Professional Experience:
• 2005 – present - Teaching Assistant – University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes†Timisoara, Department of Neurology
• 2005 – present - Resident in Neurology – Clinical Emergency County Hospital Timisoara, Department of Neurology
• 2005 – 2009 - PhD Student – University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes†Timisoara
Title of doctoral thesis: “The anatomo-physiology of normal and impaired arithmetic abilities in relation with praxo-gnosic and language disturbancesâ€
Supervisor: Professor Zolog Alexandru, MD, PhD.
• 2003-2004 - Medical Doctor – Hospital “Louis Turcanu†Timisoara
Presentations:
RoÅŸca EC, Simu M, Chirileanu RD. How many words do we need to calculate? A case study of severe aphasia with widely preserved arithmetic abilities. The 13th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Florence, 2009 (poster).
Roşca O, Roşca EC, Pop M, Negrutiu L. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy – a case report. HIV DART 2008, Puerto Rico, December 9-12, 2008 (poster).
Chirileanu RD, Simu M, Reisz D, Tamasan S, Popa R, Males S, Sendroiu I, Cirlig C, Rosca C. Executive dysfunction in vascular subcortical dementia. The 6th World Stroke Congress, Vienna, September 24-27, 2008 (poster).
Chirileanu RD, Simu M, Reisz D, RoÅŸca C, Sendroiu I, Males S, Carlig C, Tudor R. Early diagnosis signs in frontotemporal dementia syndroms. The 12th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Madrid 2008 (poster)
RoÅŸca EC, Zolog A, Simu M. Calculating without words: a case of severe aphasia with remarkable arithmetical skills. The 40th International Danube Symposium in conjunction with The 6th Congress of the Romanian Society of Neurology, Sinaia, 2008 (poster).
Simu M, Chirileanu RD, Reisz D, Roşca C, Bednar M, Murariu A, Berkesch D. Mepivacaine subcutaneous infiltrations in acute migraine treatment – an observational study. The 40th International Danube Symposium in conjunction with The 6th Congress of the Romanian Society of Neurology, Sinaia, 2008 (poster).
RoÅŸca EC, Simu M. Thalamic Gerstmann syndrome or diaschisis? The 18th Meeting of European Neurological Society, Nice 2008 (poster).
Chirileanu RD, Simu M, Reisz D, Popa R, Tudor R, Cîrlig C, Roşca C. Cognitive dysfunction after lacunar infarcts. The 18th Meeting of European Neurological Society, Nice 2008 (poster).
Roşca EC, Roşca O, Negruţiu L, Simu M, Marincu I. Dementia and neurocognitive disorders due to HIV infection. National Conference of Infectious Diseases, Timişoara, 2007 (presentation).
Roşca EC. Acalculia following a subcortical lesion. NUMBRA (Marie Curie Research Training Network) – Summer School on Numeracy and Brain Development, 2007 (poster).
Simu MA, Chirileanu RD, Reisz D, Popa R, Bednar M, Murariu A, Lata I, Suici M, RoÅŸca C. Anosognosia evaluation in non-dominant hemisphere infarcts. Clinical and prognostic value. The 10-th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Glasgow, UK, 2006 (poster).
Roşca EC, Roşca O. Cysticercosis Cerebralis – A Case Study. National Conference of Infectious Diseases, Timişoara 2005 (poster).
Ad-hoc referee work for scientific journals / conferences:
• Neurocase
• CogSci 2009 - the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society for basic and applied cognitive science research.
• Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Languages:
• English – advanced
• Spanish – advanced
• French – medium
• Italian – medium
• Ukrainian – medium