Education:

• Graduated medicine from Medical University Pleven, Bulgaria (1994)
• PhD in medicine:  Epidermolysis bullosa hereditaria – epidemiology, diagnosis, complications, prognosis, medical management Higher Attestation Commission Bulgaria (2003)

Academic positions:

• Assistant prof. in Department of Dermatology and Venereology MU-Pleven  (2004)
• Senior assistant Prof. in Department of Dermatology and Venereology MU-Pleven   (2005)
• Chief assistant prof. in Department of Dermatology and Venereology MU-Pleven  (2007)  
• Associate Prof. in  Department of Dermatology and Venereology,  Faculty of Medicine, MU-Pleven (2012)

Specializations:

• Specialization in Dermatology and Venereology 1997 – 2000 (Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University Pleven)
• Specialization in electron-microscopic diagnosis of skin diseases 2000-2001 (Department of Anatomy, histology and embriology Medical University Pleven)
• Specialization in Pediatric Dermatology -   2002 (Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, St. Thomas Hospital, St. Johns Institute of Dermatology, London)
• Specialization in Mollecular Dermatology – 2010 (Department of Dermatology,  Medical University Freiburg, Germany)
• Courses on Dermatopathology – Department of Dermatology, Medical Academy Sofia (2000, 2005)

• Courses on Dermatosurgery – Academy of Dermatology,  Military Medical Academy Sofia (2009, 2010)
• Courses on Dermatoallergology – Academy of Dermatology,  Military Medical Academy Sofia (2010,  2012)
• Course Multidisciplinary medical care for patients with Herediatary Epidermolysis bullosa  Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù – Roma  (2011)
• Courses on Dermoscopy - Academy of Dermatology,  Military Medical Academy Sofia (2011), 4-th World Congress of Dermoscopy and  Skin imaging, Vienna  (April 2015), Course Advanced Dermoscopy, 23-rd World Congress of Dermatology, Vancouver, Canada (June 2015) 
• Paediatric Dermatology Course – Basic and Advansed - UCL Institute of Child Health, Greath Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Royal College of Physicians,  London  (February 2017)

Experiences:

• Practical classes  and lectures in Dermatology and Venereology on Bulgarian and English languages, for students in Medicine, Faculty in Medicine, Medical University - Pleven
• Leader of doctors on specialization in Dermatology and Venereology and  two PhD students in Dermatology and Venereology (till May 2017)

Publication activity (till May 2017):

• 52 Publications (45 in bulgarian scientific journals and 7 in  foreign scientific journals and editions)
• Chapters in monographs – 2 (in two monographs published in United States)
• Citations – 51 (in foreign scientific articles)

Membership in editorial boards of scientific journals:

• Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research, Pleven (ІSSN 1313-9053)
• Journal of International Medical Association Bulgaria, Varna (ISSN 1312 773X)

Scientific interests:  

• Morphology of the skin
• Dermatopathology

• Paediatric Dermatology
• Dermoscopy
• Dermatosurgery

• Dermatoallergology

Memberships:

• Bulgarian Dematological Society
• Bulgarian Medical Association
• Faculty Council in Faculty of Medicine, Medical University Pleven
• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Foreign language skills:

• English language
• Russian language

Contacts:

Medical Unversity – Pleven, Faculty of Medicine

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology

91, General Vladimir Vazov str.  5800, Pleven

phone number: +359 064 886 758
e-mail: ivelina_yordanova@abv.bg