Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Aamc Id
Membership And Honorary Societies
Medical School Awards
Other Awards And Accomplishments
Research
Publications
Volunteer Experience
Languages
Timeline
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Victor Cazac

Norwalk,CT

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Internal Medicine Resident

Nuvance Health
07.2023 - Current
  • Streamlined communication channels within the team leading to more efficient coordination during rounds or consultations.
  • Participated in various committees, such as infection control or quality assurance, to help improve hospital practices and policies.
  • Managed time effectively while balancing multiple responsibilities including patient care, research projects, and continued education efforts.
  • Enhanced continuity of care by effectively communicating with patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure seamless transitions between healthcare settings.

Rheumatologist

Balkan Medica
08.2022 - 06.2023
  • Clinical activity in outpatient department
  • Responsibilities include diagnosis, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and management and follow-up of patients with rheumatic conditions and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

Rheumatologist

Novamed Hospital
07.2021 - 06.2023
  • Clinical activity in outpatient department
  • Responsibilities include diagnosis, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and management and follow-up of patients with rheumatic conditions and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

Internist, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Specialist, Capillaroscopy specialist

Medipartner Medical Clinic
06.2020 - 06.2023
  • Physician: outpatient activity with various degenerative and inflammatory joint disease, systemic disease and other internal medicine conditions. - Musculoskeletal ultrasound specialist: sonographic examination of patients with various musculoskeletal disorders, screening of rheumatic disease involvement of salivary glands, lungs, large vessels and serous cavities; ultrasound guided procedures in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. - Capillaroscopy specialist: screening of connective tissue disease changes via digital nail fold capillaroscopy.

Assistant Professor

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
09.2016 - 06.2023
  • Teaching activity: practical lessons of Rheumatology and Nephrology with 4th and 5th year medical students, in Romanian, English and Russian languages
  • Activities include review of fundamental and clinical knowledge, hospitalized patient encounters, practical skills development, interactive scenario discussion and performance assessment. - Clinical activity: attending physician in Arthrology inpatient unit
  • Responsibilities include provision of care to patients; rheumatological consults to other hospital departments and medical institutions outside the hospital; musculoskeletal ultrasound, including ultrasound-guided procedures; capillaroscopy examinations. - Research activity: literature reviews, case reports and case-series
  • Results presented at national medical societies (oral presentations, posters). - Advisor activity: scientific advisor for medical students working on final thesis. - Performance assessment: final assessment of medical students at the end of their clinical rotation.

University lecturer

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
09.2014 - 06.2016
  • Teaching activity: practical lessons of Rheumatology and Nephrology with 4th and 5th year medical students, in Romanian, English and Russian languages
  • Activities included review of fundamental and clinical knowledge, hospitalized patient encounters, practical skills development, interactive scenario discussion and performance assessment.

University Lecturer

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
09.2013 - 06.2016
  • Teaching activity: practical lessons of Histology with 1st and 2nd year medical students, in Romanian, English and Russian languages
  • Activities included review of fundamental knowledge, histological slide examinations and performance assessment. - Histological laboratory activity: preparation and staining of histological material.

Education

M.D. - Internal Medicine Residency

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
Chisinau, Republic Of Moldova
06.2016

M.D. - Medicine

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
Chisinau, Republic Of Moldova
06.2013

Skills

  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound
  • POCUS
  • Nailfold capillaroscopy
  • Randomized clinical trial experience (Sub-Investigator, Study coordinator)

Aamc Id

15844605

Membership And Honorary Societies

  • EMEUNET (Emerging EULAR Network)
  • Moldovan Society of Internal Medicine
  • Moldovan Society of Osteoporosis

Medical School Awards

"Impact of research activity" performance contest (2nd place). Awarded by SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu" (2021)

Other Awards And Accomplishments

  • EULAR (European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology) Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Competency Level 1 (2022)
  • EULAR (European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology) Cappilaroscopy in Rheumatic Diseases Course (2018)

Research

Junior scientific researcher (07/2013 - 12/2020), Republican Clinical Hospital "Timofei Mosneaga", Moldova 

  • Randomized clinical trials: sub-investigator and/or study coordinator in phase II and III trials in rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and osteoarthritis.
  • Cross-sectional studies: epidemiological and clinical profiling of urban and rural populations.

Publications

  • Epidemiological features of peripheral fragility fractures in Republic of Moldova: regional results from the multicentric study EVA., Osteoporosis International, 27, Supplement issue 1, S379, 29404623, Published
  • Epidemiological features of peripheral fragility fractures in men in Republic of Moldova., Osteoporosis International, 29, Supplement issue 1, S400-S420, 30054651, Published
  • Influence of femoral neck bone mineral density on fracture risk assessment using the country-specific FRAX tool in Republic of Moldova., Osteoporosis International, 30, Supplement issue 2, S442, 31289871, Published
  • Relationships between clinical profile, markers of bone metabolism and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women., Osteoporosis International, 31, Supplement issue 1, S384, 33656611, Published
  • Epidemiological features of peripheral fragility fractures in women in Republic of Moldova., Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77, Suppl 2, 1626, Published
  • Rheumatic diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: review article., Moldovan Journal of Health Sciences, 24, 2, 17-32, Published
  • FRAX-based intervention thresholds in eight Eurasian countries: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, the Russian Federation, and Uzbekistan., Archives of Osteoporosis, 16, 1, 1-7, 34089424, Published
  • Epidemiology of osteoporotic fracture in Moldova and development of a country-specific FRAX model., Archives of Osteoporosis, 15, 1, 1-8, 31993755, Published
  • Epidemiology of osteoporotic nonvertebral fractures in Moldova. Population-based longitudinal study., Osteoporosis International, 30, Supplement issue 2, S450-S451, 31289871, Published

Volunteer Experience

Student teacher (06/2011 - 07/2013), SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu", Moldova

  • Histology practical lessons with 1st and 2nd year medical students.

Languages

Romanian
Native or Bilingual
Russian
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
German
Elementary

Timeline

Internal Medicine Resident

Nuvance Health
07.2023 - Current

Rheumatologist

Balkan Medica
08.2022 - 06.2023

Rheumatologist

Novamed Hospital
07.2021 - 06.2023

Internist, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Specialist, Capillaroscopy specialist

Medipartner Medical Clinic
06.2020 - 06.2023

Assistant Professor

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
09.2016 - 06.2023

University lecturer

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
09.2014 - 06.2016

University Lecturer

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"
09.2013 - 06.2016

M.D. - Internal Medicine Residency

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"

M.D. - Medicine

SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"

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