Department of Intensive Treatment of Nervous System Disorders

The clinic for intensive treatment of nervous system disorders of MHATNP "St. Naum" EAD - Sofia has a third level of competence for treatment of urgent neurological conditions of adults.

The clinic for intensive treatment of nervous system disorders is a unique part of the hospital in which patients with severe neurological diseases and acute respiratory failure (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy /Guillain-Barre syndrome type/, severe myasthenic crisis, prolonged epileptic seizures, etc.)can receive treatment by continuous artificial pulmonary ventilation.

The clinic offers an opportunity for prolonged monitoring of the vital functions, including electroencephalography of the central and peripheral nervous system disorders. Within the territory of the clinic the patients have the unique opportunity to do all types of medical tests in neurology, as well as to be treated by the relevant specialists officially certified in electroencephalography, electromyography, polysomnography, Doppler sonography. These opportunities provide the ability for full completion of the diagnostic-treatment process of practically all emergency and scheduled patients in the clinic.

The clinic has 9 bed for reanimation with monitors and breathing and respiratory equipment, neurological beds and the relevant specialists in neurology and anesthesiology. Medical examinations of sleep disorders are conducted in the clinic. Examinations of sleep disorders are conducted in the clinic as well as diagnosing and treatment of patients from all over the country suffering from sleep and wake disorders, nocturnal epilepsy, narcolepsy, etc. The clinic is equipped with modern diagnostic equipment and highly trained specialists educated in the country and abroad.

The clinic has a polysomnography and polygraph device, capability for CPAP and BiPAP titration and treatment of all types of sleep and wake disorders.

Thanks to its highly qualified speciaslists and modern equipment the clinic is a major diagnostic, therapeutic, training and methodological center in Bulgaria regarding the intensive treatment of nervous system diseases and sleep medicine.

Dimitar Georgiev Taskov, MD, PhD

Curriculum Vitae

Acting Head of department

Dimitar Georgiev Taskov, MD, PhD

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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 - Multiprofile Hospital for active treatement in neurology and psychiatry „St.Naum“
• Polysomnography in sleep and wakefulness disorders - Multiprofile Hospital for active treatement in neurology and psychiatry „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:

Assistant in neurology 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

Language:

English

Izabel Ognyanova Antova, MD

Curriculum Vitae

Head of department

Izabel Ognyanova Antova, MD

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Prof. Paraskeva Stamenova, MD, DSc

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Paraskeva Stamenova, MD, DSc

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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 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

Mitko Todorov Yurukov, MD

Curriculum Vitae

Doctor of nervous diseases

Mitko Todorov Yurukov, MD

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Mitko Todorov Yurukov, MD

Graduated:

Higher Medical School (2015) - Medical University - Plovdiv

Acquired specialty:

Neurology - 2021

Professional qualification:

Acquired his specialty Neurology in 2021 after specializing in the University Hospital for Active Treatment in Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum". Completed a course in Neurosonology - Echo-Doppler of carotid and cerebral arteries.

Experience:

>10 years

Current position:

Doctor of nervous diseases - Department of Intensive Treatment of Nervous System Disorders

Languages:

Bulgarian, English, Spanish

Dimitar Georgiev Taskov, MD, PhD

Curriculum Vitae

Doctor of nervous diseases

Dimitar Georgiev Taskov, MD, PhD

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+359 2 9702 221

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 - Multiprofile Hospital for active treatement in neurology and psychiatry „St.Naum“
• Polysomnography in sleep and wakefulness disorders - Multiprofile Hospital for active treatement in neurology and psychiatry „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:

Assistant in neurology 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

Language:

English

Kamelia Garbatilova, MD

Curriculum Vitae

Doctor specializing in nervous diseases

Kamelia Garbatilova, MD

+359 2 9702 221

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

Tanya Daskalova, MD

Curriculum Vitae

Doctor specializing in nervous diseases

Tanya Daskalova, MD

+359 2 9702 221

Aleksandra Barkalova, MD

Curriculum Vitae

Doctor specializing in nervous diseases

Aleksandra Barkalova, MD

+359 2 9702 221

Nikolay Yordanov, MD

Curriculum Vitae

Doctor specializing in nervous diseases

Nikolay Yordanov, MD

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