Education and Training
September 2021 – Ongoing: 3-year PhD in “Endocrinological Sciences,” Department of Experimental Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
February 2015 – February 2019: Specialized training in Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolic Diseases, University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania.
June 2018 – November 2018: Internship in Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Servizio di Endocrinologia, Diabetologia e Malattie di Metabolismo, Azienda Ospedaliera Integrata di Verona, Italy.
May 2011: State exam for licensing as a General Practitioner and Family Doctor, with a grade of 100/100.
September 2005 – July 2011: Bachelor’s degree in General Medicine, with an average grade of 9.86/10, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Tirana.
September 2001 – July 2005: High School Diploma, with an average grade of 9.9/10, “18-Tetori” High School, Lushnje, Albania.
Professional Experience
January 2019: Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolic Diseases, Continental Hospital, Tirana.
May 2020: Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolic Diseases, Lushnje Municipal Hospital.
March 2019 – May 2020: Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolic Diseases, Fier Regional Hospital.
October 2017 – June 2018: Part-time Lecturer, Special Nursing Disciplines, Department of Nursing, “Aleksander Xhuvani” University, Elbasan, Albania.
February 2015 – February 2019: Medical Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolic Diseases, Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Metabolic Diseases Service, “Mother Teresa” University Hospital Center, Tirana.
June 2018 – November 2018: Medical Specialist, Internship in Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Servizio di Endocrinologia, Diabetologia e Malattie di Metabolismo, Azienda Ospedaliera Integrata di Verona, Italy.
March 2016 – December 2016: Physician at ‘Elvetia Group,’ Tirana.
June 2012 – February 2015: General Practitioner and Family Doctor, Health Center No. 2, Lushnje.
March 2012 – July 2014: Part-time Lecturer, Discipline of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Department of Paraclinical Subjects, International University of Tirana, Albania.
July 2011 – May 2012: General Practitioner (Clinical and Ambulatory Practice), Health Center No. 2 and “Mother Teresa” University Hospital Center, Tirana.
Conferences and Congresses
February 2014: Theoretical Course “The Basics of Hospital Management.”
November 2015: EASD Postgraduate Course on Clinical Diabetes and its Complications, Tirana.
November 2015: 17th ESE Postgraduate Course on Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Tirana.
June 2015: Conference on “Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose.”
October 2016: Conference “UpToDate,” Durrës, Albania.
May 2017: Second Scientific Pituitary Expert Meeting on Cushing’s Syndrome and Acromegaly, Sofia, Bulgaria.
June 2017: Conference on “Diabetes, Lipids, and Cardiovascular Diseases.”
September 2017: 40th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association, Belgrade, Serbia.
October 2017: Pituitary Course, Wroclaw, Poland.
October 2018: 5° Convegno Interattivo di Formazione e Aggiornamento Clinico, Verona, Italy.
Publications
– “A case of Cushing Syndrome caused by an ACTH secreting pheochromocytoma”
D. Ylli, E. Golemi, D. Keri, E. Çela, R. Sanxhaku, V. Hoxha
Poster at the 17th ESE Postgraduate Course on Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Tirana.
– “The Role of Fibrates in Residual Cardiovascular Risk in the Diabetic Population”
G. Husi, V. Hoxha, E. Çela, E. Duva, T. Velo
Presentation at the Albanian Society of Endocrinology Conference, Pogradec, July 2017.
– “Inefficacy of Medications as a Cause of Refractory Hypothyroidism”
E. Çela, V. Hoxha, G. Husi, R. Cakoni, E. Hoxha, A. Ylli
Presentation at the Albanian Society of Endocrinology Conference, Session IV, Fall 2017.
– “Hiperuricemia and Metabolic Syndrome”
G. Husi, E. Çela
Presentation at the Albanian Society of Rheumatology Conference, December 2017.
– “Pancytopenia in an Untreated Patient with Toxic Multinodular Goiter”
A. Ylli, V. Hoxha, E. Çela, D. Doracaj, G. Vyshka, L. Cakerri
Published in European Journal of Medical Case Reports, Volume 2, Issue 3 (2018).
