Shoulder & Hand Surgeon supra-specialized in reconstructive shoulder surgery and arthroplasty, shoulder arthroscopy and sports orthopaedics.
Web: www.drandreipopescu.com ; www.ortopedicum.ro
Languages: English (C1), German (C1), French (C1),
Romanian (native)
INTERESTS
Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty, Palliative Shoulder Surgery, Reconstructive Upper Limb and Brachial Plexus Surgery, Tendon Transfers, Microsurgery, Medical Education, Sport Orthopedics, 3D Surgical Planning, Patient Specific Implants
WORK EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
January 2020 – Present
Shoulder, Hand and Brachial Plexus Surgeon
Medical Director and Founder of ORTOPEDICUM – Sports & Orthopedics Clinic, Bucharest, Romania
Founder of the Romanian Shoulder Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Shoulder & Upper Limb Surgeon – Zetta Hospital, Sport-Ortho department, Bucharest, Romania
November 2018 – December 2019
Shoulder and Hand Surgeon
Institut International de Chirurgie de la Main et de l’Epaule, Clinique Internationale du Parc Monceau. Paris, France.
Coordinators: Prof. acad. Dr. Frédéric Teboul and Dr. Jean-Noel Goubier
April 2018 – December 2019
Clinical Fellowship in Brachial Plexus and Reconstructive Upper Limb Surgery
Institut de Chirurgie Nerveuse et du Plexus Brachial, Paris, France
Coordinators: Prof. acad. Dr. Frédéric Teboul and Dr. Jean-Noel Goubier
January 2018 – March 2018
Clinical Fellowship in Shoulder Surgery. Mentorship
GO:H Gelenkchirurgie Orthopädie Hannover. Hannover, Germany.
Mentor: PD Dr.med Jens Agneskirchner
January 2017 – January 2018
Clinical Fellowship in Shoulder and Upper Limb Surgery (AGA-Fellowship)
Clinique Générale Annecy. Annecy, France.
AGA-Fellowship coordinator: Dr. Laurent Lafosse
November 2010 – December 2016
Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
• Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier, Orthopädie Abteilung, Trier, Germany (2015-2016)
Residency coordinator: Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Hopf
• Klinikum Aschaffenburg-Alzenau, Chirurgische Klinik II, Orthopädie, Unfall- und Handchirurgie (2010-
2014), Aschaffenburg, Germany. Residency coordinator: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. mult. Wilhelm Friedl
CERTIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION
• German Board Certification: Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Specialist (February 2017)
unrestricted practice licence in Germany, France and Romania
• Course Certificate in Technical Orthopaedics (November 2015)
• German Board Certification: Emergency Medicine Specialist (December 2014)
• German Board Certification: Sports Medicine Specialist (July 2014)
• Master Diploma in Microsurgery (2018-2019): Faculté de médecine Pierre et Marie Curie,
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
• Master of Health Business Administration (2013-2017): Friedrich-Alexander Universität
Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. Title: M.H.B.A.
• Medical Studies (2004 - 2010): University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Carol Davila’,
Bucharest, Romania. Title: Doctor medic (M.D.)
• Military College, CML ‘Dimitrie Cantemir’ Breaza, Romania (2000-2003)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• ESSKA – European Society for Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy
• ESSKA-ESA – European Shoulder Associates
• AGA – German Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery
• SECEC – European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow
• SRATS - Romanian Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology
• SOROT – Romanian Society of Ortopaedic and Trauma Surgery
• DGSP - German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention
• Romanian Student Society of Surgery. Vice-President in 2009
AWARDS
• ESSKA Shoulder Fellowship 2020 from ESSKA – European Shoulder Associates
• Research Grant from Ramsay Générale de Santé, Paris, France
• Course Award (Fellowship) from German Orthopaedic Academy - FAB Berlin (11/2017)
• AGA Shoulder Fellowship ‘17 – German Society for Arthroscopy and Joints Surgery
(01/2016)
• Award of the BKT Trier Hospital for implementing a Patient Blood Management
protocol for arthroplasty in the Endocert Arthroplasty Centre (2016)
• Student of the year award (1’st Prize) at the Romanian Educational Awards Gala (11/2010)
• Best project awards for ePathology.ro and MedicalStudent.ro at „E-Health Revolution Impact
Over Medical Practice and Economy Congress’’, Bucharest (05/2010)
MAJOR RESEARCH ARTICLES
• Remplissage May Decrease the Redislocation Rate After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair in
Patients With an Engaging Hill-Sachs Defect: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of
Studies With Minimal 2-Year Follow-up. Natalia Pawłuś, Michał Kanak, Andrzej Frankiewicz,
Joanna Piwnik, Ion-Andrei Popescu, Andrzej Borowski, Adam Kwapisz
• Long head of the biceps tendon versatility in reconstructive shoulder surgery: a narrative review
of arthroscopic techniques and their biomechanical principles with video presentation. DC
Neculau, GM Avram, A Kwapisz, MM Scarlat, B Obada, IA Popescu. International
Orthopaedics, 1-8, Feb. 2024.
• Dynamic Anterior Stabilization with Hill-Sachs Remplissage Can be Employed in Skeletally
Immature Patients - Operative Technique. D Neculau, G Avram MD, C Simion, … IA Popescu.
Orthopaedic Surgery 2024. DOI: 10.1111/os.13989
• Partial Articular Supraspinatus Tendon Avulsion Repair and Patch: A Technical Note for Augmenting the
Supraspinatus Reinsertion with the Long Head of the Biceps Tendon. GM Avram, DC Neculau, IA
Popescu et al. Orthopaedic Surgery 15 (8), 2174-2180
• Modified Dynamic Anterior Stabilization (DAS) and Hill-Sachs Remplissage for the Treatment of
Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Dislocation. IA Popescu, D Neculau, C Simion, D Popescu. Arthroscopy
Techniques 2022
• Antegrade intramedullary locking nail in the management of proximal and middle thirds of humeral
diaphyseal fractures. Obada, B., Zekra, IA Popescu, et al. International Orthopaedics (SICOT)(2022).
• The V-shaped subscapularis tenotomy for anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. DJH Henderson, TJ
Christensen, A Vo, JE Plath, IA Popescu, L Lafosse. International Orthopaedics 2021
• Management of glenoid bone deficiency in shoulder arthroplasty: usage of bone grafts and metallic
augmentation. IA Popescu, Trutz Vogelsang, Jens Agneskirchner. Arthroskopie 2020
• Repair of the femoral nerve by two motor branches of the obturator nerve: A case report. E Dubois, IA
Popescu, N Sturbois Nachef, F Teboul, JN Goubier. Microsurgery 2019
• In-office shoulder arthroscopy and tenotomy of the long head of the biceps tendon—a cadaveric
feasibility study. IA Popescu, F Teboul, JN Goubier, A Ghazanfari. International orthopaedics, 1-5. 2019
• Functional improvements in active elevation, external rotation, and internal rotation after reverse total
shoulder arthroplasty with isolated latissimus dorsi transfer: surgical technique and mid-term follow-up.
IA Popescu, T Bihel, D Henderson, JM Becerra, J Agneskirchner, L Lafosse. Journal of shoulder and
elbow surgery. 2019
• All-Endoscopic Resection of an Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Schwannoma: Surgical Technique. T
Lafosse, M Le Hanneur, IA Popescu, T Bihel, E Masmejean, L Lafosse. Arthroscopy techniques 7 (8),
e869-e873
• Complication of Bony Procedures for Shoulder Instability. (book chapter) IA Popescu, D Haeni.
Complications in Shoulder Arthroscopy. J.Agneskirchner, L Lafosse, Springer Verlag 2020
• Primary and revision RSA – planification and first experiences with custom made Patient Specific
Implants (book chapter). IA Popescu, J. Agneskirchner. Paris International Shoulder Congress 2019
• Building a Personalized Patient Blood Management Programme: Business Plan and Implementation
Example in a German Orthopedic Department. Master Diploma in Health Business Administration,
Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
