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The research of Assoc. Prof. Florin Elec at the „Iuliu Hațieganu” University and ICUTR Cluj-Napoca, his publications in international journals and the procedures covered by the press.

455citations in Google Scholar
11h-index
20ISI articles as first author, 8 in Q1 journals
55,28cumulative impact factor, as first author

Figures from the CV published by UMF Cluj in October 2024.

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Guest editor, Journal of Clinical MedicineTogether with Dr. Oana Antal he coordinates the special issue „Clinical Advances in Kidney Transplantation”: donor risk stratification, immunosuppression, post-transplant care and applications of artificial intelligence. Special issue page

Selected publications

Articles in indexed international journals and specialist books. The full list is on the research profiles.

  1. Validation of Kidney Donor Profile Index and Estimated Post-Transplant Survival Scores in an Eastern European Transplantation Center: a seven-year retrospective observational studyJournal of Clinical Medicine, 14(10):3540

    First author

  2. The Evaluation of Serum KIM-1 in a Pediatric Cohort of Renal Transplantation: a pilot studyChildren (MDPI)

    Co-author

  3. Favipiravir in Kidney Transplant Recipients With COVID-19: A Romanian Case SeriesTransplantation Proceedings

    Senior author

  4. The Perspectives of Biomarkers in Predicting the Survival of the Renal GraftFrontiers in Pediatrics

    Senior author

  5. Urological emergenciesCasa Cărții de Știință, Cluj-Napoca

    Book

  6. Transurethral microwave thermotherapy of the prostateMonograph, Napoca Star Publishing

    Author

  7. Treatise of Surgery, vol. I – Urology (eds. Irinel Popescu, Mihai Lucan)Romanian Academy Publishing House

    Chapters
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International training

  1. FEBS – European Diploma in Transplant Surgery, Fellow of the European Board of Surgery, Division of Transplantation

  2. Clinical Kidney Transplantation, Leiden University Medical Center

  3. Masterclass in kidney transplantation

  4. Masterclass in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

  5. Masterclass in benign prostatic obstruction

  6. Robotic surgery training, console surgeon

  7. Radical prostatectomy, 2006

Awards

  • Medica Academica 2011, Excellence Award for transplant work
  • Award for medical performance, surgical field, UMF Cluj, 2022
  • Research results recognised by UEFISCDI (articles from 2020 and 2021)

Roles

  • President-elect of Romtransplant, 2026–2028
  • Scientific Committee of the National Transplant Agency
  • Vice-president and co-founder of AUSTMR
  • Accredited PhD supervisor since 2024

In the press

Articles (in Romanian) about Dr. Elec's procedures and work. Quotes are his statements as published.

  1. Știri de Cluj

    Two Cluj doctors working wonders in the operating room: how Nadim Al Hajjar and Florin Elec saved hundreds of lives through transplantation

    At the Romtransplant Congress in Cluj-Napoca: more than 400 kidney transplants over his career, according to UMF Cluj.

  2. Făclia

    Two transplants at ICUTR Cluj-Napoca: a 7-year-old boy and a 23-year-old young woman

    Kidneys from a 17-year-old donor; ICUTR reaches 78 kidney transplants in 2026. Beyond the numbers, these are people, families and the hope of a life free from dialysis

  3. Cluj24

    A moving story at ICUTR Cluj: a 9-year-old receives a kidney from his father

    ICUTR's 45th kidney transplant of the year, in a 20 kg child. His father's gift is one of the most beautiful forms of giving.

  4. Monitorul de Cluj

    A Cluj patient gets a new chance at life after 13 years of waiting

    ICUTR's 50th kidney transplant in the first six months of 2025. This operation is more than a medical achievement.

  5. Habitat Cluj

    First kidney transplant of the year: a mother donates to her eight-year-old daughter

    The first paediatric living-donor kidney transplant of 2024. Kidney transplantation doesn't only improve these children's quality of life

  6. Monitorul de Cluj

    A first in Romania, in Cluj: a patient's third transplant after a 7-year wait

    A highly sensitised patient with two previous grafts, after 7 years on dialysis. Performing a transplant is not just the surgery

  7. Alba24 · Cluj24

    A first in Romania in Cluj: renal autotransplantation

    A 50-year-old patient with two tumours in a solitary kidney; a six-and-a-half-hour operation coordinated by Dr. Elec. the risk of losing the kidney was very high