%0 Journal Article
%T MIHAELA SIMESCU MD, (1939 ¨C 2019)
%A Ioana Zosin
%J Archive of "Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest)".
%D 2018
%R 10.4183/aeb.2018.573
%X I was deeply saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend, Dr. Mihaela Simescu, after a hard suffering. On 15th February 2019 she would have had celebrate 80. I knew Dr Simescu since 40 years ago as an excellent professional with priorities in the field of thyroid endocrinology. She graduated the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest in 1963. She did her PhD in Endocrinology, between 1968-1971, in the Institute of Endocrinology, in the field of Iodine deficiency in Romania. She conducted for many years the Department of Thyroid and Iodine Deficiency Disorders from the National Institute of Endocrinology. I followed her to consultations, visits, symposiums and congresses in the country or abroad. She had understanding and empathy toward the patients, whom she listened to and examined with competence, patience and calmness. Both patients and colleagues appreciated her, being more and more surrounded by residents and young fellows. She paid to all of them much attention and clarified their concerns without placing them in a lower position. I have never heard of it by raising the tone or expressing publicly her dissatisfaction. Dr. Simescu was formed as a professional within an elite group, made up of the most illustrious figures of Romanian thyroid endocrinology. She actively participated to almost all thyroid-related events at European level in the last two decades. Her priority studies focused on iodine nutrition in Romania. She has actively contributed to the implementation of iodized salt in our country. She was the author or coauthor of valuable works on many other aspects of thyroid disorders: Graves¡¯ disease and its major complications, hyperthyroidism and pregnancy, bone turnover in hyperthyroidism, and so on. In 1995 she was involved as co-coordinator of Thyromobil¡¯s action in Romania under the auspices of WHO, UNICEF and ICCIDD, in collaboration with universities from Lubeck, Louvain and Lausanne. This study evaluated 931 children whose thyroid volume (ultrasound) and urinary iodine were determined. The investigations focused on two distinct geographic areas (Bra£¿ov and Timi£¿ Counties). The results obtained revealed a heterogeneous endemic iodine deficiency, integrating the Romanian data onto European map. She proudly represented Romania in many WHO reports concerning a continuous problem, Iodine deficiency in Europe. Dr. Simescu gave us the weight and importance of full respect for both the human being and the medical profession
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516401/