PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Higher Education, Professional Qualifications, and Academic Degree
Graduated from Medical University of Sofia with a degree in Medicine (Human Medicine) in 2011;
Obtained a specialization in Psychiatry at Medical University of Sofia in 2017;
Awarded the educational and scientific degree “Doctor” (PhD) at Medical University of Sofia in 2016.
Additional Professional Qualifications
Qualification course “Research Methodology,” Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Sofia, 2012.
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology “School of Neuropsychopharmacology,” Oxford, United Kingdom, 2013.
International Seminar on Neuropsychopharmacology, Berovo, 2014.
“Summer School on Affective and Anxiety Disorders,” Maastricht University, Florence, Italy, 2014.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Previous Employers and Positions
University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Neurology and Psychiatry “St. Naum”, 1 Dr. Lyuben Rusev St., Sofia: Psychiatrist; March 2012 – March 2025.
Medical University of Sofia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, 1 St. Georgi Sofiyski St., Sofia: Assistant Professor and Chief Assistant Professor; 2021 – 2025.

LANGUAGE AND SOFTWARE SKILLS
Excellent written and spoken English;
Excellent command of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
Very good working knowledge of SPSS (statistical software).

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Bulgarian Medical Association;
Sofia Psychiatric Society;
Bulgarian Psychiatric Association;
Associate Member of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS
Professional Experience and Skills

Extensive professional experience across nearly the entire spectrum of psychiatric disorders and all stages of their development.

Hospital Psychiatry: management of psychiatric emergencies; work with acutely ill patients exhibiting high-risk behaviors (suicidality, aggression, agitation, risk of self-neglect, loss of material possessions and/or social status, health deterioration); patients with first episodes of mental illness requiring primary diagnosis; patients with established chronic psychiatric disorders; patients requiring interdisciplinary assessment and diagnostic clarification; forensic psychiatry (including expert evaluations); monitoring treatment response and recovery processes; communication with relatives and institutions.
Outpatient Psychiatry: early diagnosis, treatment, and referral; differential diagnosis with somatic and neurological disorders capable of causing, modifying, or interfering with the clinical presentation and/or treatment; identification of comorbid somatic and neurological conditions; maintenance of optimal condition and functioning in patients with established psychiatric disorders.
Teaching Activities: presentation of the core concepts and terminology in psychiatry in accessible or highly specialized medical language; introductory (general educational style) or in-depth presentation of psychiatric disorders, their characteristic clinical manifestations, and the factors relevant to therapeutic management and/or functioning; prediction and management of risky behaviors.
Professional Interests

Affective and psychotic disorders, with a particular interest in Bipolar Disorder.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
Participation with presentations and posters at numerous national and international psychiatric congresses.
Author and co-author of multiple publications on psychiatric topics covering a wide range of current and significant issues in Bulgarian and international scientific journals (including journals with impact factor), including participation in major international projects. Contributor to a monograph.