TEDxBuzău 2026 · Speaker

Anca Mihalcea.

Field: Geriatrics and gerontology

Theme: Genetics, predispositions, gene expression and the current limits of biological optimisation

Dr. Anca Mihalcea is a specialist in geriatrics and gerontology and a 2003 graduate of Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest. She completed her residency at the Ana Aslan National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, including a 2007 placement in medical gerontology and anti-aging medicine at INIA ONU in Malta, and became a specialist in 2009. Her training includes acupuncture, homeopathy, functional medicine, mesotherapy, orthomolecular nutrition, craniosacral biodynamics, medical Qigong and Bothmer movement. Interested in neuroscience, the microbiome, genetics and epigenetics, she approaches each person as a whole and considers functional and psycho-emotional factors when exploring health imbalances.