Prof. Dr. Alexandru Rafila

Alexandru Rafila is currently the Chief of Microbiology Department of University of Medicine Carol Davila and of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Bucharest. He received his medical degree in 1987 and attained a Ph.D. in Microbiology in 2004. He has been a senior specialist in Microbiology and Public Health since 2000. Dr. Rafila is the elected President of the Romanian Society of Microbiology and has served in central administration as Secretary of State, General Director for Public Health and several times as Personal Adviser of the Minister of Health. He is a previous Director of the Public Health Institute Bucharest. In addition to his standing in his own country, Professor Rafilas expertise is recognized internationally as expert by WHO, NATO and European Commission. He was Member of Standing Committee of WHO Regional Office of Europe and represented Romania in the Management Board of ECDC. Since 2018 he represents European Region in the Executive Board of WHO.

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