Hospital Department of Renal Transplantation - Iasi College of Physicians Gala, 6th edition
- 2023 "Doctor of the Year 2023", within the Romanian Healthcare Awards
- 2024 "Ana Aslan" Award for Medicine - Romanian Research Gala, organized by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization (MCID), Bucharest
