Dr. George Bogdan Cotică

Dr. George Bogdan Cotică is a physician specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry, trained in Iași, with his residency completed at the Clinic of Child Psychiatry and Addiction of the Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children in Cluj-Napoca. He is co-founder of Clinica Dr. Cotică in Valea Adâncă, Iași County, the first clinic in Romania dedicated exclusively to the medical care of patients diagnosed with neurodevelopmental conditions.

At the clinic, he coordinates the pediatric psychiatry department, alongside Dr. Cristina Georgiana Cotică, who handles adult psychiatry, so that children who grow up can continue their care in the same place where they started it. His approach is multidisciplinary and personalized: he allocates approximately two hours for each initial consultation and sees only four patients per day, to provide the time needed for a complete evaluation, together with a team of psychologists, speech-language therapists and nutritionists.

His clinical focus is on autism spectrum conditions, ADHD, AuDHD (co-occurrence of ADHD and autism) and developmental delays, with emphasis on differential diagnosis and on identifying medical comorbidities that may amplify symptoms. He has completed postgraduate courses at Harvard Medical School and participates annually in international training programs in neuroimmunology and pediatric psychiatry.

"I believe with all my heart that medicine is the most noble and most fulfilling vocational field, and I consider being a doctor to be both a great blessing and a great responsibility."

The initial pediatric psychiatry consultation is private and takes place exclusively in person, followed by a results-interpretation meeting that can be held in person or online. Subsequent re-evaluations and connected services (psychology, speech therapy) can be covered through CAS for patients diagnosed with autism spectrum conditions, within the slots available through the national sub-program.