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From 2006: Leading Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon at MBAL VITA

• Orthopedic Surgeon at UMБАЛСМ "Pirogov", 3rd Clinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology
• Scholar at Alfred Medical University - Melbourne, Australia (Department of Orthopedics) - Endoprosthetics and Emergency Traumatology
• Flinders Medical Centre - Adelaide, Australia - Arthroscopic Surgery and Endoprosthetics of Large and Medium Joints
• Scholar at Hadassah University Hospital - Jerusalem, Israel - Emergency Traumatology and Shoulder Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgeon at the Sports Traumatology Clinic "Dianabad" - Sofia, Bulgaria

Education: Higher education in Medicine, Medical Academy - Sofia, 1986

Specializations and recognized specialties:

• 2008-2010 - Lead Lecturer of the European Online "Orthoproject" - The project was developed within the framework of the EU "Leonardo da Vinci" program for training and dissemination of modern aspects of minimally invasive surgery in the public healthcare sector, in response to the European Health Strategy - "Cartilage Restoration in the Knee and Ankle"
• Specialization at the Cantonal Hospital - Freiburg, Switzerland, under Prof. Ronald Jakob - Knee Surgery (corrective osteotomies, cartilage transplantation and chondroplasty)
• European Fellowship in "Arthroscopy of Large Joints" - Department of Orthopedics, Medical University "La Sapienza" - Rome, Italy, under Prof. P.P. Mariani

Member of:

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
• Bulgarian Orthopaedic and Trauma Association (B.O.T.A.)
• Bulgarian Society of Sports Medicine (BSSM)
• European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
• International Medical Association (IMA)
• European Federation of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine (EFOST)

Foreign languages: English, Russian, Italian