At the university, he heads a research laboratory, sees patients, runs clinical trials and teaches as well as mentors residents, medical students, post-doctoral fellows and PhD candidates. He has received an MD degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He has completed his residency in Neurology and a fellowship in Neuroimmunolgy at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. He served and is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and as a reviewer of 15 journals.