Biography:
Dr. Rodica Elena Petrea is a Romanian-born international neurologist with expertise in stroke and vascular dementia, a career that spans mostly in the United States of America. At present, she lives and works in the USA. She achieved her medical doctor (MD) diploma from “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania (1995). She completed her neurology training both in Bucharest, Romania in 2000 and in U.S., in Boston, MA in 2008 before she was certified in neurology by both the Romanian Board of Neurology in 2000 and the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry in 2008 and 2012, when she became a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. She was a Pont-Neuf Scholar in Paris, France at Lariboisiere Hospital in 2000, and carried on research with the Framingham Heart Study in Boston, MA (2006-2008; 2019-2022).
Title : The alive “Cardiac Voodoo”: The heart-brain syndrome beyond stroke