Iuliana Florentina Conea

Date of Birth: 07 September 1992 (Age: 33)

Rheumatology Specialist and Paediatrics Resident with a strong focus on paediatric rheumatology and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Combining dual training in adult and paediatric rheumatology, I aim to advance transitional care and the management of rare rheumatic and autoinflammatory diseases. Committed to integrating clinical expertise with research to improve outcomes for children with rheumatic conditions.

• Paediatric Rheumatology European Association (2024 - Present)
• EMEUNET – The Emerging EULAR Network (2018 – Present)
• Romanian Society of Paediatric Rheumatology (2023 – Present)
• Romanian Society of Rheumatology (Present)

List of publications

• Gheorghiu AM, Vrancianu C, Conea IF, Boca A, Bolboceanu M, Draganescu C, Bojinca M, Ancuta I. Performance of the new 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology/American College of Rheumatology systemic lupus erythematosus classification criteria in a large unicentric cohort. Diagnostics. 2022;12(11):2778. doi:10.3390/diagnostics12112778
• Gheorghiu A, Conea IF, Vrancianu CA, Sasu M, Milicescu M, Mihai C, Bojinca M, Ancuta I. Long-term evolution of bosentan treatment in systemic sclerosis patients – the experience of a prescribing centre from Bucharest, Romania. Farmacia. 2022.
• Vrancianu CA, Conea IF, Boca A, Bolboceanu M, Draganescu C, Sasu M, Ciofu C, Macovei L, Milicescu M, Bojinca M, Ancuta I, Mihai C, Stoica V, Gheorghiu A. FRI0551 Performance of the 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism systemic lupus erythematosus classification criteria. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020;79(Suppl 1):877. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.3786
• Gheorghiță V, Conea IF, Radu A, Ion S, Mădărescu M, Petrea S, Streinu-Cercel A. Epidemiological trends and therapeutic challenges of malignancies in adult HIV-1-infected patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in a tertiary hospital from Romania: an observational retrospective study. J Infect Public Health. 2019;12(2):182-9. doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2018.09.011
• Piron Dumitraşcu M, Florescu AT, Conea IF, Blanariu I, Bobircă F, Ancuţa I, Bobircă AV. Pregnancy in ankylosing spondylitis – disease activity and treatment options: a systematic review. Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Romanian-German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; The V National Congress of the Romanian Association of Menopause; 2019; Timişoara, Romania.
• Toader O, Conea IF, Florescu AT, Blanariu I, Bobircă F, Ancuţa I, Bobircă A. Management of pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus – update review on literature. Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Romanian-German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; The V National Congress of the Romanian Association of Menopause; 2019; Timişoara, Romania.
• Toader O, Blănariu I, Florescu AT, Conea IF, Bobircă F, Ancuţa I, Bobircă A. Management of pregnancy in antiphospholipid syndrome – a systematic review. Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Romanian-German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; The V National Congress of the Romanian Association of Menopause; 2019; Timişoara, Romania.
• Conea IF, Ancuţa I. Peritoneal tuberculosis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis treated with infliximab. Rom J Rheumatol. 2019;28(Suppl1)

Poster presentations & abstracts

• Conea IF. Onset of ankylosing spondylitis in a patient with liver transplantation. Poster presentation at the National Congress of Internal Medicine; 2019 Apr; Romania.
• Conea IF. Primary angiitis of the central nervous system – diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Poster presentation at the National Congress of Internal Medicine; 2019 Apr; Romania.
• Conea IF. A case of juvenile systemic sclerosis. Oral presentation at the Imunopedia Spring School of Pediatric Rheumatology; 2024 Mar;
• Conea IF, Farkas O, Cochino A. EMC effects in an orphan paediatric domain. Oral presentation at the Imunopedia Conference, 8th Edition; 2024 Nov; Bucharest.

Academic Thesis

• Conea IF, Gheorghiță V. Prevalence of AIDS-defining and non-AIDS-defining malignancies in adult patients with HIV in a tertiary hospital from Romania. [Licentiate Thesis]. Bucharest: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy; 2017 Aug.