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Iurie Acalovschi, MD, PhD, FRCA (Hon), FCARCSI (Hon), Dhc (University of Chisinau), Professor Emeritus University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Professor Iurie Acalovschi started his academic career at the Cluj University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1964, as assistant –professor at the Third Department of Surgery, specialty of anaesthesia and intensive care (AIC). In 1975 he was promoted lecturer, then associate professor in 1990 and professor in 1991. He organized the education in AIC at the Cluj University of Medicine and Pharmacy (postgraduate courses 1973-1994). In 1990, he founded the first department of AIC at the University and introduced the AIC curricula for medical students. In 1996, the department was accredited as European Center for Training of Anaesthesiologists by a Joint Committee of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology and EBA-UEMS Section of Anaesthesia and obtained the statute of Center for Part I (MCQ) European Diploma in Anaesthesiology examination. The department was also appointed as WFSA-ESA Educational Center for anaesthesiologists from the Republic of Moldova. Professor Acalovschi was President of the Romanian Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (RSAIC) (1994-1998) and the AIC department was nominated as Center of Excellence in Research by the Romanian Ministry of Education. Between 2002 and 2017 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, indexed in Embase, Scopus and PubMed Central. He started the organizational activities in the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology (1996-2001). Member of EBA-UEMS and of EBA-HVTAP, he represented the RSAIC in the Council of ESA. He was elected Honorary Fellow of the Irish (1999) and British (2001) College of Anaesthesia and Honorary Member of the German, Bulgarian and Moldavian Societies of Anaesthesiology and Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Chisinau, Republic of Moldova (2013). Author of 6 books, 35 chapters in 25 monographs, 201 articles in scientific journals indexed IDB, with 289 citations, he was elected Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciencies (2008).