- 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


