Dr. Ionut Hutopila

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  6^th-7^th, 2017, Exeter, United Kingdom
• “Surgeon Technology Summit- Suturing and Sealing Devices”, November 29^th-30^th, 2017, North Haven , Connecticut, U.S.A.
• “Robotic assisted surgery for pelvic pathology”, June 30^th- July 1^st, 2017,  Bucharest, Romania
• “ Advanced Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery”, April, 1^st-4^th, 2015, Bucharest, Romania
• “Advanced Workshop on Gastric Cancer", November 20^th-21th, 2014, Bucharest, Romania
•  “Laparoscopic techniques  in the repair of abdominal wall defects”  (hands on course), March 18^th-20^th ,2013, Bucharest, Romania
• “Minimally Invasive techniques in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery” (hands on course), December 14^th, 2012, Bucharest, Romania
• “EAES Laparoscopic Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Course” (hands on course), November 12^th -15^th,  2012, Cuschieri Skills Centre – University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
• “EAES Laparoscopic Upper GastrointestinaI Surgery Course” (hands on course), March  8^th -11^th, 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 17^th -19^th ,  2010, Bucharest, Romania
• “Getting started in laparoscopic surgery – Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and other fundamental techniques Course”( training on simulator and swine models), March  4^th -6^th  , 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 25^th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), June 14-17^th, 2017, Frankfurt, Germany
• “Strategies for Abdominal Hernia Repair in Morbidly Obese Patients”. Authors:  I.Hutopila, M.Buza, S.Filip, C.Copaescu. The 9^th National Congress of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery, November  23-25^th , 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 9^th National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, November 25^th,  2017 ,Bucharest , Romania
• “Improvement /remission of the Metabolic Syndrome after Bariatric Surgery”. Authors: I.Hutopila. Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes Complications Conference, November 11^th, 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  26-29^th,  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 2^nd-4^th,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 19^th -22^nd , 2013, Vienna, Austria
• “Laparoscopy after Open Vertical Banded Gastroplasty”. Authors:  I.Hutopila. The IV th  National Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, December 15^th , 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 15^th , 2012, Bucharest, Romania
• “Laparoscopic Treatment of Giant Hiatal Hernia”. Authors: I. Hutopila, C.Copaescu. The XXVI th edition of National Surgery Congress, May 23^rd-26^th , 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)

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