Associate Professor of Neurology at the Medical University - Sofia
Head of the Clinic of Nervous Diseases for Neurodegenerative and Peripheral Nervous Diseases, St. Naum Medical University Hospital EAD
Professional Experience
1993 - 1995: Outpatient and Inpatient Physician, Pirdop Municipal Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine
1995 - : Neurologist and Neurophysiologist, Third Neurological Clinic, EMG Laboratory, St. Naum Medical University Hospital
1995 - 2000: St. Naum Medical University Hospital, Sofia Clinic for Cerebrovascular and Degenerative Diseases
2001 - 2012: Assistant in Neurology, Medical University - Sofia, St. Naum Medical University Hospital (since October )
2012 - : Associate Professor of Neurology, Medical University - Sofia; Head of the Clinic of Neurological Diseases for Neurodegenerative and Peripheral Nervous Diseases, St. Naum University Hospital, Sofia
Awards and Honors
2002: Young Scientist Award "Academician Dr. Assen Hadzhiolov" For high achievements in scientific research and teaching activities at the Faculty of Medicine - Sofia
2003: Medical University of Hannover, Germany with a Scholarship of the European Society of Neurology (ENS 2003) Scientific project "Cortical excitability in patients with Multiple System Atrophy"
2004: Kauchtschischvili Award of Fondazione Cirna Center for Scientific Development in Neurology, Italy
2006: University of Pavia, Italy Clinic of Neurorehabilitation, Center for the Study of Headache, Fondazione Mondino
Education and acquired specialty
1992: Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Sofia
1999: Acquired specialty: Neurology
1995 - 1999: Postgraduate specialization: "Neurology" University Specialized Hospital for Neurology and Psychiatry "St. Naum"
1997: Postgraduate specialization: "Neurology" Clinic of Neurology, University Hospital "Tsarina Ioanna"
1997: Postgraduate specialization: "Clinical Neurophysiology" Clinic of Neurology, University Hospital "Tsarina Ioanna"
1998: Postgraduate specialization: "Clinical Neurophysiology" Clinic of Neurology, University Hospital "Alexandrovska"
2005: Postgraduate specialization: "Clinical Neurophysiology" University of Barcelona, ??Spain, Clinic of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Training in Neurophysiology in Movement Disorders
2009: Doctor of Medicine. Topic of the dissertation: "Clinical-neurophysiological study of brainstem functions in patients with headaches"
Professional qualification
Specialist in neurology, experience in clinical practice, headache, pain, movement disorders, clinical electromyography, training and scientific activity in neurology and neurophysiology
Treatment of spasticity, dystonias, facial hemispasm and migraine with botulinum toxin injection, blockades for pain and headache.
Additional information
Membership in professional organizations:
- Member of the Bulgarian Society of Movement Disorders
- Member of the Bulgarian Society of Headache
- Secretary of the Bulgarian Society of Neurology
- Member of the Bulgarian Scientific Society of EEG, EMG and Clinical neurophysiology
- Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Secretary of the Bulgarian Association for Clinical EMG and EP
Scientific interests: Mainly in the field of movement disorders, Parkinson's disease, pain, headache and clinical neurophysiology
Scientific publications: 52 publications in the field of movement disorders, Parkinson's disease, cerebrovascular disease, pain, headache and electrophysiology in Bulgarian and international scientific journals
Foreign languages: English, Russian
