Mira Lia FLOREA

Fields of interest/specialization: internal medicine, ultrasonography, hepatology, oncology, translational medicine, palliative care

Dr. Florea Mira Lia is a primary physician in Internal Medicine, also certified in ultrasonography and palliative care, working at the Integrated Ambulatory Clinic in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her PhD in Medical Sciences is focused on the multisystemic complications of metabolic diseases. Dr. Florea has published more than 37 ISI indexed articles, 7 books (two of them international collaborations) and worked in 9 research grants (four of them international projects). The current field of interest is focused on advances in pathogenesis, non-invasive diagnostic techniques, including imaging and biomarkers in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its complication, hepatocellular carcinoma as well as their emerging therapies.

Curriculum Vitae: CV Mira Florea

Web of Science Researcher ID: AAS-1330-2021.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1441-9614

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ro/citations?user=0x37IVsAAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mira-Florea/stats/report/ 

Representative works:

• Florea, M.; Serban, T.; Tirpe, G.R.; Tirpe, A.; Lupsor-Platon, M. Noninvasive Assessment of Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients Using Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 2575. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10122575. IF= 4, 241; Q1.

• Lupsor-Platon, M.; Serban, T.; Silion, A.-I.; Tirpe, A.; Florea, M. Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Step Forward for Better Evaluation Using Ultrasound Elastography. Cancers 2020, 12; 2778. ISSN 2072-6694; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12102778. IF=6,168; Q1.

• Lupsor-Platon, M.; Serban, T.; Silion, A.I.; Tirpe, G.R.; Tirpe, A.; Florea, M. Performance of Ultrasound Techniques and the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in the Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Cancers 2021, 13, 790. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13040790. IF= 6,126; Q1.

• Petrescu, M.; Vlaicu, S.I.; Ciumărnean, L.; Milaciu, M.V.; Mărginean, C.; Florea, M.; Vesa, Ș.C.; Popa, M. Chronic Inflammation—A Link between Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Dysfunctional Adipose Tissue. Medicina 2022, 58, 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050641. IF=2, 430; Q2.

• Grapa, C.M.; Mocan, L.; Crisan, D.; Florea, M.; Mocan,T. Biomarkers in Pancreatic Cancer as Analytic Targets for Nanomediated Imaging and Therapy. Materials 2021,14,3083. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14113083. IF=3,057, Q2.

• M. Lupsor, R. Badea, S. Nedevschi, D. Mitrea and M. Florea. “Ultrasonography Contribution to Hepatic Steatosis Quantification. Possibilities of Improving this Method through Computerized Analysis of Ultrasonic Image,” IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, 2006, pp. 478-483. doi: 10.1109/AQTR.2006.254685.

• M. Florea, S.T. Barbu, M. Crisan, H. Silaghi, A. Butnaru, M. Lupsor. Spontaneous external fistula of a hydatid liver cyst in a diabetic patient. Chirurgia, 2008; 103 (6): 695-698); doi: 10.21614/chirurgia.116.1.102. https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/fullrecord/WOS:000261817400014.

• Lupşor-Platon M, Stefănescu H, Mureșan D, Florea M, Szász ME, Maniu A, Badea R. Noninvasive assessment of liver steatosis using ultrasound methods. Med Ultrason. 2014, 16(3):236-45. doi: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.163.1mlp. IF=1,108, Q2.

• Mira Florea. Cross-Cultural Issues in Academic Palliative Medicine, in: Contemporary and Innovative Practice in Palliative Care, Esther Chang and Amanda Johnson (Ed.), 2012. ISBN: 978953-307-986-8, Chapter 1, pg. 3-18. http://www.intechopen.com/books/contemporary-andinnovative-practice-in-palliative-care/cross-culturalissues-in-academic-palliative-medicine.