Clinics

Prof. Veneta Sashova Bojinova-Tchamova, MD, PhD

Graduated:

School of Medicine, University of Sofia - 1975

Medical licensure:

1975 MD, degree

Board certified:

neurology: 1986
child neurology: 2004

Training:

Neurology:

• 1982-1985 - Neurology Clinic of University Hospital "Alexandrovska"
• 1986 - Clinic of Child Neurology, University Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum"

Ph.D. Degree: 1992

Thesis: "Clinical and transcranial Doppler sonographic studies in cerebrovalcular pathology in childhood"

Professional qualifications:

Board certified neurologist, Board certified child neurologist, experience in clinical practice, multiple sclerosis in childhood, cerebrovascular diseases in childhood, epilepsy in childhood, headache in childhood, Doppler sonography in childhood, teaching and research in child neurology

Experience:

>49 years

Current position:

Professor of Neurology, Medical University - Sofia
Clinic of Child neurology, Multiprofile Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum", Head of clinic

Professional experience:

1975-1976

Scientific collaborator of neuromophology - Central Laboratory of brain research Bulgarian Academy of Science

1976-1982

Scientific collaboratorin Laboratory of Chemical cancerogenesis and testing, Institute of Oncology, Medical academy

1982-1985

Assistant porofessor in Neurology in Neurology Clinic of the University Hospital "Alexandrovska"

1985-2002

Assistant porofessor in Neurology, Medical university, Sofia in Clinic of Child Neurology in the Specialized Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum"

2002-2004

Assoc. prof. in Neurology, Medical university, Sofia in Clinic of Child Neurology in the Specialized Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum"

2004-2013

Assoc. prof. in Neurology, Medical university, Sofia, Clinic of Child Neurology in the Multiprofile Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum" - Head of clinic

2013-

Professor in Neurology, Medical university, Sofia, Clinic of Child Neurology in the Specialized Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum" - Head of clinic

Professional affiliations:

• Member of Bulgarian Society of Neurology
• President of Scientific society of neurology, psychiatry and psychology of childhood development
• Member of Bulgarian society against epilepsy
• Member of Bulgarian society of clinical neurophysiology
• Member of Bulgarian Neuromuscular diseases (NMD) society
• Member of Bulgarian Society of cephalgia and pain

Scientific affiliations:

Mainly in the field of neurological diseases in childhood - cerebrovascular diseases in childhood; inflammatory, autoimmune, degenerative and genetic disorders in childhood, neuromuscular diseases, epilepsy in childhood, cerebral palsy, headache in childhood

Scientific publications:

Total number: 409: dissertations for MD (1), co-authorship in 3 monographs, 409 scientific articles, of which 50 in foreign journals, 36 with impact factor and 355 in Bulgarian journals and collections.
Scientific publications are in the field of pediatric neurology: cerebrovascular diseases and migraine in childhood, childhood epilepsies (clinic, diagnostics, therapy), inflammatory and demyelinating diseases of the nervous system, degenerative and genetic diseases of the nervous system with onset in childhood, others.
Total impact factor 50.09.
Co-author of 13 textbooks: in neurology for students (5), in neurology for specializing doctors (3), in neurology for general practitioners (1), in pediatric diseases for students (4).

Awards:

„Prof. Dr. K. Chilov“ Award of Medical faculty, Medical university - Sofia for high achievements in the field of medical science and education for 2011.
Honorary badge "Signum laudis" for special contributions to the development of the Medical University - Sofia, 2018

Language:

Russian, English, German

Antoaneta Petrova-Naumova

АВТОБИОГРАФИЯ

(Професиограма)

СОБСТВЕНО ИМЕ: Антоанета

БАЩИНО ИМЕ: Георгиева

ФАМИЛНО ИМЕ:Петрова - Наумова

ПРОФЕСИЯ: Медицинска сестра

ПРОФЕСИОНАЛНА КВАЛИФИКАЦИЯ: Специалист в областта на мениджмънта на здравеопазването и здравните грижи

Компютърна грамотност: Завършен курс по "Текстообработка и работа с персонален компютър", Сертификат от НБУ/2004 г.

Завършен курс по "Още за работа с персонален компютър, използване на компютърните ресурси и Интернет", Сертификат от НБУ/2004 г.

ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ (година: ВУЗ, присъдено звание):

• 2014 г.: МУ София - ФОЗ; Специалност: "Ръководител на здравните грижи и преподавател по практика" - Магистър
• 2004 г.: Нов български университет - София; Специалност: "Здравен мениджмънт" - Магистър
• 2003 г.: Нов български университет - София; Специалност: Мениджмънт на здравеопазването и здравните грижи - Бакалавър
• 1980 г.: Централен полувисш медицински институт - София; Специалност: Медицинска сестра - детски профил

ЕЗИКОВИ ПОЗНАНИЯ:

Български: Майчин език

Испански: Говоримо - базисно; Четене - базисно; Писмено - базисно

Английски: Говоримо - базисно; Четене - базисно; Писмено - базисно

Руски: Говоримо - базисно; Четене - базисно; Писмено - базисно

МЕЖДУНАРОДЕН ОПИТ

Специализация в кардиологичен център - детска реанимация - Германия, гр. Мюнхен, 1984 г.

ЧЛЕНСТВО В ПРОФЕСИОНАЛНИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ

Българска асоциация на професионалистите по здравни грижи; Сертификат за притежаване на квалификация за извършване на качествени здравни грижи - 2009 г.

ПОВИШАВАНЕ НА ПРОФЕСИОНАЛНАТА КВАЛИФИКАЦИЯ

Година: Наименование на курса

1983: Анестезиология и реанимация

1985: Проблеми на интензивното лечение в детските отделения

1994: Здравен мениджмънт в стационара

1996: Решаване на конфликтни ситуации

Трудово-правни отношения

Етико-правни аспекти в работата на главната и старша мед. сестра

1998: Контрол в здравните заведения

1999: Саморазвитие и професионална кариера на здравния мениджър

Официални и алтернативни модели за здравно осигуряване

Новости в хигиената на труда и ергономията. Нормативна база. Комплексна оценка на условията на труд2001Управление на персонала.

Анализ на дейността на здравните заведения

2002: Изработване на здравни проекти

2003Документация в сестринската практика

Участие във ВТОРИ НАЦИОНАЛЕН КОНГРЕС по "Здравни грижи" с международно участие

2004: Интензивни грижи при деца с вродени и придобити болести на сърцето

2006: Интензивни и здравни грижи при деца на изкуствена вентилация

Качество на здравните грижи

2008: Етика и етични норми на поведение в съвременното здравеопазване

BD Vacutainer® - затворена система за вземане на кръв. Характеристики. Техники за вземане на кръв. Приспособления за сигурност и безопасност. Съвременни подходи при остойностяване на медицинските услуги.

2009: Нови изисквания в областта на контрола на обеззаразяването и стерилизацията.

Иновативни продукти на B/Braun - превенция на убожданията.

Анестезиология и интензивно лечение. Принципи и практика в работата на медицинските сестри.

Иновации и качество на здравните грижи в съвременното здравеопазване.

2010: Профилактика и контрол на ВБИ

Управление, организиране и финансиране на болничната помощ

Безопасна инфузионна терапия. Затворена система ПВК

2011: Преданалитичен етап - правила и грешки при вземане на кръв

2012: Професионални здравни рискове за работещите здравни специалисти в сферата на здравеопазването

2014: Рискове в инфузионната терапия

2015: Диагностика, терапия и здравни грижи при детски неврологични заболявания

ПРОФЕСИОНАЛЕН ОПИТ

Период: Длъжност, лечебно заведение

м.05.2012 г. - до момента: МЕДИЦИНСКА СЕСТРА, МБАЛНП "СВ. НАУМ" ЕАД - Клиника по детска неврология

м.05.2007 г. - м. 04.2012 г.: ГЛАВНА МЕДИЦИНСКА СЕСТРА, СБАЛДБ-ЕАД СОФИЯ

м.05.2004 г. - м. 05.2007 г.: МЕДИЦИНСКА СЕСТРА, СБАЛДБ-ЕАД, СОФИЯ - Клиника по пулмология с интензивен сектор

м.03.2004 г. - м.05.2004 г.: МЕДИЦИНСКА СЕСТРА, СБАЛДБ-ЕАД СОФИЯ - Клиника по ревматология и кардиология, сектор по Кардиология

м.03.1987 г. - м.03.2004 г.: СТАРША МЕДИЦИНСКА СЕСТРА, СБАЛДБ-ЕАД, София - Клиника по сърдечно-съдови заболявания и интензивен сектор

м.08.1980 г. - м.03.1987 г.: МЕДИЦИНСКА СЕСТРА, Научен институт по педиатрия (сега - СБАЛДБ ЕАД), София - Клиника по сърдечно-съдови заболявания и интензивен сектор

ЮНИ. 2016 г.

Rodopska Elena, M.D.

Specialty: Pediatrics. Pediatric Neurology

Current position: pediatric neurologist, Clinic for Nervous Diseases for Children, St. Naum University Hospital

Professional experience (in years): >20

A pediatric neurologist specialist in Sofia with over 20 years of medical experience and main interests in the field of neurological diseases in childhood - epilepsy, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autoimmune and degenerative diseases, multiple sclerosis, headaches, etc.

He graduated from the Medical University - Sofia in 2002. He acquired his specialty in pediatrics in 2008, and in Pediatric Neurology in 2011. In 2020, he acquired the scientific and educational degree "doctor" after defending a dissertation on the topic "Childhood Cerebral Palsy, epilepsy and mental retardation".

He has a postgraduate qualification in Electroencephalography (EEG). He has completed training in pediatric neurology at the Necker Hospital, Paris and Paule de Viguier, Toulouse, France. From 2003 to 2011 he worked as a pediatrician at the "Prof. Ivan Mitev" Children's Hospital; From 2011 to the present, Dr. Rodopska has been working as a pediatric neurologist at the Clinic for Nervous Diseases for Children at the University Hospital "St. Naum".

Since 2025, she has been an assistant physician at the Medical University, Sofia.

She has participated in numerous national and international congresses and conferences on neurology and pediatric neurology, as well as in training courses on pediatric neurology.

She is the author and co-author of over 50 articles, over 60 posters and oral presentations.

She is a member of the Bulgarian Medical Union, the Bulgarian Society of Neurology, the Scientific Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychology of Child Development, the Society against Epilepsy, the European Society of Pediatric Neurology.

Foreign languages: French, English.

Elena Slavkova, M.D.

Graduated: School of medicine, University of Sofia - 1990

Medical licensure: 1990 M.D. degree

Board certified: pediatry - 1997; child neurology - 2007

Training: 1994 - Training of university staff and practitioners dealing with handicapped children - TEMPUS- SJEP-03478-94- School of medicine, University of Sofia, Universite d'Aix-Marseille II, Marseille.

Pediatry: 1996 - Specialized hospital for active treatment of children diseases, Medical University of Sofia.

Child Neurology: 1995-1997 - Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry "St. Naum".

Professional qualifications: board certified pediatrician and child neurologist, experience in autoimmune, in flammatory, degenerative and genetic disorders in childhood, neuromuscular diseases, childhood epilepsies, cerebrovascular diseases in childhood, cerebral palsy, headache in childhood.

Current position: Department of child neurology in Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry "St. Naum" - medical doctor.

Professional experience: 1990 - 1991 - Department of pediatry, Outpatient clinic N26 in Sofia; 1991 - 2000 - 1st Municipal Child Hospital, Sofia; 2000 - 2006 - 2dn Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment, Department of pediatry, Sofia; 2006 - present: Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry "St. Naum", medical doctor in Department of child neurology.

Professional affiliations:

• Member of the Bulgarian Society of Neurology
• Member of the Scientific society of neurology, psychiatry and psychology of childhood development

Scientific affiliations: mainly in the fleid of neurological diseases in childhood - cerebrovascular diseases in childhood; inflammatory, autoimmune, degenerative and genetic disorders in childhood, neuromuscular diseases, epilepsy in childhood, cerebral palsy, headache in childhood.

Scientific publications: 6 publications on autoimmune, degenerative and genetic disorders in childhood, epilepsyin childhood in Bulgarian journals. Posters - 25.

Languages: Fluent in French and Russian

D-r Daniela Deneva, MD

Graduated:

School of Medicine, University of Varna - 1989

Medical licensure:

1989 MD

Board certified:

pediatry- 1998
Child Neurology - 2007

Training:

Pediatry:

• 1991-1995 - MultiprofileHospital for active treatement - Dobrich
• 1997- Medical university, SpecializedHospital for active tretement of children disease" LTD- Sofia

Child Neurology:

• 2005-2007 - MultiprofileHospital for active treatement in neurology and psychiatry"St.Naum"

Clinical Neurophysiology:

• Neurology Clinic of the University Hospital "Alexandrovska"- 2009

Professional qualifications:

experience in clinical practice, childhood epilepsies and electroencephalography , transfontanellar ultrasonography in infans, multiple sclerosisin childhood, genetic, metabolic,and neurocutaneous disorder.

Current position:

Physician in the Clinic of Child neurology

Professional experience:

video-electroencephalography, transfontanellar ultrasonography in infans, autoimmune and degenerative disorders, cerebrovascular deseases in childhood.

Professional affiliations:

• Member of the Bulgarian Doctor's Union
• Member of the Bulgarian Society of Neurology
• Member of the Scientific society of neurology, psychiatry and psychology of childhood development

Scientific affiliations:

Mainly in the fleid of video-electroencephalography in childhood epilepsy syndromes, autoimmune and degenerative disorders, cerebrovascular deseases in childhood, genetic, metabolic, and neurocutaneous disorder,malformations of cortical development.

Scientific publications:

7 in Bulgarian and 26 posters

Language:

good command of English and French language

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Iliyana Aleksandrova-Lazarova

Specialty: Pediatric Neurology

Workplace: Clinic for Neurological Diseases for Children

Professional experience (in years): >15

Specialist pediatric neurologist in Sofia with over 15 years of medical experience and main interests in the field of neurological diseases in childhood - epilepsy, autoimmune and degenerative diseases, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, headaches, etc.

Graduated from the Medical University - Sofia in 2010. She obtained his specialty in Pediatric Neurology in 2017. In 2016, she obtained the scientific and educational degree "doctor" after defending a dissertation on the topic "Idiopathic pediatric focal epilepsies".

She has a postgraduate qualification in Electroencephalography (EEG).

From 2011 to the present Assoc. Prof. Alexandrova works as a pediatric neurologist at the Clinic for Nervous Diseases for Children at the St. Naum University Hospital.

From 2013 to 2017, she was an assistant physician, from 2017 to 2024 - chief assistant.

From 2024 - associate professor of neurology at the Department of Neurology of the Medical University - Sofia based at the Clinic for Nervous Diseases for Children, St. Naum University Hospital.

She has participated in numerous national and international congresses and conferences in neurology and pediatric neurology, as well as in training courses in pediatric neurology.

She is the author and co-author of about 100 articles, 30 oral presentations and 150 posters in the field of pediatric neurology.

She is a member of the Bulgarian Medical Union, the Bulgarian Society of Neurology, the Scientific Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychology of Children development, Epilepsy Society, European Society of Child Neurology.

Languages: Bulgarian, English

Assoc. Prof. Dessislava Bogdanova, M.D., Ph.D.

Evgenia Salapieva

Name, surname, family:

Evgeniya Nikolova Salapieva

Position:

Senior nurse at the Neurodegenerative and Peripheral Nerve Disorders Clinic, MHATNP „St. Naum“, Sofia

Education:

Medical College, Medical Academy, Sofia: Nurse - Bachelor's degree, 1978
Medical College, Medical Academy, Sofia: Nurse - retraining course, 1977
School for Secondary Medical Personnel, Sofia: Nurse - general profile with dental qualification, 1976

Postgraduate qualification / Additional training:

New Bulgarian University, Sofia: Master's degree in Health Policy and Health Management / Diploma No. 00169, 2002
New Bulgarian University, Sofia: Bachelor's degree in Health and Health Care Management / Diploma No. 004221, 2001
College of Economics, Sofia: Economics and Business Administration, 2001

Professional experience:

MHAL BOHLINITSA EUROPE OOD, Sofia: MC „Eurohealth“ OOD - Nurse, 2023 - 2024
Military Medical Academy, Sofia: Clinic - Functional Diagnostics of the Nervous System - Nurse, 2011 - 2021
Medical Academy: Faculty of Dental Medicine, Sofia - Dental Nurse, 2007 - 2011
19th Polyclinic, Sofia - Nurse, 1997 - 2000
28th Polyclinic, Sofia - Senior Nurse, 1987 - 1997
Medical Academy: Treatment Department, Sofia - Nurse, 1979 - 1987
Medical Academy: Dental Institute, Sofia - Dental Nurse in the Anesthesia Team, 1976 - 1979

Clinical Trials / Training:

ICH-GCP Training and Participation in an International Clinical Trial Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (PRMS) Phase II, Oral Drug, 2019 - 2024
ICH-GCP Training and Participation in an International Clinical Trial Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (PRMS) Phase III, Oral Drug, 2016 - 2017

ICH GCP Training:

Online Training and Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (NDAT CTN GCP), 2019

Dr. Vasil Todorov

Dr. Vasil Todorov, MD, graduated with honors from the Medical University of Sofia. In 2018, he specialized in neurology. In the same year, he defended his dissertation on the topic "Clinical and neurophysiological studies in patients with headache".

He is currently a senior assistant professor at the Department of Neurology at the Medical University - Sofia and head of the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Neurology and Psychiatry «St. Naum», Sofia.

His areas of specialization include headache and other pain syndromes, movement disorders, polyneuropathies, dementias, multiple sclerosis, clinical electromyography, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, modern therapies in neurological practice.

He conducts neurology training for specialists, residents and medical students in both Bulgarian and English, including training in highly specialized procedures.

Dr. Todorov is the Vice-President of the Bulgarian Headache and Pain Society and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Bulgarian scientific journal "Cefalgia". He is the author and co-author of dozens of publications in Bulgarian and international scientific journals and has participated as a lecturer in numerous neurological conferences, meetings and educational programs in Bulgaria and abroad.

Teodora Evdenova, M.D.

Graduated:School of Medicine, University of Sofia - 2005Medical licensure:2005 - M.D. DegreeBoard certified:in neurology: 2014Training:

1. 2006-2014 - University Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry "St. Naum"

Professional qualifications:Board certified neurologist, experience in clinical practice, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, headache, movement disorders.Current position:Assist. Prof. in neurology, Medical University -Sofia
Clinic for neurodegenerative and peripheral nervous system disorders in University Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry "St. Naum" - neurologist.Professional experience:2006- Present - University Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry "St. Naum"Professional affiliations:

1. Member of the Bulgarian Neurological Association

Scientific affiliations:mainly in the field of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia

• scientific publications: 10 scientific publications on Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Mild cognitive impairment in Bulgarian Journals

Language:Fluent in English, Russian and French

Dr. Kalina Pekova

Education: She graduated in medicine at the end of 2019 at the Medical University of Sofia.

Dissertation: Specialization in Nervous Diseases begins in 2020 at St. Naum Hospital.
In the same year, she enrolled in a doctoral program on the topic of Preventive treatment of patients with frequent migraine attacks.

Position held: Neurology specialist in the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Clinic for Neurodegenerative and Peripheral Nerve Diseases at the St. Naum Hospital.

Scientific interests in the field of: Her interests are focused on all aspects of neurology, but she specializes in the diagnosis of headaches, degenerative diseases (dementia, Parkinson's disease), as well as peripheral nerve diseases.

She participates in a number of congresses and is the author of 1 article and 2 posters.

Anatoli Atanasov, M.D.

Graduated: School of medicine, University of Pleven - 1989

Medical licensure: 1989 M.D. degree

Board certified in neurology: 1994

Board certified in psychiatry: 2005

Training:

Neurology:

1989 – 2007 Municipal Hospital Belogradchik presently MBAL

“Belogradchik“ EOOD

2007 – present MBALNP “St. Naum” Specialized Hospital for

Neurology and Psychiatry, Sofia

Professional qualifications: board certified neurologist, board certified psychiatrist, experience in clinical practice, headache, pain, movement disorders, dementia, Doppler Sonography and Electroencephalography

Current position:

Department for neurodegenerative and peripheral nervous system disorders in Multiprofile Hospital for active treatment in neurology and psychiatry “St. Naum” – Head of 2nd Neurological department

Professional experience:

1989 – 2007 Municipal Hospital Belogradchik presently MBAL “Belogradchik “ EOOD -

Chief of Neurological ClinicDoctor in a Neurological ward

Doctor in a Neurological ofis

2007 – present MBALNP “St. Naum” Specialized Hospital forNeurology and Psychiatry,

-Sofia – Head of 2nd Neurological department

Professional affiliations:

• Member of the Bulgarian Neurological Association
• Member of the Bulgarian Headache and Pain Association

Scientific affiliations: mainly in the field of movement disorders, headache and pain, dementia, Doppler Sonography and Electroencephalography

Participation in international congresses and conferences:

• National congress of neurology, Golden Sands, Bulgaria
• Neuropathic pain symposium-Antalya 2011
• 27^-th Congress of the Federation of the International Danube Symposia on Diabetes Mellitus-Budapest 2012
• European Federation of IASP® Chapters /EFIC/-Florence 2013
• XXI World Congress of Neurology-Vienna 2013
• 21^-st Multidisciplinary international neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry Conference-St-Petersburg 2014
• 29^-th Congress of the Federation of the International Danube Symposia on Diabetes Mellitus-Jarmala, Latvia 2014
• 30^-th International Conference of Alzheimer's Disease international - Perth Australia 2015
• XXI World Congress IAPRD 2015, Milan, Italy
• 69^-th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana
• 3^-rd Congress of the European Academy of neurology held in Amsterdam 2017
• 30^-th ECNP Congress, Paris, 2017
• 17^-th European Congress Clinical Neurophysiology, Warsaw, 2019
• 32^-th ECNP Congress
• 8^-th EAN Congress, Vienna, 2022
• 35^-th ECNP Congress, Vienna, 2022
• 17^-th World Congess Controversies in Neurology,Croatia
• 10^-th EAN Congress, Helsinki,2024

Language: conversant in English and Russian

Clinical trials experience: Yes. Sub- Investigator

GCP training: Yes

Nikolay Kalaydzhiev, M.D.

Education: Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, 2018.

Dissertation: Doctoral student at the hospital since March 2018 with the topic: "Pain syndromes in patients with Multiple Sclerosis", scientific supervisor Acad. Prof. Dr. Ivan Milanov, MD.

Position held: Neurologist at the Clinic for Neurodegenerative and Peripheral Nervous Diseases.

Membership in scientific organizations: Bulgarian Society of Neurology; Bulgarian Society of Headache and Pain.

Scientific interests: Pain treatment, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease.

Languages: English

Assoc. Prof. Milena Milanova, MD, PhD

A neurologist with long-standing experience in emergency neurology, cerebrovascular diseases, sleep medicine, and myasthenia gravis.

Graduated from the Medical Academy - Sofia, holds specialties in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and in Neurology, and has additional qualifications in myasthenia gravis, clinical electroencephalography and sleep medicine.

She defended her doctoral thesis on the relationship between sleep and cerebrovascular diseases in 1999.

She is the author of over 120 scientific publications, one monograph, and a co-author of several other scientific books.

She works actively with patients with myasthenia gravis, sleep disorders, and acute neurological conditions.

Her approach combines modern diagnostic methods with established therapeutic practices, always focusing on the individual needs of each patient.

Her priority is not only effective treatment but also improving the quality of life of patients and their families.

Rumyana Rangelova

Dimitar Georgiev Taskov, M.D., PhD

Graduated: Medical University, Sofia (2015)

Medical license: Doctor of Medicine (2015)

Board certified: in neurology (2021)

Post-graduate degree certificates:

• Clinical electroencephalography - MHATNP „St.Naum“
• Polysomnography in sleep and wakefulness disorders - MHATNP „St.Naum“
• Somnologist - Expert in Sleep Medicine - European Sleep Research Society

PhD degree: 2021
PhD Thesis: „Sleep-related breathing disorders in some neurological diseases“

Professional qualifications: Board-certified neurologist with experience in clinical practice in the field of sleep disorders, emergency neurology, cerebrovascular diseases, myasthenia gravis.

Current position: Acting Head of department in Clinic of Intensive Treatment of Nervous System Disorders.

Professional affiliations:

Member of the:

• Bulgarian Society of Neurology;
• Bulgarian Medical Society;
• European Sleep Research Society;
• European Stroke Organisation

Languages: English

Prof. Paraskeva Stamenova, MD, DSc

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 IBROScientific 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, Russia

Dimitar Georgiev Taskov, M.D., PhD

Graduated: Medical University, Sofia (2015)

Medical license: Doctor of Medicine (2015)

Board certified: in neurology (2021)

Post-graduate degree certificates:

• Clinical electroencephalography - MHATNP „St.Naum“
• Polysomnography in sleep and wakefulness disorders - MHATNP „St.Naum“
• Somnologist - Expert in Sleep Medicine - European Sleep Research Society

PhD degree: 2021
PhD Thesis: „Sleep-related breathing disorders in some neurological diseases“

Professional qualifications: Board-certified neurologist with experience in clinical practice in the field of sleep disorders, emergency neurology, cerebrovascular diseases, myasthenia gravis.

Current position: Acting Head of department in Clinic of Intensive Treatment of Nervous System Disorders.

Professional affiliations:

Member of the:

• Bulgarian Society of Neurology;
• Bulgarian Medical Society;
• European Sleep Research Society;
• European Stroke Organisation

Languages: English

Dr. Kameliya Garbatilova

Neurology resident

Graduated from the Medical University of Sofia in 2022.

After graduation, she specialized in the Intensive Care Clinic of Neurology at MHANP Sv. Naum Sofia.

Member of the Bulgarian Medical Association, Bulgarian Society of Neurology and Bulgarian Society of Somnology;

Participation in national congresses, conferences, and seminars in the specialty.

English - speaker