Camelia Alkhzouz

Camelia Alkhzouz is the Head of Medical Genetics Department of Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Head of Expertise Center for Rare Metabolic Diseases (Lysosomal diseases), Associate Professor at the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca.

She graduated at the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca (1989), she is senior doctor in Pediatrics (1999), senior doctor in Medical Genetics (2008), Endocrinology specialist (2013) with Competence in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (2012). She achieved the PhD degree in 2003.

She is the national coordinator of the National Program for “Rare diseases treatment”, founding member of the Romanian Society of Medical Genetics, member of the Romanian Society of Pediatrics, of the Romanian Society of Pediatric Rheumatology, of the European Society of Medical Genetics, of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and member of the South Easth Europe Hunter Syndrome Advisory Board.

The main research fields include lysosomal storage diseases, pediatric endocrinology and diabetes.

She published 82 papers out of which 32 papers quoted ISI. Twenty-eight papers were published in abstract volumes of international scientific conferences and 286 in abstract volumes of national scientific conferences. She published 10 books as author or co-author. She participated in eight international/national studies as member or coordinator, most of them involving lysosomal diseases.