Date of Birth -  December 03, 1950

Place of Birth - Bucharest - ROMANIA

Marital Status - Married + 1

Education

1969 - 1976 - Medical student Institute of Medicine And Pharmacy - Bucharest - ROMANIA

Degrees

1976 - MD - Bucharest - ROMANIA

1990 - Specialist in Diagnostic Radiology - ISRAEL

Postgraduate Appointments

1976 - 1982 - General Practitioner - ROMANIA

1983 - 1986 - Resident in Diagnostic Radiology Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem - ISRAEL

1986 - 1988 - General Practitioner Israel Defense Forces

1988 - 1990 - Resident in Diagnostic Radiology Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem – ISRAEL

1990 - 1995 - Specialist in Diagnostic Radiology - Temporary Staff - Radiology Department Hadassah University Hospital - Jerusalem - ISRAEL

1995 - today - Specialist in Diagnostic Radiology Permanent Staff Radiology Department Hadssah University Hospital - Jerusalem - ISRAEL

Postgraduate Training

1991 - Mammography - Categorical Course - RSNA - November 30 - December 6 - Chicago - USA

1992 - Issues in Screening Mammography - Workshop - D.B.Kopans & E.A.Sickles January 12-17 -- Herzilia - ISRAEL

1994 - Breast Imaging - A team Approach Seminar for Radiologists - D.B.Kopans & E.A.Sickles - January 10-11 - Tel Aviv - ISRAEL

1995 - Mammography - Categorical Course - European Congress of Radiology - March 5-10 - Wien - AUSTRIA

1997 - Mammography - Refresher Course - European Congress of Radiology - March 2-7 - Wien - AUSTRIA

1998 - Breast Imaging Quality Control - Refresher Course - 10th International Congress on Breast Diseases - Senologic International Society (S.I.S.) - May 30 - June 4 - Oporto - PORTUGAL

1999 - Breast Ultrasound Seminar - International Breast Ultrasound School - March 6-7 - Wien - AUSTRIA

1999 - Mammography - Refresher Course - European Congress of Radiology - March 7-12 - Wien - AUSTRIA

2000 - Updates and Innovations in Mammography - Workshop - D.B.Kopans & E.A.Sickles - March 27-29 - Tel Aviv – ISRAEL

2001 - 2004 Mammography - Refresher Courses - European Congress of Radiology - March - Wien - AUSTRIA

List of Publications

1. Craciun I. - Libson E. - Melmed R.N. Jejunal Diverticulosis with Spontaneous Jejuno Colic Fistula Formation.  Journal of Medical Imaging - 2:211-213;1988

2. Bloom R.A. - Craciun I. - Jurim O. - Lebensart P.  Sonographic Demonstration of Hepatic Venous Gas in Mesenteric Arterial Thrombosis.  Clinical Gastroenterology - 10:226-228;1988

 3. Bloom R.A. - Libson E. - Lebensart P.D. - Craciun I. - Klin B. - Fields S.I. - Haskell L..  The Ultrasound Spectrum of Emphysematous Cholecystitis.  Journal of Clinical Ultrasound - 17:251-256;1989

4. Bloom R.A. - Lebensart P.D. - Levy P. - Craciun I. - Aner H. - Manny J.  Survival after Ultrasonongraphic Demonstration of Portal Venous Gas Due to Mesenteric Artery Occlusion.  Postgraduate Medical Journal - 66:137-139;1990

5. Pappo O. - Gez E. - Craciun I. - Zajicek G. - Okon E.  Growth rate Analysis of Lung Metastases Appearing 18 Years after Resection of Cutaneous Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. - 116:76-79;1992

6. Or R. - Mehta J. - Nagler A. - Craciun I.  Neutropenic Enterocolitis Associated with Autologus Bone Marrow Transplantation.  Bone Marrow Transplantation - 9:383-385:1992

7. Bloom R.A. - Craciun I. - Lebensart P.D. - Levy P. - Bar-Ziv J.  The Ultrasound Appearances of Intramural Bowel Gas - The Bright Ring Appearance and the Effervescent Bowel. A Report of Three Cases.  The British Journal of Radiology - 65:585-588;1992

8.Goldin E. - Beyar M. - Safra T. - Globerman O. - Craciun I. - Wengrower D. - Fich A.  A New Self-Expandable, Nickel-Titanium Coil Stent for Esophageal Obstruction.  Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - 40/1:64-67;1994

9. Gofrit O. - Pikarsky A. -  Perry I. - Craciun I. - Rivkind A.  Pulmonary Embolism despite Inferior Vena Cava Filter.  HaRefuah - 126/3:133-134;1993

10. Craciun I.  5 Years of Stereotactic Breast Biopsy -- 694 cases.  Abstract No.264.  The Breast Journal - Supplement 1 - 4:S38;1998

11. Levy Y.- Verstandig A.- Sasson T.- Wolf D.- Craciun I. - Libson Y.- Lebensart P. - Pappo O. - Yurim O. - Yid A. - Shoval D.  Transarterial Oil Chemoembolisation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, in 100 Cases.  Harefuah 2000 Jan 16;138(2):89-93, 174

12. Craciun I.  Newly Appeared Microcalcifications – What’s Hiding Behind Them?  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org.  Eurorad Case 358 – Submitted – 1999

13. Craciun I.  The Red Herring – Developing Density.  European Radiology Online Database http://eurorad.org.  Eurorad Case 360 – Permanent exhibit – May 2000

14. Craciun I.  The Painful Mass.  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org Eurorad Case 363 – Submitted – 1999

15. Craciun I.  Breast Calcifications (1),  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org,  Eurorad Case 420 – Submitted – 1999

16. Craciun I.  Breast Calcifications (2)  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org.  Eurorad Case 436 – Submitted – 2000

17. Craciun I.  The microcalcifications that changed - Breast Calcifications Appendix.  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org.  Eurorad Case 455 – Submitted – 2000

18. Craciun I.  Crumbled microcalcifications – Post-irradiated breast.  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org.  Eurorad Case 475 – Submitted – 2000

19. Craciun I.  Gradually Changing Architectural Distortion.  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org.  Eurorad Case 517 – Permanent exhibit – July 2001

20. Craciun I.  Interval Cancer.  European Radiology Online Database - http://eurorad.org Eurorad Case 857 – Permanent exhibit – July 2001

Lectures

41 lectures, mostly on Breast Imaging

Books Contribution

1. - 10th International Congress on Senology - Breast Diseases -- Editor - J.Cardoso da Silva Monduzzi Editore - International Proceedings Division - ISBN 88-323-0531-3 – 1998.   I.I.Craciun - 5 Years of stereotactic Biopsy: 694 cases - p.505-509

Membership

- Israel Medical Association – 1983

- Israel Radiological Society – 1990

- ECR – European Congress of Radiology - 1997

- International WHO’S WHO of Professionals – 1999; 2003

- EUFORA – European Forum for Radiologists - Owner of the Mammography Section – 2000-2004

- EUSOBI – European Society for Breast Imaging – 2000 - 2004

Awards

- EuroRAD Exhibition Award – ECR ‏2000 - “MAGNA CUM LAUDE” - for the Scientific Exhibit Breast Calcifications.