MD, MHSc, PhD, Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology, Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, Fellow of the American Society for Clinical Pathology
Senior Lecturer in Pathology
Contact details for Dr Eugene Petcu
Biography
Dr Petcu undertook his undergraduate medical degree at Universitatea din Craiova, Facultatea de Medicina in Romania. After completing his internship in Craiova, Romania, he moved to New Zealand where he graduated from The University of Auckland, School of Medicine, with a Masters of Health Sciences in Pharmacology. He then completed his specialist training in Pathology in the United States at Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston University Medical Center. Eugen undertook postgraduate studies in Germany at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Section of Molecular Neurobiology, culminating in a PhD awarded with magna cum laude in Neurobiology.
Research interests
- Neurobiology
- Stroke: neuroregeneration and angiogenesis
- Medical education
- General diagnostic anatomic pathology
Publications
Refereed journal articles
- Petcu EB, Koelmeyer TD, Miroiu RI, Berman L, Ghiorghiu V, Opris MM (2010) Fatal pulmonary embolism: a retrospective clinical study conducted in women aged between 18 to 45 years and review of the literature. Romanian Review of Laboratory Medicine. March. 18(1):33-47.
- Petcu EB, Berman L, Opris MM, Gheorghiu V, Kessler SC , Hayes J, Farber HW (2009) Pulmonary hypertension in systemic Lupus Erythematosus complicated by exposure to Dexfenfluramine. Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine.17(2):83-88.
- Petcu EB, Kocher T, Kuhr A, Buga AM, Klöting I, Herndon JG, Kessler C, Popa-Wagner A (2008) Mild Systemic Inflammation has a Neuroprotective Effect After Stroke in Rats. Current Neurovascular Research. 54: 214-222.
- Salajegheh A, Petcu EB, Smith RA, Lam AK (2008) Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and pathologists. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 84(988):78-82.
- Petcu EB, Sfredel V, Platt D, Herndon JG, Kessler C, Popa-Wagner A (2007) Cellular and Molecular Events Underlying the Dysregulated Response of the Aged Brain to Stroke. Gerontology. 21.
- Petcu EB, Dunoiu C, Loana M, Pirici D, Mogoantă L, Popa-Wagner A (2007) Modified variant of the Rieske iron-sulfur protein in the hippocampus of kindled rats and human epileptic patients. Romanian Journal of Morphology Embryology. 48(1):17-24.
Current teaching areas
- Pathology - all academic years including lectures and practical sessions