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Romanian Neurosurgery (2018) XXXII 1 | 179 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A gentleman disappeared - Dr. Claudiu Gh. Savu 

Dear colleagues, dear friends, 

 

Unfortunately, time becomes an enemy 

from the moment we were born. And the flow 

of sand from the hourglass is even fiercer ever 

since you became a neurosurgeon. 

From that moment on, you live in a 

whirlwind of the profession: breaks, bleeding, 

clips, complications, CSF fistula, relapses, 

suppurations, etc. A whirlpool that often adds 

to the dysfunctions of the medical world, those 

of colleagues or even family. It's not easy at all! 

Often, the battle to succeed in this noble 

profession resembles the struggle for survival in 

who knows what, hot, jungle. Victory means to 

heal, but it also means to progress. We forget 

too easily that we are part of one of the most 

respected medical specialties. Without false 

modesty, I say: neurosurgeons are an elite. 

Unfortunately, it is happening - more and 

more often - to blame ourselves on our own 

physicians’ condition. Or, if we do not do it, to 

be unnaturally silent in the face of mass media 

outbursts. I do not mean we do not have our 

own colleagues at least with imperfections. But 

the mistakes of one or the other must not hit 

the community around our profession. 

Equally, we have to say that we had, and 

still have, patterns of behavior and attitude. 

Ladies and gentlemen - in the true sense of the 

word. 

One of these exceptional gentlemen was 

neurosurgeon Claudiu Gh. Savu. 

It does not matter when and where it was 

born, where it grew up, or whether it was a 

member of a party or not. He had an 

extraordinary education. He was our 

colleague, assistant professor at the clinic of 

Professor Constantin Arseni. He was Head of 

one Department at Bagdasar-Arseni Hospital 

when led by Professor Alexandru 

Constantinovici. 

No one could ever blame him for anything. 

He did not use ugly / heavy words, he was 

never aggressive and he did not criticize his 

colleagues. He always helped his collaborators, 

behaved civilized, and was a model for the 

young neurosurgeons he had formed. It was an 

example of professionalism and balance in 

Clinic 1 of Neurosurgery in Bucharest. 

Doctor Claudiu Savu was a behavioral 

model for Romanian neurosurgery. 

At one point, he left Bucharest at the 

Neurosurgical Center in Baia Mare. He 

continued to be the same valuable 

neurosurgeon and the same man of humanity 

and vast cultural respiration. Maramures 

appreciated him both as a primary 

neurosurgeon and as a medical director at a 

private center. But it also recognized him as a 

man who gave spirit, culture and a dignified 

and decent attitude towards others. 

What's left behind? The most important for 

a doctor - an impressive number of healed 

patients. A large number of colleagues who 

have known his professionalism. And the 

image of a doctor with a warm smile and a 

gentleman's attitude... 

God rest his good soul! 

 

Prof. MD. Msc A.V. Ciurea