After returning to Romania in 2014, he established, developed, and led the cardiovascular surgery department at the Bucharest University Emergency Hospital.
He developed the ascending aorta replacement program with preservation or repair of the aortic valve for patients with aortic root and ascending aorta aneurysms, holding the most extensive experience in Romania in this field. At the German Heart Centre Munich, an international training hub for minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery, Dr. Badiu also trained in minimally invasive and endoscopic cardiac surgery, gaining over 15 years of experience with these techniques.
Education
Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, and since 2015, Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department at the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic of the Bucharest University Emergency Hospital.
Dr. Badiu studied medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München and Technische Universität München, and completed his doctorate in medical sciences at Technische Universität München with the distinction “Magna cum Laude”; he is a graduate of the habilitation program at the same university and first author of numerous specialty studies published in the most prestigious international journals of cardiovascular surgery.
Courses
2013: Lilly-Quality of Life Award 2013 – Together with the research team for the study entitled: “Prospective Evaluation of Quality of Life in Patients Before and After Catheter-Based Aortic Valve Implantation”
Job experience
In 2014, he was certified by the Bavarian/German Chamber of Physicians as a supra-specialist in intensive care in cardiac surgery.
Primary Cardiovascular Surgeon, Associate Professor Dr. Cătălin C. Badiu, is specialized in state-of-the-art cardiac surgery. He trained for the first 12 years of his career under the guidance of Professor Rüdiger Lange at the German Heart Centre Munich (DHM), Germany. At this prestigious international surgical center, Dr. Badiu initially worked as a resident/specialist and later as the head of the cardiovascular surgery department.
Performed procedures
Surgery of the aortic root and ascending aorta with valve-sparing – multiple international publications partially forming the basis of therapeutic guidelines in this field.
Minimally invasive and video-assisted valvular and coronary heart surgery.
Endoscopic valvular heart surgery.
Reconstructive valvular surgery: Mitral, aortic, and tricuspid valve plasty.
Valve replacement surgery: Aortic, mitral, tricuspid, or pulmonary valves.
Coronary surgery: Complete arterial bypass with extracorporeal circulation or on beating heart.
Cardiac tumor surgery (including minimally invasive where applicable).
Adult congenital heart disease surgery (GUCH).
Surgery for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Transcatheter treatment: TAVI transfemoral or transapical.
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