Graduate education:
Master degree in Veterinary Medicine, 2005, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Specialty training:
Two years of postgraduated research and small animal surgery specialisation
program, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Current professional positions:
Since 2007, small animal surgeon in United Veterinary Clinic, Varna, Bulgaria,
strongly oriented in diagnostic and treatment of orthopaedic and neurosurgical
cases
Other relevant activities and memberships:
Participated in multiple postgraduate courses in Europe and USA
AOVET regional faculty member since 2017
AOVET chair since 2023
Founder and former chair of Bulgarian Association of Veterinary Orthopaedics
and Traumatology
Board member of Bulgarian association of small animal veterinarians
Founder of Svet-Vet Academy
Professional teaching activities and awards:
Awarded as a speaker in the following conferences:
XII International Veterinary Medicine Students Scientific Research Congress,
2010, Istanbul, Turkey
1st International Conference of Romanian Orthopedic Veterinary Society, 2014,
Sibiu, Romania
I-st International Conference of Veterinary Surgeons, 2016, Erzurum, Turkey
15th International Continuing Education Congress, Istanbul Turkey, 2021
International conference of Veterinary Surgeons, 2022, Samsun, Turkey
Teaching activities on behalf of AOVET
AOVET Principles of small animal fracture management, 2017, Budapest,
Hungary
AOVET Advanced techniques in small animal fracture treatment, 2018,
Budapest, Hungary, regional faculty
AOVET Principles of small animal fracture management, 2018, Warsaw,
Poland, regional faculty
AOVET Principles of small animal fracture management, 2019, Budapest,
Hungary, regional faculty
AOVET Advanced techniques in small animal fracture treatment, 2019, Warsaw,
Poland, regional faculty
AOVET Advanced stabilisation techniques for Small Animal Spinal Disorders,
September, 2022, Germany, regional faculty
AOVET Principles of Principles of small animal fracture management, 2023,
Warsaw, Poland, regional faculty
AOVET Principles of Principles of small animal fracture management, 2023,
Budapest, Hungary, co-chair
Others:
Supervisor under Erasmus Plus program for the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki in 2021
Reviewer for the Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society since 2021
Publications and journal articles:
External skeletal fixation in small animal practice – indications, advantages,
nomenclature and acrylic fixator, Veterinarna sbirka, vol 10, 2007
External skeletal fixation in small animal practice – biomechanics, fixator
application, postoperative management, destabilisation, dynamization and
complications, Veterinarna sbirka, vol 11, 2007
Treatment of tibial nonunion with ulnar autograft in a dog – 17th FECAVA
congress, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
The current concept of externals skeletal fixation in small animals – SRVO
official journal, vol 2, 2015
Correcting angular limb deformities of radius-ulna and tibia in nine dogs using
computer-assisted spider frame system, Kafkas, Univ Vet Fak Derg, 29(6) :
673-682, 2023
Special interests:
Treatment of complex fractures, joint surgery, corrective osteotomies and spinal
surgery