1975
Primii pași în apariția supraspecializării pediatrilor în domeniul endocrinologiei și diabetului pediatric
Prof. Dr. Doc. Louis Țurcanu
În Romania promovarea ideii de supraspecializare în endocrinologie și diabet pediatric aparține Prof. Dr.
Doc. Louis Țurcanu Șeful Clinicii de Pediatrie de la Spitalul de Copiii din Timișoara.
As. Univ. Dr. IOANA MICLE
5 dec 1974 – 31 martie 1975 specializare în Franţa – diabetologie infantilă în Serviciul Prof. Henri Lestradet – Paris şi pentru boli metabolice ereditare – în Serviciu Prof. Guy Fontaine Lille.
3-11 febr. 1975 curs „Biologie du Development” Facultatea Necker- Enfants Malades- Paris.
1977/1978
A gentelemen`s agreement:
Copii cu diabet zaharat și patologie endocrină vor fi dirijați către spitalul de copii !!
De la stângă la dreapta:
- Prof.dr. Louis Țurcanu , Șef Clinica de Pediatrie, Spitalul de Copii, Timișoara
- Prof.dr. Gheorghe Băcanu, Șef Clinica de Diabet, Nutriție Boli de Metabolism, Spitalul Județean, Timișoara
Prof.dr. Grigore Lungu, Șef Clinica de Endocrinologie, Spitalul Județean, Timișoara
7 iunie, 1990
Asociația pentru ajutorarea copiilor diabetici din Banat” (ACDB)
7 iunie – se constituie ”Asociația pentru ajutorarea copiilor diabetici din Banat” (ACDB) asociație cu scop caritabil ”pentru ajutorarea și îngrijirea copiilor diabetici ce vizează tratamentul, asistența sanitară și asistența psiho-pedagogică”.
Fondatori: Dr. Ioana Micle, Dr. Iulian Velea
ACDB editează incepând cu anul 1991 revista ”INFODIAB” cu apariție trimestrială pentru educția în diabetologie pediatrică (adresata copiilor și părinților)
Director științific : Dr. Ioana Micle
Redactor Șef : Dr. Iulian Velea
2010
Clinica II Pediatrie ”Bega”
Simpozioane de endocrinologie pediatrică cu participare internațională, precum:
Stuart J. BRINK, MD
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Past-President of ISPAD
- Member in National Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
William L. Clarke, MD,
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Chief of the Pediatric Endocrine Division
- University of Virginia
- School Of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2011
Al 2-lea Simpozion Național
Se organizează al doilea simpoziona național cu participanți internaționali, precum:
Stuart J. BRINK, MD
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA.
William L. Clarke, MD,
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Chief of the Pediatric Endocrine Division
- University of Virginia
- School Of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Carine de BEAUFORT, MD, PhD,
- Pediatric endocrinologist,
- Clinique Pediatrique de Luxembourg,
- LUXEMBOURG
2012
Al 3-lea Simpozion Național
Se organizează al treilea simpoziona național cu participanți internaționali, precum:
Stuart J. BRINK, MD
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA.
Lynda K. Fisher, MD
- Associate Professor Clinical Pediatrics
- Associate Head The Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern
- California, SUA.
William L. Clarke, MD,
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Chief of the Pediatric Endocrine Division
- University of Virginia
- School Of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2013
Al 4-lea Simpozion Național
Se organizează al 4-lea simpoziona național cu participanți internaționali, precum:
Jeremy Allgrove, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCh
- Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist,
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes,
- Royal London and Great Ormond Street Hospitals,
- United Kingdom
Larry C. Deeb
- Professor of Pediatrics at Florida State University
- Pediatric Endocrinologist in Tallahassee, Florida
- Medical Director Diabetes Center at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
- President-Elect of the American Diabetes Association (2005)
2014
Fondatori și Propuneri ENDOPED
Ce-și propune ”ENDOPED” ?
- promovarea principiilor ESPE şi ISPAD,
- organizarea de manifestări ştiinţifice prin intermediul cărora să promoveze cele mai noi metode de diagnostic şi tratament oferind astfel un cadru de formare şi informare a medicilor pediatri cu „aplecare” către acest tip de patologie.
- să organizeze programe educaţionale, de informare a populaţiei, privind depistarea şi diagnosticarea bolilor în stadii incipiente,
- să promoveze o alimentaţie sănătoasă, raţională încă de la naşterea copilului.
- stabilirea de parteneriate şi colaborări cu alte societăţi naţionale şi internaționale.

14-17 Mai, 2014
Congresul Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Congresul Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
Jeremy Allgrove, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCh
- Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist,
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes,
- Royal London and Great Ormond Street Hospitals,
- United Kingdom
Manuel Rui G. Carrapato,
- Professor of Pediatric Sciencies, Faculty of Health Sciencies, Fernando Pessoa University, Rua Carlos Maia, Oporto, Portugal
- Head of Pediatric and Neonatal Department,
- President, European Association of Perinatal Medicine
- President, World Association of Perinatal Medicine (2005 – 2007)
Stephen Greene
- Professor of Child and Adolescent Health, Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Professor at the University of Dundee.
- President of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) in 2012.
- Director of the Scottish Children’s Research Network in 2013.
2015
Al 2-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 2-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
MARK A. SPERLING
- Emeritus Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pitsburgh School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital of Pitsburgh.
- President of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (the Pediatric Endocrine Society of North America)
- Editor in Chief of “Pediatric Diabetes”
FAISAL S. AHMED
- Professor Samson Gemmell
- Chair of Child Health,
- Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow,
- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill Glasgow,
- United Kingdom.
CARINE de BEAUFORT
- Guest professor UZ Brussels.
- Is a consultant in pediatric endocrinology & diabetes in the pediatric clinic in Luxemburg (Clinique Pédiatrique / CH de Luxembourg).
- Secretary General International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)

2016
Al 3-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 3-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
STUART J. BRINK
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the U. M. Ph „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
ZE’EV HOCHBERG
- Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology in the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- Editor-in Chief of the Yearbook in Pediatric Endocrinology,
- Past President of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)
- Past Secretary General of Global Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (GPED).
- ESPE Andrea Prader Prize for world leadership in Pediatric Endocrinology .
MARTIN O. SAVAGE
- Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at London School of Medicine & Dentistry in London, UK.
- Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at the London Clinic Centre for Endocrinology.
- Past General Secretary of the ESPE (1997 – 2004).
- ESPE Andrea Prader Prize for contributions to paediatric endocrinology (2007).
CIRIL KRŽIŠNIK
- Professor of pediatrics,
- Professor emeritus of University of Ljubljana, 2015.
- Head of Chair of pediatrics, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.
- Award of Honor and Merit for afirmation of pediatric endocrinology in Slovenia – president of Slovenia Mr. Borut Pahor.
11 Mai 2016
Ceremonia de decernare a titlului de CETĂȚEAN DE ONOARE AL MUNICIPIULUI TIMIȘOARA, d-lui Prof. dr. STUART J. BRINK (Boston / USA)

2017
Al 4-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 4-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
STUART J. BRINK
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the U. M. Ph „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
NATASA BRATINA
- Physician, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolic Disease University Children’s Hospital Ljubljana,
- Assistant Profesor at University Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, Chair of Paediatrics Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
JOHN GREGORY
- Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology to Cardiff University.
- Coordinator (from 2014) the annual ESPE Winter School in Eastern Europe.
- Had led the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Paediatric Endocrine Training Centres for Africa in Nairobi and Lagos.
CIRIL KRŽIŠNIK
- Professor of pediatrics,
- Professor emeritus of University of Ljubljana, 2015.
- Head of Chair of pediatrics, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.
- Award of Honor and Merit for afirmation of pediatric endocrinology in Slovenia – president of Slovenia Mr. Borut Pahor.
2018
Al 5-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 5-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
STUART J. BRINK
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the U. M. Ph „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
DOROTHY J. BECKER
- Chief of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Director, Diabetes Program at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
- Received the McEllroy Award from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Alumni Association,
PREZEMYSLAWA JAROSZ-CHOBOT
- Profesor, Head of Department of Children’s Diabetology and Pediatrics
- School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia
- Diabetes Regional Consultant, Upper Silesia, Katowice (Poland)
- President of Pediatric Section of Diabetes Poland
MAIA KONSTANTINOVA
- Professor, Leader of the Diabetic department in the University Pediatric Hospital – Sofia (Bulgaria)
- President of Bulgarian National Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (BNSPE)
- Invited speaker for the EASD post-graduate course in Budapest in November 2016
MARTIN KOHKMEIER
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, School of Medicine and Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Nutrition and UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Human Research Core and Nutrigenetics Laboratory, Kannapolis, NC, USA
- Visiting fellow of Wolfson College at Cambridge University, UK.
MIHAI NICULESCU
- Founder and CEO, Advanced Nutrigenomics (USA);
- Research Associate Professor at The University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania.
- Former Chief Science Officer, Nutrigene Sciences (USA);
- Former Assistant Professor, Nutrition Research Institute, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
KENNETH MCELREAVEY
- Human Developmental Genetics
- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
- Head of Structure,
- Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
ANU BASHAMBOO
- Human Developmental Genetics
- Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
- Group Leader
- Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

2018
Al 6-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 6-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
STUART J. BRINK
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the U. M. Ph „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
MEHUL DATTANI
- Head of Paediatric Endocrinology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Institute of Child Health (ICH).
JOHN GREGORY
- Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology to Cardiff University.
- Coordinator (from 2014) the annual ESPE Winter School in Eastern Europe.
- Had led the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Paediatric Endocrine Training Centres for Africa in Nairobi and Lagos.
ZE’EV HOCHBERG
- Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
MOSHE PHILLIP
- Director of the Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, the National Center for Childhood Diabetes at Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
MARTIN WABITSCH
- Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ulm, Germany and is Head of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine at the Ulm University Medical Center.
HARTMUT WOLLMANN
- Scientific assistant, Growth Research Center, Tübingen, (Prof. Dr. MB Ranke)
- Since 2001 Dr. Hartmut Wollmann is Medical Director Endocrine Care/Global Medical Affairs Pediatric Endocrinology – Europe
2020
Al 7-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 6-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
STUART J. BRINK
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the U. M. Ph „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
HARTMUT WOLLMANN
- Scientific assistan, Growth Research Center, Tubingen, (Prof. dr. MB Ranke)
- Since 2001 Dr. Hartmut Wollmann is Medical Director Endocrine Care/Global Medical Affairs Pediatric Endocrinology – Europe
JOHN GREGORY
- Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology to Cardiff University.
- Coordinator (from 2014) the annual ESPE Winter School in Eastern Europe.
- Had led the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Paediatric Endocrine Training Centres for Africa in Nairobi and Lagos.
DOROTHY J. BECKER
- Chief of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Director, Diabetes Program at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
- Received the McEllroy Award from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Alumni Association,
VIOLETA IOTOVA
- Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, Head of First Pediatric Clinic at the University Hospital “St. Marina” in Varna, Bulgaria and Head of the Pediatric department at the Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria.
MAIA KONSTANTINOVA
- Professor, Leader of the Diabetic department in the University Pediatric Hospital – Sofia (Bulgaria)
- President of Bulgarian National Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (BNSPE)
- Invited speaker for the EASD post-graduate course in Budapest in November 2016
GUN FORSANDER
- University Lecturer, Instit of Clin Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Univ of Gothenburg (Sweden)
OLAF HIORT
- Professor, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Lubeck, Germany
- Member, European Commission Expert Group on Rare Diseases

2021
Al 8-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 8-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
STUART J. BRINK
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the U. M. Ph „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
JOHN GREGORY
- Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology to Cardiff University.
- Coordinator (from 2014) the annual ESPE Winter School in Eastern Europe.
- Had led the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Paediatric Endocrine Training Centres for Africa in Nairobi and Lagos.
OLAF HIORT
- Professor, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Lubeck, Germany
- Member, European Commission Expert Group on Rare Diseases
FAISAL S. AHMED
- Professor Samson Gemmell
- Chair of Child Health,
- Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow,
- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill Glasgow, United Kingdom.
CARINE DE BEAUFORT
- Guest professor UZ Brussels.
- Is a consultant in pediatric endocrinology & diabetes in the pediatric clinic in Luxemburg (Clinique Pédiatrique / CH de Luxembourg).
- President of International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)
DAVID MAAHS
- Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at Stanford University and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
- Editor in Chief, ISPAD Guidelines 2018 (2016 – 2018)
FRANCESCO CHIARELLI
- Full Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, University of Chieti, Italy.
- He is Head of the Department of Paediatrics at the University Hospital in Chieti since 1994.
- Consultant of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
HILARY SEELEY
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes , Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
2022
Al 9-lea Congres Național ENDOPED
Se organizează Al 9-lea Congres Național ENDOPED cu participanți internaționali, precum:
STUART J. BRINK
- Senior Endocrinologist, (NEDEC), Waltham, USA
- Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the U. M. Ph „Victor Babes” Timisoara.
JOHN GREGORY
- Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology to Cardiff University.
- Coordinator (from 2014) the annual ESPE Winter School in Eastern Europe.
- Had led the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Paediatric Endocrine Training Centres for Africa in Nairobi and Lagos.
FRANCESCO CHIARELLI
- Full Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, University of Chieti, Italy.
- He is Head of the Department of Paediatrics at the University Hospital in Chieti since 1994.
- Consultant of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
KLAUS MOHNIKE
- Extraordinary Professor at Department Pediatrics Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and Chair of Central German Network for rare disease
CARINE DE BEAUFORT
- Guest professor UZ Brussels.
- Is a consultant in pediatric endocrinology & diabetes in the pediatric clinic in Luxemburg (Clinique Pédiatrique / CH de Luxembourg).
- Secretary General International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)
KATE OWEN
- Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North-East of England.
