Education:

1988-1993 Master of Medicine, Medical University - Pleven
• 2008 - Specialty "General Medicine", MU-Pleven
• 2008-2013-Doctorate in Cardiology, Department of Pulmonology and Endocrinology
• 2013 - awarded scientific and educational degree "Doctor of Cardiology"
• 2015 - Specialty "Cardiology", Medical University of Pleven
• 2014-present - honorary. Assistant at the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine, MU-Pleven
• 2018-present - Assistant Professor in the Department of General Medicine

Academic positions:

• Assistant Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical University,Pleven (since 2014)
•  Аssistant, Department of General Medicine, forensic medicine and deontology (since 2018)

Teaching activities:

Practical classes with students majoring in "medicine" (Faculty of Medicine) Bulgarian and English language training in the disciplines: "General Medicine" and "Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine"

Scientific interests:

• Risk factors and biochemical markers for ischemic disease
• Quality of training in General Medicine
• Communication skills needed to communicate with patients in General Medical Practice

Publications: Over 46 in national and international publications.

Projects:
1. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among clinically healthy people in the Pleven region, 2010.
2. Genetic markers for myocardial infarction in the Pleven region, 2011.
3. Genetic polymorphisms of plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI I) and apolipoprotein E in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome, 2012.
4. Determination of lipoprotein bound phospholipase A2, apolipoprotein B, LDL cholesterol / apolipoprotein B and apo lipoprotein B / lipoprotein bound phospholipase A2 as predictors of cardiovascular risk in patients with metabolic syndrome, 2016.

Membership:

• Member of Bulgarian Medical Association
• Member of Bulgarian Society of Cardiology
• Member of European Society of Cardiology
• Member of Acute Cardiovascular care Association
• Member of European Association of percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

Languages:

• English
• Russian