DUMITRESCU Ioan Florin, Doctor in medicine, Doctor ès sciences, specialist in electrophysiology, biophysics and medical computer sciences.

EDUCATION :

• Doctor in medicine, Faculty of General Medicine, Bucharest (1960)
• Doctor ès sciences obtained at the Physiology Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest (1972), speciality electrophysiology, with the thesis : « Contributions on the study of the electrodermal activity ».
• Specialist in emergency medicine
• Specialist in labour medicine
• Specialist in functional explorations
• Pioneer of modern scientific acupuncture in the world
• Specialist in biological and medical computer sciences.

APPOINTMENTS :

• Preparatory medical activities (1960-65)
• Doctor at the Osteoarticulary Surgery SanatoriumMédecin in Grâdinari (1963-65)
• Doctor at the Emergency Hospital in Bucahrest (1965-69)
• Doctor at the first Experimental Acupuncture Clinic at Coltea Hospital, Bucharest (1969-70)
• Chef of Functional Explorations Laboratory at the Center of Labour medicine, Bucharest (1973-78)
• Founder and Director of the first Electrography and Applied Bioengineering Laboratory, Bucharest, (1978-80).
• Director and founder of the Biotechnology Department, Biotechnics International, Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)(1980-89)
• Scientific Councilor in the domains: medicine, biotechnology, agro-alimentary.

DIDACTIC ACTIVITY :

• Scientific coordinator for doctor in medicine diplomas at the Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest.
• Coordinator of universitary education stages in medical electronics and applied technology at the Polytechnics Institute, Bucharest.
• Activity with the post-graduate medical education in the scientific research in acupuncture domain, courses organized by the Ministry of Health, Bucharest.
• Courses of post-universitary improving in electronics and medical imaging systems within the frame of international seminaries (Paris, Baden-Baden, Basel).
• Post-universitary courses for medical doctors specialists in acupuncture (Faculty of Medicine, Paris).

INVENTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, PUBLICATIONS :

• Inventor of a great number of methods, techniques and devices destined to the exploration of human body and of biological structures, out of which we mention some : electronography, convertography, spectrography in electroluminescence, neurovegetative reactometry, multiples techniques for digitalising and interpretation of numeric images.
• By using his techniques, he carried out the first scanner for the exploration of the seeds germinative potential (ELSCAN).
• For discovering electronography and convertography he is recognized as the precursor of the scanner and other medical methods for the human body investigation via the electromagnetic fields explorations. Electronography has permitted for the first time in the world the visualization of the electrodermal points occuring in acupuncture in pathological conditions.
• The inventions of Ioan Florin DUMITRESCU are concretized in over 120 patents and certificates of romanian and international priority, in over 150 articles published in scientific and technical revues, in conferences and seminares, in several books. Most of his published works are indexed at Smithsonian’s Institute. Books include :
• "Man and the Electrical Environment", Ed.Stiintifca, Bucharest, 1976, translated in Italian by Piccini Editore.
• "Modern Scientific Acupuncture", Ed. Junimea, Iasi, Romania, 1977
• "Electronography", Ed. Stiintifica et Ecnciclopedica, Bucharest, 1979
• "Electrographic Imaging in Medicine and Biology", Neville Spearman, United Kingdom, 1983
• "Elektronographie und Elektrographische Methoden in der Biologie", Ficher Verlag fur Medizin, Heidelberg, Germany, 1984
• A cycle of 3 volumes entitled : "Modern Scientific Acupuncture" and namely:
• Volume 1: "Progress and Perspectives", Ed. Medicales Internationales, Lavoisier, Paris, 1986, - A mondial reference book translated and published in Italy by Ipsa Editore, Palermo, in Portughese by Andrei Editore, Brezil.
• Volume 2: "Informatic Acupuncture", Ed. Scientifiques Dubad, Ronchin, France, 1987
• Volume 3 on CD-ROM : " Interactive 3D Acupuncture Diagnosis and Treatment Atlas", Ipsa Editore, Palermo, Italie, 1999
• "Auriculotherapy and Practical CD-ROM", Ipsa Editore, Palermo, Italy, 2000 -
• Author of 3 chapters in the Encyclopédie Médico-Chirurgicale (Paris, France), section Natural Medicines, speciality acupuncture.
• Author of computer softwares under Dos and Windows with application in medicine and medical imaging.
• BOOKS ON INFORMATICS - COMPUTERS signed ander the pen-name Jean DIF:
• "Create your own 3 Dimensional Images + CD-ROM", published by Sybex, Paris, 1996
• "3 Dimensional Modelling of the Human Body + CD-ROM", published by Vuibert Informatique, Paris, 1998.

MEMBERSHIPS :

• Honour member of the International Institute of Pain Control, Kyoto, Japon.
• Expert member of the Italian Society of Physics, Italy
• Vice-President, Councilor member and Honour member of several Medical International Societies of reflexotherapie and acupuncture (USA, Germany, Belgium, Italy).
• President of the organisation committee of the International Congress of Scientific Acupuncture and Applied Technology, "INTAC", Bucarest, 1977.
• Honour President of several international congresses of medicine and applied technology.
• Director of the International Kirlian Research Association (IKRA), USA.
• Received the Plaquette of Homage for discovering electronography as precursor of computerized medical imaging systems, at the « Novel Frontieres in Science Congress » San-Remo, 1977, Italie.
• Scientific Director of the review "Acupuncture Research", Philadeiphia, USA
• Founder of the review "Acta Electrographica", Bucarest, 1977.
• Councilor member at the International Biographic Institute, Cambridge, England.
• Honour citizen of the town of Tarnaveni, Romania, june 1998.

HOBBIES :

• Painting under the pen name Jean DIF. Participant at collective and personal exhibitions. Medal-holder at the International Painting Exhibition in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, France (style painting "à couteau" and painting by computer processing images by ray-tracing technique).
• His references in painting :
• "Annuaire de la Cote des Arts", France, 5 th Edition
• "International Art Guide", Paris, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Edition 1994-96.

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