The International Conference of Forensic Medicine 8th edition
- September 25 - September 28, 2025
- Cluj-Napoca on Victor Babeș Street, no. 8, Aleman Amphitheater
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Scientific Program






- 25.09.2025
- 26.09.2025
- 27.09.2025
- 28.09.2025
I. FORENSIC SECTION
THURSDAY, 25.09.2025
10:00: Conference Opening
Costel Siserman
Diana Bulgaru
Sorin Hostiuc
Viktor Bachinskiy
Carmen RaduAndrei PadureCalin Scripcaru
10:30: Workshop: Invited Speaker:
"Bias in Forensic Expertise: Strategies for Protecting Objectivity" - Critical analysis of the factors that can influence the expert's conclusions and presentation of methods for reducing these influences in forensic practice.Gabriel Gorun,
12:00 – 13:00
Oral presentations: Session 1: Moderators: Costel Siserman, Sorin Hostiuc
- Management of clinical and forensic diagnostic discrepancies
Bondarev, A. Pădure, O. Lozan
- The Role of DNA Testing in Traffic Accident Investigation: A Case Study and Insights from a Decade of Forensic Practice
Mădălina Mitrea, Maria Amalia Ionescu-Mihăilă, Carmen Constantinescu, Andrea
Constantinescu, Georgiana Gîrbea, Renata Alis Nicolae, Marina Prundeanu, Filip Perde, Sorin Iulian Hostiuc, Ligia Elena Bărbării
- Possibilities and prospects of differential diagnosis of hemorrhages of traumatic and non-traumatic genesis in the substance of the human brain using the method of 3D Muller-matrix microscopy
Marta Garazdiuk, Viktor Bachinskiy, Oleksandr Pavliukovich
Lunch break: 13:00-14:00
14:00-16:00:
Oral Presentations: Session 2: Moderators: Diana Bulgaru, Gabriel Gorun, Cristian Gherman
- Thoraco-Abdominal Injuries and their Particularities in Occupants of Vehicles Involved in Fatal Road Accidents in Cluj County
Denisa-Ștefania Jurje, Daniela Cristina Mironescu, Costel Vasile Siserman
- Advancing Forensic Science: The Role of Raman Spectroscopy Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence
Drăcea Sanda-Amelia
- Forensic considerations regarding deaths due to cervical spinal cord trauma
Liliana Stanciu, Garofita Olivia Mateescu, Andreea Elena Cirstea, Diana Eugenia Stanculescu, Simona Daniela Neamtu, Codrin Rebeleanu
- From Stability to Disruption: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sudden Cardiac Death and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Octavian Stefan Patrascanu, Ana Fulga, Aurel Nechita, Dana Tutunaru and Iuliu Fulga
- Evaluation of Blood Alcohol Levels in Drivers: the Role of Biological Factors in the Forensic Interpretation of Results
Miruna Cristian, Marius Popa, Lavinia Neculai-Cândea
- Clinical Diagnosis versus Postmortem Reality: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage or Bacterial Meningitis?
Veronica Scripcaru, Ana-Maria Dumitrescu, Andrei Scripcaru
16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-18:00
Oral presentations: Session 3. Moderators: Daniel Ureche, Cristian Gherman
- The Psychiatric Profile of Patients with Suicidal Attempts
Scripcaru Călin, Scripcaru Andrei, Scripcaru Veronica, Damian Simona Irina, Dumitrescu Ana-Maria
- Aortic dissections with fatal impact - statistics of a decade of forensic experience in Cluj
Vlad-Ionuț Nechita, Emanuel Costin, Cristian Puiu Gherman, Ștefan Mihai Anițan, Ovidiu Sorin Chiroban, Codrin Horea Rebeleanu, Daniel-Ioan Ureche, Daniela Cristina Mironescu, Jurje Denisa-Ștefania, Costel Vasile Siserman
- Development and evaluation of the histopathological plaque stability score in sudden cardiac death.
Costel Siserman, Alexandra Surdu, Andrei Marușca, Denisa Jurje, Denisa Lucian, Daniela Mironescu.
- Matricide – a crime against origins: forensic and psychiatric perspectives.
Costel Siserman, Ovidiu Chiroban, Daniela Mironescu, Denisa Jurje
- Head injuries due to falls with fatal impact - statistics of a decade of forensic experience in Cluj
Vlad-Ionuț Nechita, Melisa Hîrlea, Cristian Puiu Gherman, Ștefan Mihai Anițan, Ovidiu Sorin Chiroban, Codrin Horea Rebeleanu, Daniel-Ioan Ureche, Daniela Cristina Mironescu, Jurje Denisa-Ștefania, Costel Vasile Siserman
18:00 Closing of the first day of the Cluj Conference on Forensic Medicine
II. FORENSIC SECTION
FRIDAY, 26.09. 2025
OPENING OF THE SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT 9:30
Inviter Speakers: Shaping Tomorrow
9:40 The Role of Innovation and Technology in Redefining Forensic Medicine
Duarte Nuno Vieira
10:00 PMCT in trauma
Craig Hacking
10:20 Virtopsy, why?
Michael Josef Thali
11:15 The Perspectives of Imaging in Forensic Medicine
Yanko Kolev
III. PSYCHIATRY SECTION
11:35-13:00
Moderators: Ioana Miclutia and Ovidiu Sorin Chiroban
- The legal framework of involuntary commitment: forms and specific features under Romanian law
Ciprian Băcilă
- Bipolar disorder in the medico-legal context
Claudia Anghel
- The legal perspective on psychiatric clinical practice: the jurist’s role in ensuring the legality of involuntary commitment
Mihaela Tănase
- The dynamics of psychiatric diagnoses and their medico-legal implications
Miclutia Ioana
- Suicide - statistics from a decade of forensic experience in Cluj
Vlad-Ionuț Nechita, Şuster Angie-Ioana, Tărău Alexia-Paula, Cristian Puiu Gherman, Ștefan Mihai Anițan, Ovidiu Sorin Chiroban, Daniel-Ioan Ureche, Daniela Cristina Mironescu, Anca Bibolar, Ioana Valentina Micluția, Cristi0an Delcea, Costel Vasile Siserman
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00 Oral presentations: section 4. Moderators: Rebeleanu Codrin, Marius Popa
- The Importance of Medical Documentation in Guiding the Necropsy Diagnosis of Addisonian Crisis - case presentation.
Costel Siserman, Daniela Mironescu, Alexandra Surdu, Andrei Marușca
- Forensic anthropology: Perspectives on Human Variability and the Concept of Race
Carmen Simona Ionescu
- Suicide Rate in the Penitentiary Environment
Gâlea Rareș
- Anthropometric Analysis of Romanian Young Living Persons
Madalina Maria Diac, Alexandra Elena Carpusor, Simona Irina Damian, Anton Knieling, Andrei Scripcaru, Andreea Alexandra Hlescu, Diana Bulgaru Iliescu
- Medical and Psychological Inferences in the Pathology of the Patient in Custody of the Penitentiary System.
Simona Bitlan
16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-18:00 Oral presentations, session 5. Moderators: Silviu Morar, Costel Siserman
- Grief reaction - the Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach
Morar, Elena Topîrcean
- Apparent death between myth and reality in forensic medicine. Literature review.
Codrin Rebeleanu, Daniel Ureche, Liliana Stanciu, Marius Popa, Costel Siserman
- Assessment of Work Capacity from a Forensic Perspective
Elena Topîrcean, S. Morar, A. Crist
- Diagnostic value of Heat Shock Proteins in Forensic Practice.
Dr. Costel Siserman, Dr. Cristian Gherman, Dr. Mugur Pop, Dr. Florin Popovici, Dr. Daniela Mironescu, Dr. Cosmin Ignat.
IV. PSYCHOLOGY SECTION
27.09.2025
Moderators: Radu Nicolae, Ioana Eva Cadariu and Cristian Delcea
10:00 -14:30
- The psychology of the violent aggressor: from personality traits to comorbidities
Țirlea Mara, Trif Angelica Maria, Gavrilaș Loredana, Stanciu Camelia
- Types of crimes in the digital era. Cyberbullying, grooming, and other forms of online aggression
Sorina Bălan
- The specificity of normality in personnel designated for special missions — CPI 260™ RO and the cuboid model
Radu Nicolae
- A victimological approach to online harassment from psychological and medico-legal perspectives
Gyorgy Manuela Dora
- Emerging Trends in the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Sexual Offender Risk Assessment: Mapping the Research Landscape
Vîșcu Loredana-Ileana, Cădariu Ioana-Eva, Clifton Edward Watkins Jr, Constantin Alina-Cristina, Delcea Cristian
- Forty Years of Knowledge Development on Emotional Abuse and Suicide: A Research Overview
Vîșcu Loredana-Ileana, Cădariu Ioana-Eva, Clifton Edward Watkins Jr,
Constantin Alina-Cristina, Delcea Cristian
- The impact of neuroplasticity on depression in association with inflammatory diseases
Ana Slatineanu
- The influence of psychopathic traits and moral disengagement on cyberbullying
Ambrus Ágota, Müller-Fabian Andrea, Rusu Dan Octavian
- The Impact of Disinformation on the Safety of Ukrainian Refugee Women: Barriers to Accessing Medico-Legal Services in Romania
Alina Bărbuță
- Digital Piracy as a Modern Manifestation of Social Deviance: a Literature Review of Medico-Legal and Judicial Studies
Imre Georgiana
- Psychological Strategies for Intervention and Rehabilitation of Individuals with Deviant Behavior
Dița Maria
- Well-Being As a Psychological Resource in a Judicial Context: Implications For Resilience and Emotional Balance
Antoci Diana
- Beyond the virus: the psychiatric echo of the COVID-19 pandemic
Ana-Simona Bululoi
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
Moderators: Dan Octavian Rusu, Alina Bărbuța
14:30-19:30
- Psychological Pathways to Violent Extremism
Bognár, Gábor, Farkas, Johanna
- Health and Quality of Life from the Perspective of Inmates
Nico Tomás, Jólluskin Glória, Silva Isabel, Farkas Johanna
- A Glimpse into the System: Professionals; Perceptions of Criminal
Irresponsibility and Mental Health in Portuguese Prisons
Jólluskin Gloria, Correia Cardoso Ana Raquel, Silva Isabel, Nico Tomás,
Farkas Johanna
- The use of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in Forensic
Psychological Examinations
Farkas Johanna, Jólluskin Gloria, Silva Isabel, Nico Tomás
- Integrating Depression, Personality Traits, and Childhood Adversity in the Understanding of Suicidality
Rusu Dan Octavian, Delcea Cristian
- A Glimpse into the System: Professionals' Perceptions of Criminal Irresponsibility and Mental Health in Portuguese Prisons
Jólluskin Gloria, Correia Cardoso Ana Raquel, Silva Isabel, Nico Tomás, Farkas Johanna
- Breaking the Silence: Death Education as a Preventive Tool Against Suicide in Childhood and Adolescence
Silva Isabel, Jólluskin Gloria, Farkas Johanna
- Health and Quality of Life from the Perspective of Inmates
Nico Tomás, Jólluskin Glória, Silva Isabel, Farkas Johanna
- Intrafamilial Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Boys in Hungary
Erdélyi Ákos, Farkas, Johanna
- Psychological Pathways to Violent Extremism
Bognár, Gábor, Farkas, Johanna
- Revisiting Eichmann’s Mind: A Hungarian Perspective on Psychological Profiling and Historical Responsibility
Farkas Johanna, Regényi Kund
- The use of the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) in Forensic Psychological Examinations
Farkas Johanna, Jólluskin Gloria, Silva Isabel, Nico Tomás
- Disregarded Threats on Childrens IpcAccess
Tsvetelina Ivanova
19:30 Coffee break
V. LEGAL SCIENCES SECTION
28.09.2025
Moderators: Maria Aluas, Ionuț Vida-Simiti
10:00 -12:00 Oral presentations:
- Necessitas non habet legem: Legal Interventions in Public Health Throughout the History of Major Pandemics. Necessitas non habet legem
Marius Floare
- Between Investigation and Innovation: Ethical and Intellectual Property Dilemmas in Forensic Medicine.
Paul Popovici
- Legislative and Jurisprudential Challenges of Sex and Gender Change: Ethical and Social Implications
Anamaria Bors
- The Unconstitutionality of Disciplinary Liability of Medical Personnel
Ionuț Vida-Simiti
12-12,30 Coffee & snack break
12,30 – 15 Oral presentations:
Moderators: Maria Aluas, Ionuț Vida-Simiti
- The Legal Standing of Minors in Medical Decision-Making in Romania
Maria Aluaș
- A Beacon of Questions: The Human Right to a Healthy Environment in the Light of the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion and Beyond
Ilyes Zsolt
- Civil Tort Liability in the Case of Malpractice: Legal Aspects and Contemporary Practices
Faur Ucu Mihai
- Interdisciplinary Explorations in Forensic Medicine: Between Science, Communication, And Reflection
Alexandru Cordoș
15:00 CLOSING CEREMONY
Costel Siserman