Cristian Dezdrobitu, DVM, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

Born on March 27, 1982, Romania, Dr. Cristian Dezdrobitu was enrolled as student in 2002 and graduated Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca ROMANIA in 2008 with very good results. After graduation he received a DVM Diploma. After graduation, in the Fall of 2008, Dr. Cristian Dezdrobitu had enrolled in a dual program consisting of a Master program in Veterinary Clinic and Radiology and a PhD program in Normal and Pathological Morphology. He received an MSc degree in Veterinary Clinic and Radiology in 2010 and a PhD degree in Normal and Pathological Morphology in 2012, from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania. His PhD Thesis title is: Anatomic and imaging study of the lymphatic vascularization of the mammary gland in the domestic cat. He defended his PhD thesis in 2012 with the score “Very good”.

Since 2008 till 2019 when he joined Ross he was Lecturer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Anatomy at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

He has an experience of 11 years in teaching Anatomy and he is the first author of 12 publications and the co-author (corresponding or last author for some of them) of 75 publications focused on comparative anatomy. Some of these publications are published as abstracts in ISI journals and the rest are published as full text in BDI/B+ journals. Dr. Cristian Dezdrobitu is also the co-author of the “VETERINARY ANATOMY: OSTEOLOGY-ARTHROLOGY-MYOLOGY”, a manual that was written for the English line students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania and co-author of the “Veterinary Anatomy - The Cardio-Circulatory System”, a manual that was written for the English line students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

He has memberships in the Romanian Society of Comparative Anatomy and in the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists.

Research Interests

Anatomy, Discover Anatomy using Imaging Techniques, Diagnostic Imaging, Lymphatic System, Mammary Gland, Mammary Cancer, Wild Species.

Sub Investigator in the project title: “Learning anatomy of the heart with augmented reality: Assessing outcomes, perceptions and possible correlation to spatial awareness and visual reasoning’’, IVALA Intramural Grant, RUSVM, Principal Investigator: Dr. Brady Little, DVM, MSc, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Publication Highlights

The lymphatic drainage of the caudal abdominal mammary gland (A2) in the domestic cat: morphological data and clinical importance, Cristian C. Dezdrobitu, Cristian O. Martonos, Aurel Damian, Florin G. Stan, Alexandru I. Gudea, Proceedings of the 32nd Conference of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists, Hannover, Germany, July 25‐28, Volume 47, Issue S1, 2018, Anat Histol Embryol. 2018;47(Suppl. 1):5–83., ISSN: 0340-2096(Print), ISSN: 1439-0264(Online), DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12369.

Global Epidemiological Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With the Deep Digital Flexor Tendinopathy in the Equine Distal Limb: 100 Cases, Melania I. Crisan, Aurel Damian, Laura C. Stefanut, Cristian C. Dezdrobitu, Daniela M. Neagu, Jean-Marie Denoix, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 67 (2018) 55-60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2018.03.005, ISSN: 0737-0806/© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Anatomical and Imagistic Aspects of the Aortic Arch in Chinchilla lanigera, Cristian Martonos, Radu Lăcătuș, Daniel Cocan, Florin Stan, Aurel Damian, Teodor Stroe, Cristian Dezdrobitu & Alexandru Gudea, Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2018. 46: 1614., RESEARCH ARTICLE Pub. 1614, Journal ISSN: 1679-9216 (Electronic), 1678-0345 (Print), 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.22456/1679-9216.86475.

Indirect radiographic lymphography and ultrasonography of the lymphatic vascular system of the caudal mammary gland in the domestic cat, C. C. Dezdrobitu, I. Papuc, I. D. Chirilean, F. G. Stan, D. S. Feier, A. Damian, Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, Berlin, Germania, 0340-2096(Print), 2014.

Photogrammetry, as applied to the equine phalanges for 3D printing, Melania I. Crișan; Eugene Rennie; Jessica Holland; Katie Yost; David Nahabedian; Brandon Holt; Robert Purdoiu; Cristian C. Dezdrobitu; Aurel Damian; Charles Wesley Price, Proceedings of the 32nd Conference of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists, Hannover, Germany, July 25‐28, Volume 47, Issue S1, 2018, Anat Histol Embryol. 2018;47(Suppl. 1):5–83., ISSN: 0340-2096(Print), ISSN: 1439-0264(Online), DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12369.

Feasibility of CEUS in identification of sentinel lymph node which drain the tumoral mammary glands in female dogs, Florin G. Stan; Cristian Dezdrobitu; Aurel Damian; Ionel Papuc; Marius Pentea; Melania Crişan; Cristian Martonos; Gudea Alexandru, Proceedings of the 32nd Conference of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists, Hannover, Germany, July 25‐28, Volume 47, Issue S1, 2018, Anat Histol Embryol. 2018;47(Suppl. 1):5–83., ISSN: 0340-2096(Print), ISSN: 1439-0264(Online), DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12369.

MAPPING THE LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF THE CAUDAL ABDOMINAL MAMMARY GLAND (A2) IN THE DOMESTIC CAT, C. C. DEZDROBITU, C. O. MARTONOS, A. DAMIAN, F. G. STAN, A. I. GUDEA , LUCRĂRI ŞTIINŢIFICE MEDICINĂ VETERINARĂ VOL. LI, TIMIŞOARA, ROMANIA, ISSN: 1221-5295, 2018.

The lymphatic circulatory system of the caudal thoracic mammary gland (T2) in the domestic cat, Cristian C. Dezdrobitu, Ionel Papuc, Melania I. Crisan, Florin G. Stan, Alexandru I. Gudea, Ioana D. Chirilean, Cristian O. Martonos and Aurel Damian, Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia © 2016 Blackwell Verlag GmbH 45 (Suppl. 1) (2016) 5–98, pp.21, Proceedings of the 31st Conference of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists Vienna, Austria 27-30 July 2016, ISSN: 0340-2096(Print), ISSN: 1439-0264(Online).

Radiological Techniques for Examining the Cardiovascular System in Swine, Aurel Damian, Melania I. Crisan, Cristian O. Martonos, Ioana Chirilean, Alexandru Gudea, Florin Stan, Ionel Papuc, Radu Lacatus , Robert C. Purdoiu and Cristian C. Dezdrobitu, Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, Blackwell Verlag GmbH 45 (Suppl. 1)(2016) 5-98, pp.20, Proceedings of the 31st Conference of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists Vienna, Austria 27-30 July 2016,ISSN: 0340-2096(Print), ISSN: 1439-0264(Online).

A new algorithm for lymph node assessment using grey scale ultrasound, Doppler technique, contrast enhanced ultrasound and real time elastography, Florin G. Stan, Cristian Dezdrobitu, Aurel Damian, Ionel Papuc, Marius Pentea, Melania Crisan, Cristian Martonos and Alexandru Gudea, Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 2016, Blackwell Verlag GmbH 45 (Suppl. 1)(2016) 5-98, pp.81, Proceedings of the 31st Conference of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists Vienna, Austria 27-30 July 2016,ISSN: 0340-2096(Print), ISSN: 1439-0264(Online).

Radiological Investigation with Contrast Agent of the Cardiovascular System in Swine, Aurel Damian, Flaviu Tuns, Cristian Dezdrobitu, Ionel Papuc, Cristian Martonos, Irina Irimescu, Melania Crişan, , Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 6 (2015) 309 – 315, doi:10.1016/j.aaspro.2015.08.078.

Lymphographic study regarding the cranial abdominal mammary gland (A1) in the pregnant domestic cat, Dezdrobitu C., Damian A., Papuc I., Stan F., Chirilean I., Crişan M., XXIX Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists; European Association of Veterinary Anatomists; July 25-28,2012; Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; ISSN 1311-1477.

Anatomical Studies Concerning the Skeleton of the Head in the Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Cristian MARTONOS, Ioana DUMITRU, Cristian DEZDROBITU, Alexandra BLENDEA, Irina IRIMESCU, Aurel DAMIAN, BULLETIN OF UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE CLUJ-NAPOCA. VETERINARY MEDICINE, CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA, ISSN 1843-5270; Electronic ISSN 1843-5378, 2014.