With its newly-attained Center of Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery (COEOS) accreditation, Ponderas Academic Hospital in Bucharest, Romania, has become the world’s first healthcare facility with five SRC Center of Excellence accreditations. Ponderas Academic Hospital has also maintained the Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery (COECS), Hernia Surgery (COEHS), Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (COEMBS) and Minimally Invasive Surgery (COEMIS) accreditations along with:
– Dr. Catalin Copaescu (COECS, COEHS, COEMBS COEMIS)
– Dr. Vlad Predescu (COEOS)
– Dr. Victor Tomulescu (COECS)

Site inspector, Dr. Neil Hutcher, awards five accreditations to Ponderas Academic Hospital.
SRC Recognized by Forbes Middle East and Highlights from the 2025 Global Health Exhibition
SRC was recently featured by Forbes Middle East in a social media post from the 2025 Global Health Exhibition, spotlighting SRC’s collaboration with Hayat National Hospitals (HNH). The post