Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Former names
 Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy
Type Public
Established 1857
Rector Acad Ioanel Sinescu
Students 4.800
Location Bucharest, Romania
Campus Urban
Website www.umf.ro

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy is a public health sciences University in Bucharest, Romania. It is one of the largest and oldest institutions of its kind in Romania, with over 2.865 employees, 1.654 teachers and over 4.800 students. The University is using the facilities of over 20 clinical hospitals all over Bucharest. Carol Davila University is classified as an advanced research and education university by the Ministry of Education.[1]

History

In 1694 Constantin Brâncoveanu , ruler of Wallachia, had founded the Princely Academy of Saint Sava in Bucharest with lectures delivered in Greek. In 1776, Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805) ruler of Wallachia, reformed the curriculum of the Saint Sava Academy, where courses of French, Italian and Latin were now taught. In 1859, the Faculty of Law was created. In 1857, Carol Davila created the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. In 1857, the foundation stone of the University Palace in Bucharest was laid.It was initially established in 1857 under the name National School of Medicine and Pharmacy by the French expatriate physician, Carol Davila. In 1869 it was incorporated as a department in the newly created University of Bucharest. The first doctoral degrees were granted in 1873, and the doctoral degree became the de facto graduation in 1888.

Carol Davila was a prestigious Romanian physician of Italian ancestry.Davila studied medicine at the University of Paris, graduating in February 1853. In March 1853, he arrived in Romania. He was the organizer of the military medical service for the Romanian Army and of the country's public health system. Davila, together with Nicolae Kretzulescu , inaugurated medical training in Romania in 1857, by founding the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy. It was he who had determined government authorities to issue the first official instructions concerning the health care of factory workers and the organisation of medical districts in the country.

It was due to his many activities that several scientific associations appeared in Romania: the Medical Society (1857), the Red Cross Society (1876), the Natural Sciences Society (1876). With his assistance, two medical journals entered print: the Medical Register (1862) and the Medical Gazette (1865). During the Independence War (1877-1878) he was the head of the Army's sanitary service.

Davila is also credited with the invention of the Davila tincture for the treatment of cholera, an opioid-based oral solution in use for symptomatic management of diarrhea.

Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine awarded George Emil Palade who was described as "the most influential cell biologist ever" studied at the University of Carol Davila and later served as a Professor and head of the department of Human Biology and Physiology. The School of Pharmacy was founded in 1889 and it was renamed, as the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1923.

The Faculty of Pharmacy of Carol Davila University is the place where insulin was isolated for the first time by Nicolae Paulescu in 1921.

Ranking

The Palace of the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest

In 1869 it was incorporated as a department in the newly created University of Bucharest, which In the 2012 QS World University Rankings University of Bucharest was included in the Top 700 universities of the world, together with three other Romanian universities. According to the Scimago Lab, based on data collected between 2007 and 2011, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy ranked 1168 in the World, 121 regionally and 12 in the country by number of publications. [2]

Faculties


Faculty of Medicine

The higher medical and pharmaceutical education in Bucharest dates back more than a century. Carol Davila, a Romanian physician of French origin, in collaboration with Nicholae Kretzulescu founded the Medical education in Romania, by establishing the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1857. Thanks to his activity a number of scientific societies were created, such as "The Medical Society", "The Red Cross Society", "The Natural Sciences Society" and two medical journals, "The Medical Monitor" and "The Medical Gazette" .

The building of the Faculty of Medicine was fully completed and inaugurated on 12 October 1903. The initiative to erect a monument to Carol Davila on the same day, was taken at the first national medical conference, which was held in Bucharest in October 1884. The statue, valued work of Carol Storck, was cast in bronze in the School of arts and crafts workshops in Bucharest.[3]

The inauguration of the faculty building is an important date in the evolution of medical education in Bucharest. The new building brought great improvements in the functioning of laboratories and the organization of practical work, as well as in the full didactic activity.Moreover in the faculty building it is created a fully oranized sports center that includes an autonomous indoor swimming pool for the Universities representative team and in addition an indoor stadium.

Departments

Faculty of Pharmacy

The Faculty of Pharmacy was created in 1858.

Departments

Faculty of Dentistry

Departments

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ Institutii de invatamant superior clasificate ca universitati de cercetare avansata si educatie
  2. ↑ Scimago Institutions Rankings
  3. ↑ Carol Davila, Facultatea de Medicina si cartierul de burghezi bucurestiivechisinoi.ro Retrieved December 13 2014.

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Coordinates: 44°26′4.63″N 26°4′10.59″E / 44.4346194°N 26.0696083°E / 44.4346194; 26.0696083

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