Competencies:
- Laparoscopic Surgery – Advanced Techniques – Ministry of Health Certification
- Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
- Doctor of Philosophy candidate – GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease in Bariatric Surgery
- Expert Trainer in DELTA Endoscopic Surgery Training Center- since 2017 Surgical
- Training Institute (STI) - Minimally invasive surgery courses endorsed by Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
Interests:
- Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery for Obesity, GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease, Hiatal Hernia, Abdominal Wall Hernias (inguinal, umbilical, epigastric, femoral , incisional), Colo-Rectal Disease, Gynecological Disease.
Courses:
- “Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction”, December 6th-7th, 2017, Exeter, United Kingdom
- “Surgeon Technology Summit- Suturing and Sealing Devices”, November 29th-30th, 2017, North Haven , Connecticut, U.S.A.
- “Robotic assisted surgery for pelvic pathology”, June 30th- July 1st, 2017, Bucharest, Romania
- “ Advanced Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery”, April, 1st-4th, 2015, Bucharest, Romania
- “Advanced Workshop on Gastric Cancer", November 20th-21th, 2014, Bucharest, Romania
- “Laparoscopic techniques in the repair of abdominal wall defects” (hands on course), March 18th-20th ,2013, Bucharest, Romania
- “Minimally Invasive techniques in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery” (hands on course), December 14th, 2012, Bucharest, Romania
- “EAES Laparoscopic Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Course” (hands on course), November 12th -15th, 2012, Cuschieri Skills Centre – University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
- “EAES Laparoscopic Upper GastrointestinaI Surgery Course” (hands on course), March 8th -11th, 2011, Cuschieri Skills Centre – University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
- “Laparoscopic techniques in Gynecological surgery – basic and advanced techniques Course” (training on simulator and swine models), November 17th -19th , 2010, Bucharest, Romania
- “Getting started in laparoscopic surgery – Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and other fundamental techniques Course”( training on simulator and swine models), March 4th -6th , 2009, Bucharest, Romania
- “Modern technologies in Thoracic surgery”- Thoracoscopy, VATS and mechanical sutures devices workshop, November 2008, Bucharest, Romania
Publications:
- “GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease and Obesity” . Authors: C.Copaescu, I.Hutopila, chapter in Textbook of Pathology and Esophageal Surgery, coordinator Prof. Dr. Silviu Constantinoiu, Bucharest, 2017
- “Gastroesophageal Reflux Before Metabolic Surgery”. Authors: Ionut Hutopila, A. Constantin, Catalin Copaescu in “Chirurgia”, No.1, 2018, Bucharest, Romania
Presentations :
- “An option for the treatment of Hiatal Hernia and GastroEsophageal Reflux after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy- Narbona-Arnau laproscopic technique”. Authors: I.Hutopila, C.Copaescu. The 25th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), June 14-17th, 2017, Frankfurt, Germany
- “Strategies for Abdominal Hernia Repair in Morbidly Obese Patients”. Authors: I.Hutopila, M.Buza, S.Filip, C.Copaescu. The 9th National Congress of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery, November 23-25th , 2017, Bucharest, Romania
- “Two years results of Narbona – Arnau Procedure to control the GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy”. Authors: I.Hutopila, C.Copaescu. The 9th National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, November 25th, 2017 ,Bucharest , Romania
- “Improvement /remission of the Metabolic Syndrome after Bariatric Surgery”. Authors: I.Hutopila. Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes Complications Conference, November 11th, 2016, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
- “Treatment of stenosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy”. Authors: . I.Hutopila. World Congress of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic , August 26-29th, 2015, Vienna, Austria
- “Revisional Surgery after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric By-Pass for Hypoglycemia”. Authors: I. Hutopila , B. Smeu, S. Filip, M. Priboi, I. Balescu, S. Velici,.I. Banescu, C. Copaescu. The 23rd EAES International Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 2015
- “A particular solution for Total dehiscence of the esophago-jejunal anastomosis after Laparoscopic Revisional Surgery”. Authors: I. Hutopila , B. Smeu, S. Filip, M. Priboi, I. Balescu, B.I. Banescu,S.C. Velici,C. Copaescu. The 23rd EAES International Congress, 2015, Bucharest, Romania,
- “Active Search for Hiatal Hernia in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy- a Surgical Protocol”. Authors: I. Hutopila , B. Smeu, M. Priboi, I. Balescu, S.C. Velici,C. Copaescu, The 7th National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Bucharest, Romania, 2015
- “Laparoscopic Rectal Resection for Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis”. The IVth National Congress of Coloproctology, October 2nd-4th,2014, Bucharest, Romania
- “Laparoscopic proximal gastric resection for gastro-gastric fistula after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass”. Authors: I.Hutopila, S.Filip, M.Priboi, B.Smeu, C.Copaescu. The XXI st International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), June 19th -22nd , 2013, Vienna, Austria
- “Laparoscopy after Open Vertical Banded Gastroplasty”. Authors: I.Hutopila. The IV th National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, December 15th , 2012, Bucharest, Romania
- “Laparoscopic Redo Gastric Banding to Gastric Bypass”. Authors: I.Hutopila, C.Copaescu. The IV th National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, December 15th , 2012, Bucharest, Romania
- “Laparoscopic Treatment of Giant Hiatal Hernia”. Authors: I. Hutopila, C.Copaescu. The XXVI th edition of National Surgery Congress, May 23rd-26th , 2012, Timisoara, Romania
Co-author at over 40 Conference presentations
Membership in Organizations:
- Romanian College of Physicians
- Romanian Society of Surgery
- Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques (RAES)
- European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)