For someone considering abdominal surgery away from home, one of the first practical questions is rarely a medical one. It is geographical. Where does the surgeon actually see patients, and where does the operation itself take place? In the case of Prof. Univ. Dr. Florin Graur, a general surgeon working in Cluj-Napoca, the answer involves two separate addresses in the same city, each with a clearly defined role in the patient’s pathway.
The consulting room is located at Str. Marin Sorescu no. 1A. The surgical activity takes place at Humanitas Hospital (MedLife), Str. Frunzișului no. 75, in the same city. The separation is not a bureaucratic detail: it shapes how a visit is planned, how long a patient needs to stay in Cluj-Napoca, and which parts of the process can be handled without travelling at all.
The consulting room on Marin Sorescu Street
The address on Str. Marin Sorescu is where assessment happens. According to the information published by the practice, consultations take place exclusively by prior appointment, and the site states explicitly that it does not address medical emergencies. The consultation is therefore a planned step, arranged in advance rather than accessed on the day.
What distinguishes this stage, as described on the practice’s pages, is that diagnostic imaging is not outsourced to a separate visit on a separate day. The surgeon holds a certified competence in general ultrasound, obtained through the Jefferson Ultrasound Research and Education Institute in Philadelphia, and abdominal ultrasound is integrated into the consultation itself. The examination covers the liver, the biliary ducts, the gallbladder, the pancreas, the spleen and the kidneys. Ultrasound-guided punctures and drainage are also listed among the interventional procedures performed at this level.
For a patient, that combination has a straightforward practical consequence. The clinical examination, the imaging and the discussion about what to do next can happen within a single appointment, with the same physician interpreting both the images and the symptoms. The practice presents this combination as one of the defining features of its consulting activity, alongside the remote services described in its section for international patients, which allow part of the process to take place before anyone books a flight.
Appointments for the consulting room are made through an online form, by telephone, by e-mail or via WhatsApp. The published contact number is 0729 362 867, listed for international callers as +40 729 362 867, and the e-mail address is drgraur@yahoo.com.
The operating side: Humanitas Hospital (MedLife)
Surgery does not take place at the consulting room. Operations and the immediate recovery period are carried out at Humanitas Hospital (MedLife), at Str. Frunzișului no. 75, postal code 400664, Cluj-Napoca. This is the address that matters once a decision has been made and a date has been set.
The hospital stage is where the full operative spectrum described by the practice comes into play: classic open surgery, laparoscopic surgery and robotic-assisted procedures. The stated principle is that the technique is chosen according to the particularities of each case rather than according to a preference for a specific technology. Advanced laparoscopic surgery is presented with the benefits usually associated with a minimally invasive approach — small incisions and minimal scarring, reduced postoperative pain, a shorter hospital stay, faster recovery and a lower risk of wound complications.
The interventions performed cover eight declared areas of activity:
- advanced laparoscopic surgery for abdominal pathology
- digestive oncological surgery, including gastric, colorectal, pancreatic, hepatic and biliary tumours
- hepato-biliary surgery, from limited to major liver resections, including minimally invasive and robotic-assisted approaches
- pancreatic surgery, from complicated acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis to pancreatic tumours
- colorectal surgery, including diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal tumours
- abdominal wall surgery, covering inguinal, umbilical, ventral and incisional hernias as well as complex parietal defects and hiatal hernia
- bariatric and metabolic surgery, including sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass and revision procedures
- diagnostic and interventional ultrasound
Behind those eight headings sits a considerably more detailed catalogue. The conditions section of the site is organised by anatomical region — stomach and duodenum, colon and rectum, pancreas, liver and biliary ducts, gallbladder, abdominal wall and spleen — with dedicated pages for individual conditions ranging from gallstones, inguinal hernia and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease to gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma and liver metastases. A patient can therefore arrive at the consultation having already read what the practice publishes about their specific diagnosis.
Oncological cases, the practice notes, are evaluated within a multidisciplinary protocol that brings together the surgeon, the oncologist, the radiologist and the pathologist, with the stated aim of avoiding both unnecessary operations and avoidable delays.
The bariatric and metabolic programme shows how the two addresses divide the work over time. The practice describes it in three stages: a preoperative evaluation that includes laboratory tests, a nutritional assessment and specialist consultations; the laparoscopic intervention itself; and long-term monitoring with nutritional counselling. Only the middle stage belongs to the hospital, while the preparation before it and the follow-up after it sit with the consulting activity, which the practice describes as covering preoperative preparation and postoperative monitoring, including at a distance.
Why the two addresses matter when planning a trip
For a patient living in Cluj-Napoca or elsewhere in Transylvania, the distinction between the two locations is a matter of logistics on ordinary weekdays. For a patient travelling from another country, it becomes part of the planning itself.
This is where the pathway published for international patients is relevant. The practice describes a five-step process that begins remotely and only later requires a physical presence in Romania:
- an online consultation, during which the existing medical documents are analysed
- a treatment plan together with a cost estimate
- coordination of travel and hospital admission
- the operation and the recovery period at Humanitas Hospital
- follow-up consultations carried out remotely, after the patient has returned home
The opening steps are carried out remotely and the final one takes place after the patient has returned home, which means the time actually spent in Cluj-Napoca is concentrated around the hospital stage. The practice also lists a separate second opinion service, in which existing documentation — CT scans, MRI, PET-CT, endoscopy reports, histopathology results, laboratory analyses, medical letters and previous recommendations — is reviewed personally by the physician. That review can be carried out entirely at a distance, without any visit to either address.
The professional profile behind the two locations
The practice operates under the legal entity Synergic Medical Group SRL, registered with the fiscal code 22689926 and active since 2007, with Dr. Florin Graur listed as administrator.
The physician is presented as a senior general surgeon, doctor of medical sciences and university professor, with doctoral supervision duties. His published credentials include two European certifications issued by the European Board of Surgery: F.E.B.S./MIS for minimally invasive surgery and F.E.B.S./HPB for hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. The practice states more than 30 years of surgical activity, beginning in 1996, and over 10,000 interventions performed as principal operator, predominantly through minimally invasive approaches.
Alongside the operating schedule, the published profile lists over 120 scientific articles, book chapters and specialist publications, and more than 200 papers presented at national and international conferences. Professional affiliations include the Romanian Society of Surgery since 1996, the Romanian Association of Endoscopic Surgery since 2003 and the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery since 2013. Since 2023 he has served as national delegate to the UEMS Bureau of HPB Surgery. Training fellowships were completed in France, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands.
Practical details for arranging a visit
Appointments for both stages are arranged through the same channels. Two dedicated online forms are published, one for a consultation at the office and one for an online consultation, alongside the telephone number, the WhatsApp contact and the e-mail address. An English-speaking team is described as available from the first online consultation through to the follow-up after the patient returns home, and the English-language section of the site includes its own service pages, a medical blog and the contact and appointments page for international patients, where the enquiry channels are grouped together.
What emerges from the two addresses is a fairly conventional division of labour, stated openly rather than left for the patient to discover: one place for evaluation, imaging and decision-making, another for the intervention and the days that follow it. Anyone planning a trip around a surgical procedure will find that this distinction determines almost everything else — the number of days needed on site, the moment when travel actually becomes necessary, and how much of the process can be handled from home.
This article has an informative purpose and does not replace a specialist medical consultation. Any decision regarding investigation or treatment should be discussed with a qualified physician who has examined the individual case.
