Surgical Training Institute Bucharest

The Center hosts every year laparoscopic training courses for basic and advanced techniques.

Surgical Training Institute located in Ponderas Academic Hospital, organizes educational activities, workshop, symposiums and clinical immersions addressed to both Romanian and foreign surgeons who are willing to develop their skills into minimal access a Surgical Training Institute, located in Ponderas Academic Hospital, organizes educational activities, courses, symposiums and clinical immersion

s addressed to both Romanian and foreign surgeons who are willing to develop their skills into minimal access and video-assisted techniques. These events are organized in a technically up-to-date equipped conference room were lectures and conferences are provided by invited speakers. Live surgery HD is also transmitted from the Center OR or from any OR worldwide via video-conference systems. Hands-on training on live anesthetized tissue is offered during every course in a experimental lab with 9 complete tables for any endoscopic procedures. The topics of the training courses includes: basic & emergency laparoscopic procedures, hernia repair, eso-gastric procedures, colorectal procedures, uro-gynecology and bariatric & metabolic procedures. The faculty team has an 25 years experience in organizing laparoscopic training courses, for more than 2500 participants. The Faculty consists of more than 80 experts from Romania and abroad, and it is coordinated by Catalin Copaescu MD PhD. The Courses are endorsed and organized together by the Romanian Association of Endoscopic Surgery (RAES) and the Romanian Medical Academy of Medical Sciences, since 2012. The graduation certificate, issued by the Romanian Medical College of Physicians includes 18 CME credits per event. Our training Center has also been involved in other educational and scientific activities, like Video Assisted Intubation Workshops, Training Courses in Robotic Assisted Surgery, live surgery demonstrations transmitted HD from the OR to other centers from Romania and abroad. As Ponderas Academic Hospital is a Bariatric Center of Excellence, almost every month are organized Clinical Immersions on Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery for surgeons coming from a large number of countries (ex. Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Jordan, Lebanon, South Arabia, Latvia, Croatia, etc.)

11/04/2026

Happy Easter!

27/02/2026

24/12/2025

As we bring another year to a close, we extend our sincere appreciation to all surgeons who have been part of the Surgical Training Institute community—whether as trainers or trainees. Your dedication to excellence, continuous learning, and surgical innovation is the foundation upon which our educational mission is built.

It has been a privilege to share knowledge, experience, and vision with professionals who shape the future of modern surgery. We look ahead with confidence, committed to advancing high-level training and fostering an environment where expertise, precision, and collaboration thrive.

May the holiday season bring you well-deserved rest and renewed inspiration, and may the New Year be marked by professional fulfillment and personal well-being.

Warmest holiday wishes to all of you!
Surgical Training Institute Team

20/11/2025

ICG Guided Surgery Workshop a început astăzi cu o sesiune teoretică scurtă, urmată de partea cea mai importantă: hands-on intensiv pe simulatoare și modele tisulare. Participanții lucrează efectiv cu tehnologia ICG, învățând să evalueze perfuzia și să identifice structuri anatomice în timp real — un curs practic, clar și extrem de util pentru integrarea fluorescenței în intervențiile zilnice. 💡🔬🙌

13/11/2025

🎓 Workshop ICG Guided Surgery
📅 20–21 noiembrie 2025 | 📍 București, 85A Nicolae Caramfil

Organizat de Surgical Training Institute, sub coordonarea Dr. Gerald Filip și Dr. Victor Tomulescu, evenimentul este acreditat cu 12 credite EMC și endorsat E.A.E.S.

🔬 Vei învăța cm să aplici tehnologia ICG în chirurgia oncologică, ginecologică și hepato-bilio-pancreatică – de la interpretarea imaginilor fluorescente la utilizarea practică intraoperatorie.
✂️ Include sesiuni hands-on, prezentări video și exerciții pe modele funcționale.

📲 Înscriere online: www.surgicaltraininginstitute.com/courses/details/131
📞 Detalii: +40 756 126 777

23/10/2025

Minimally Invasive Techniques for Gynecological Pathology – Day 2
Today’s hands-on sessions focused on two essential skills in laparoscopic surgery:

🪡 Interrupted and continuous suturing techniques
🧠 Dissection with precision stitching on functional models

Participants are refining control, accuracy, and tissue handling—key steps toward surgical excellence in minimally invasive gynecology.

23/10/2025

These days, the Minimally Invasive Techniques for Gynecological Pathology workshop is taking place, bringing together resident physicians and specialists in general surgery and gynecology who are refining their laparoscopic skills through intensive hands-on training using pelvitrainers, POP-trainers and functional tissue models.

Focus of the day: instrument handling, suturing, electrosurgery and key procedures like adnexectomy & hysterectomy.

👏 Thank you to all participants for your dedication to advancing minimally invasive surgery!

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23/09/2025

👏 We are proud to have hosted this week two successful editions of the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Workshops for Breast Cancer and Melanoma, bringing together surgeons from Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Slovenia, Romania, and Bulgaria.

🙏 A special thank you goes to Dr. Gerald Filip, who laid the foundation of these courses and gathered both the outstanding faculty and the industry partners that made it possible.

💡 Over four intensive days, participants explored fluorescence-guided surgery with ICG, exchanged valuable tips and tricks, and strengthened their surgical skills through hands-on training sessions.

We are also grateful to our technology partners, especially Stryker and Diagnostic Green, for their essential support.

🤝 These workshops proved once again that collaboration, innovation, and education are the keys to advancing surgical practice for the benefit of patients everywhere.

22/09/2025

🎥 Ziua 1 – Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer & Melanoma Workshop
Prezentări interactive, experiențe clinice și tehnologii inovatoare.
🔬 Am încheiat cu hands-on pe simulatoare, unde participanții au exersat pașii esențiali ai biopsiei ganglionului santinelă.

08/07/2025

📢 Hands-on Workshop: Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery
📅 Sept 29 – Oct 1, 2025 | 🏥 Bucharest, Romania
🎓 18 CME credits | 🧑‍⚕ Limited spots available

Join a comprehensive laparoscopic skills training, led by EAES expert Prof. Dr. Marek Soltes, designed for surgical residents and specialists in:

🩺 General Surgery
🩺 Gynecology
🩺 Urology

What you’ll gain:
✅ Safe pneumoperitoneum setup
✅ Proper laparoscopic ergonomics
✅ Ambidextrous instrument handling
✅ Sharp/blunt dissection, clipping, extraction, knot tying
✅ Teamwork and communication in the OR
✅ Hands-on sessions with direct mentorship
✅ Evaluation of skills against validated benchmarks

💡 Perfect for early-career surgeons or those looking to strengthen their foundation in minimally invasive surgery.

💶 Fee:
✔ 600 EUR – ARCE / EAES members
✔ 700 EUR – Non-members

📲 Register now: www.surgicaltraininginstitute.com/courses/details/132
📞 ‪+40 756 126 777‬

30/06/2025

🔬 Hands-on Workshop: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer & Melanoma
📅 September 18–19, 2025 | 🏥 Bucharest, Romania
🎓 12 CME credits | 👩‍⚕️ Limited seats available

Are you a general surgery, gynecology or surgical oncology resident or specialist?

Join us for an intensive hands-on training focused on one of the most important techniques in modern oncologic surgery: the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy.

What you'll gain:
✅ Live surgical demonstrations
✅ Hands-on dissection & excision on functional tissue models
✅ Injection techniques (ICG, Patent Blue)
✅ Interpretation of pathology, imaging & lymphoscintigraphy
✅ International protocols, anatomical variants, complications
✅ Discussions of real clinical cases

📜 Accredited by the Romanian College of Physicians – 12 CME credits
💶 Reduced fees thanks to our partner Diagnostic Green:
▫️ 300 EUR for ARCE / EAES / CCOPS members
▫️ 400 EUR for non-members

📲 Register now: https://www.surgicaltraininginstitute.com/courses/details/129
📞 More info: +40 756 126 777

27/06/2025

Today’s hands-on workshop brought together surgeons ready to advance their skills in robotic-assisted urological procedures.

From mastering the da Vinci® XI system to refining trocar placement, suturing, and electrosurgical techniques — every step was guided by precision and practice.

Participants trained on:
🦾 da Vinci® XI console
🔧 Docking, undocking & patient positioning
🧠 VR simulations & functional tissue models

Thank you to everyone who joined us in shaping the future of minimally invasive surgery!

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Address

85A Nicolae Caramfil Street,/1 Floor
Bucharest
014142

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00