Assoc. Prof.
Valentin Calu, MD
A surgeon with over two decades of experience in the surgical treatment of digestive cancers, Associate Professor at the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Consultant Surgeon at the Elias University Emergency Hospital.
His work brings together three mutually reinforcing dimensions: high-complexity surgery, internationally published research and the training of the next generation of surgeons.
Precise technique, in the service of the person
Digestive oncological surgery demands two things equally: absolute technical rigour and the ability to stay alongside a person at one of the most difficult moments of their life. Dr Valentin Calu has built a career around this balance — the most advanced technology applied with deeply human care.
A vocation for surgery took shape early and became a constant commitment to excellence: continuous training at leading centres, early adoption of minimally invasive techniques and, more recently, of robotic surgery, and a permanent concern to bring international standards into practice in Romania.
The same dedication goes into training students and young surgeons — the conviction that a good surgeon is measured not only by what they operate on, but by how much they manage to pass on to those who follow.
Training and career
Professor Honoris Causa
Academy of Applied Medical and Social Sciences (AMiSNS), Elbląg, Poland — research collaboration and ERASMUS+ academic mobility.
Habilitation — doctoral supervision
Doctoral School, "Carol Davila" University, Bucharest.
Associate Professor
"Elias" General Surgery Discipline, Department of Surgery, "Carol Davila" University.
Consultant general surgeon
Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest — high-volume clinical and operative activity in oncological, minimally invasive and hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgery.
Senior Lecturer
"Elias" General Surgery Discipline, "Carol Davila" University.
Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD)
"Carol Davila" University, Bucharest — thesis in the field of general surgery.
Residency in general surgery
"Caritas" Surgical Clinic, Bucharest.
Certified competencies
Triple certification in the areas that define digestive oncological surgery, at Romania's reference institutions.
Hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgery
Fundeni Clinical Institute — General Surgery and Transplantation.
Oncological surgery
"Prof. Dr. Al. Trestioreanu" Institute of Oncology.
Liver surgery & transplantation
Fundeni Clinical Institute — General Surgery and Transplantation.
da Vinci Xi robotic surgery
Console Surgeon — European Multi-Port certification programme.
National Trainer LapCo
National trainer in minimally invasive colorectal surgery.
Laparoscopic surgery
Certified competence in laparoscopic surgery.
Academic authority
Member and leader in the most important surgical societies in Romania and Europe.
- FACS — Fellow, American College of Surgeons (2014)
- FRSM — Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (2021)
- Sigma Xi — The Scientific Research Honor Society (2024)
- SIUCP Ambassador — Italian Unitary Society of Coloproctology (2025)
- Secretary — Romanian Society of Surgery
- Secretary General — ARCE (Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery)
- Founding member & Secretary General — Romanian Hernia Club
- National Delegate — WSES (World Society for Emergency Surgery)
- H-index 14 — Web of Science Core Collection
- Over 1,000 citations in the international literature
- Chapters in the Treatise of Surgery (Romanian Academy Press)
- Award of Scientific Excellence — European Society of Surgery (2025)
- EAES — European Association of Endoscopic Surgery
- ESCP — European Society of Coloproctology
- ESSO — European Society of Surgical Oncology
- ACPGBI — Association of Coloproctology of GB & Ireland
Where you can be seen
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A surgeon you can rely on.
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