Ion-andrei Popescu MD

Dr. Ion-Andrei Popescu, MHBA is a fellowship-trained upper limb surgeon, subspecialized in advanced shoulder surgery, tendon transfers, shoulder arthroscopy, arthroplasty, and brachial plexus surgery. His practice in Bucharest is devoted entirely to the treatment of problems affecting the shoulder region.

Dr. Popescu is an MD graduate of the ‘Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania, and an MHBA (Master of Health Business Administration) of the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He conducted his residency training in trauma and orthopedic surgery in Germany in high-volume trauma centers, for 6 years. He specialized also in sports medicine and orthotics. He was awarded by the German Orthopedic Academy and became a fellow of the largest society for arthroscopy, the German Speaking Association for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA).

As an AGA fellow, he performed multiple fellowships and training in shoulder and upper limb surgery in France and Europe for another 3 years. He was a fellow of the famous Alps Surgery Institute in Annecy and was trained by Dr. Laurent Lafosse in advanced shoulder arthroscopy and arthroplasty. Later he rounded up his arthroscopic shoulder surgery routine working with Dr. Jens Agneskirchner in Hannover. He completed his training in reconstructive upper limb surgery and brachial plexus surgery as a junior surgeon at the International Center for Hand and Shoulder Surgery in Paris, as a fellow of Dr. Frederic Teboul and Jean-Noel Goubier. Eventually, he became a fellow of the ESSKA – ESA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy – European Shoulder Associates).

Dr. Popescu is the author of multiple research articles and book chapters about shoulder disorders and their treatments. He is board-certified in Germany, France, and Romania and since January 2020 moved his main practice to Bucharest, Romania.