Curriculum Vitae

Graduated:

Year of graduation in Medicine - 1981

Medical licensure:

Specialty - Neurology since 1986

Scientific degree:

"Doctor of Medical Science" - 1998

Academic rank:

“Professor” – 2001

Training:

Specialization in Movement Disorders in University of Kansas - USA,
Kansas city, Kansas in the class of Prof. W. Koller - 1 month, 1995;
Specialization in headache in the University of Pavia - Italy in the class of Prof. G. Nappi and Prof. G. Sandrini - 1 year, 1997, 1998, 1999;

Publications:

250 + co-authorship in monographs and textbooks

Curriculum Vitae

Graduated:

Master in economics, specialty "Administration"
Master in Health Management, SWU (South West University) "Neofit Rilski" - 1998

Medical licensure:

Master in economics, specialty "Administration"

Board certified:

Expert Certificate of evaluation and accreditation of Medical Institutions
Certificate for completion of course in ISS (International Social Service)
Certificate for completion of course in "Hospital management in Bulgaria" under a Bulgarian-Swiss project

Curriculum Vitae

Graduated:

School of Medicine, University of Varna -1966

Medical licensure:

M.D. Degree

Board certified:

in Anaesthetics and Intensive care medicine: 1970
in Neurology: 1980

Scientific degree:

"Doctor of Medical Science" - 1988

Thesis:

Brain death

Professional qualifications:

Higher qualification in Clinical electroencephalography 2011.

Current position:

Deputy Director in treatment activity
Clinic of intensive treatment of neurological diseases, MHATNP " St Naum " since 2010

Professional experience:

• Director of MHATNP "St. Naum" from 2010 to 2011
• Chairman of the Drug Commission at the University Hospital “Tzaritza Joanna” from 2004 to 2005
• National consultant in neurology at National Health Insurance Company, Bulgaria since 2002
• Professor at Clinic of Neurology, UH Tzaritza Joanna, Sofia, Bulgaria from 1989 to 2010
• Associated Professor at Clinic of Neurology, UH Tzaritza Joanna, Sofia, Bulgaria from 1984 to 1989
• Assistant Professor at Clinic of Neurology, UH Tzaritza Joanna, Sofia, Bulgaria from 1972 to 1984

Professional affiliations:

Member of Bulgarian Society of Neurology, European Socienty of Neurology, Society IBRO

Scientific affiliations:

Mainly in the field of vascular neurology, emergency neurology

• 198 scientific publications
• 3 monograph, Co-author in 7 Handbooks of Neurology

Founder of intense treatment of neurological disorders in Bulgaria and establisher of the first intensive treatment department in the neurology, which remains a leading unit in the field until now.

Participation in more than 20 medical researches and projects of national importance, main coordinator of international project - "Integrated approach to the assessment of cardiovascular risk in oligo- and asymptomatic patients " under "THE PROGRAMME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE MEDICINE UNIVERSITIES" from the 6th Framework Agreement of EU.

Language:

English, Russian

Curriculum Vitae

Graduated:

School of Medicine, University of Sofia - 1996

Medical licensure:

1981 - M.D. Degree

Board certified:

Psychiatry - 1984

Training:

Washington (USA) - 1992, Wurzburg (Germany) - 1993, 1997, Bad Kissingen (Germany) - 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004

Ph.D. Degree: 1987, Thesis:

„Methods and devices for provoking and investigating hallucinatory experience: Implications and perspectives“

Professional qualifications:

Board certified psychiatrist, experience in clinical practice, schizophrenia and other psychoses, mood and anxiety disorders, psychopharmacology, biological psychiatry, neurosensology, movement and gait disorders, equilibriometry, event-related brain potentials, craniocorpography, speech audiometry, projective methods, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, clinical psychology, clinical psychophysiology.

Current position:

Deputy Director of the University Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, Head of the First Psychiatric clinic, Head of the Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology and Psychophysiology.

Professional experience:

National consultant on Psychiatry and Vice-President of the Council of Mental Health (Ministry of Health), Consultant and Expert on Psychiatry (National health insurance fund), Editor-in-chief of the psychiatric section of the national specialized journal „Bulgarian Neurological and Psychiatric Practice“ and the Bulgarian-Austrian specialized journal „Neurology and Psychiatry“, member of the Editorial board of the International Tinnitus Journal (New York, USA), Head of the National Commission for board certification in psychiatry.

Professional affiliations:

Member of the Bulgarian Medical Association, the Bulgarian Society of Biological Psychiatry, the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, the International Neurootological and Equilibriometric Society, President of the „Hans Selye“ Stress and Adaptation Society.

Scientific affiliations:

Mainly in the field endogenous and organic psychoses, mood and anxiety disorders, addictions, neurophysiology, psychophysiology, clinical psychology

• more than 250 scientific publications
• 3 monographs, 5 Handbooks of Neurology, 1 Handbook of Psychiatry
• 7 inventions, 1 current international patent

Awards:

National award for medicine „Invention-Application-World Standard“ (1986), National award „Young inventor of Bulgaria“ (1987), National award „Honorary inventor“ (1988)

Language:

English fluent, French fluent, Russian fluent

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

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