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On the occasion of the celebration of an institution that represents the values of Romanian medical practice and research, a postage stamp issue entitled ‘Anniversaries. The Academy of Medical Sciences', introduced into circulation by Romfilatelia on Friday, May 16th, this year, marks the 90th anniversary of the establishment of a scientific forum of high standing and authority, an active component of the international heritage of medical sciences.
Founded in 1935, the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences ranked among the European elite after France, Belgium, Spain and Italy, according to the chronology of the existence of high-level academic institutions for medical research.
The first president of the Academy of Medical Sciences was Prof. Constantin Angelescu, Ph.D., MD, a surgeon who studied in Paris, a prestigious figure in Romanian science and education and the first Romanian to serve as Romania's minister plenipotentiary in Washington (1918). Alongside him in the establishment and operation of the Academy was Prof. Daniel Danielopolu, Ph.D., MD, founder of non-specific pharmacodynamics and author of the theory that anticipated current concepts of biological cybernetics. The presidents of the Academy of Medical Sciences who succeeded Prof. Constantin Angelescu, Ph.D., MD, were Academicians Aurel Moga, Constantin Arseni, Ștefan Milcu, Nicolae Cajal, Prof. Dan Enăchescu, Acad. Laurențiu Mircea Popescu, Prof. Irinel Popescu, Ph.D., MD, Prof. Mircea Ifrim and the current president, Prof. Emeritus Mircea Beuran, Ph.D., MD, have distinguished themselves through exceptional achievements in the field of medical practice and science, enjoying well deserved international recognition for their original and innovative contributions.
The activity of the Academy of Medical Sciences reflects the results of research conducted in specialized institutes in Romania and abroad, as well as collaboration with other foreign institutions with which it has close ties, presented at scientific conferences and debates organized by the Executive Board of the Academy of Medical Sciences. The latest achievement in interdisciplinary research developed within the ARMIN project is the bidirectional neural interface prosthesis manufactured in Romania, which has been selected for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.
The Academy of Medical Sciences is today the academic institution of Romanian doctors, pharmacists and researchers in the country and abroad, an entity of the elite in multiple specialties of medical life and, at the same time, an pharmacists and researchers in Romania and abroad, an elite entity representing multiple specialties in the medical field and at the same time an authority with a proactive role, collaborating with the Ministry of Health in conducting medical research and establishing national health strategies, with numerous partnerships with similar academies around the world, etc.
The philatelic issue consists of a postage stamp, a souvenir sheet and a First Day Cover.
The postage stamp with the face value of RON 14 features a portrait of Prof. Daniel Danielopolu, Ph.D., MD, the first secretary general of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
The perforated souvenir sheet reproduces on the postage stamp with the face value of RON 30, the portrait of Prof. Constantin Angelescu, Ph.D., MD, the first president of the Academy of Medical Sciences, alongside a graphic composition featuring the image of the building where the Academy of Medical Sciences operates (Colțea Hospital, Bucharest), bordered at the bottom by reproductions of the portraits of seven former presidents of this institution.
The First depicts the architectural façade of the Academy of Medical Sciences building and the coat of arms-emblem of the Academy of Medical Sciences inscribed with the year of its founding, 1935.
Romfilatelia would like to thank Prof. Emeritus Mircea Beuran, Ph.D., MD, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the specialists of this institution and of the Romanian National Archives for their documentary support in the development of this issue of postage stamps.
