Curriculum vitae - Joanna Mereu
Full name : IOANA ADRIANA (Joanna)
Last name : MEREU
Date and place of birth : 13th of March Bucharest ,Romania
Sex : Female
Marital Status : married ,no children ,husband is a physician too .
Citizenship : South African
Languages spoken : English ,French ,Romanian
Physical address: #43-350 Pearkes Dr., Williams Lake,BC, V2G 1J8
Postal Address : #101-143 4th Avenue South,Williams Lake,BC, V2G 1J8, CANADA
Phone : 1(250) 392-3108
Fax : 1(250) 392-3097
E-mail : alexjoana@yahoo.com
Web page : http://geocities.datacellar.net/alexjoana/index.html
Degree : Medical Doctor
Education
1987 MD - Medical University of Bucharest ,Romania
1990 Internship - District Hospital of Sf.Gheorghe ,Romania
1992 Internship - Ngwelezana Hospital ,Empangeni ,South Africa
1997 ATLS certified
1998 postgraduate student Master in Family Medicine- Medical University of Southern Africa , Pretoria, South Africa
2000 ACLS certified
Registration/license
1984 Romania
1991 South Africa (limited registration)
1998 South Africa (full registration)
1999 Unsupervised Locum License with College of Physicians and Surgeoans of Saskatchewan
2000 Temporary License with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
Examinations
1995 USMLE 2
1997 ATLS
1998 MBBCh examination, Medical School,University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
2000 NALS
2000 ACLS
2000 MCEE
2000 LMCC 1
Employment history
1991 Resident Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Bucharet Romania
1991 Intern Ngwelezana hospital, Empangeni, South Africa
Duties included rotational internship (4 months each of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics )
1992 Medical Officer Paarl Provincial Hospital, Paarl, South Africa
Duties included general out patient consultations and Anaesthetics.
1993 Principal Medical Officer Ngwelezana Hospital, South Africa
Duties included 24 months of Anaesthesia/Intensive care, 12 months of Paediatrics and Neonatology, 14 months of Internal medicine (including 3 months of Psychiatry),10 months of Emergency Medicine/Casualty
1999 General Practitioner in private practice- Empangeni, South Africa
1999 General Practitioner - Nipawin, Saskatchewan
2000 to date General Practitioner - Wiliams Lake, British Columbia
Special training
Operative obstetrics : Caesarean sections, tubal ligation, vacuum extraction, symphysiotomy, uterine evacuation, episiotomy/episiorrhaphy, bartholin cyst/abscess incision/drainage/marsupialization, amniocentesis, ectopic pregnancy .
Surgery : peritoneal lavage, circumcision, excision/coagulation, incision /drainage abscesses , intercostal drain, suprapubic catheters, suture wounds, debridement.
Anaesthetics: administration of general anaesthesia and regional blocks (spinal, epidural, brachial, lumbar 3-in-1sciatic) for general surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology, orthopaedics for adults and children, in emergency/elective surgery, classes I to IV E (ASA).