Ass. Prof. Ioto Tanchev is a Bulgarian doctor and scientist, nephrologist, discoverer of the Balkan endemic nephropathy – a special disease of the kidneys that occurs only in certain regions of Bulgaria, Romania and the former Yugoslavia. Graduated from medicine in Sofia in 1942. Associate Professor Ioto Stoyanov Tanchev was born on July 30, 1917 […]
Prof. Dr. Ivan Mitev is the discoverer of the sixth heart tone – the Bulgarian scientific achievement of the 20th century. The discovery of this tone is the first major discovery of Bulgarian medicine. Prof. Dr. Ivan Mitev was born on October 4, 1924 in the village of Krushovitsa, Vratsa region. In 1950, he graduated […]
Dr. Srebra Rodopska is the creator of the Bulgarian vaccine against tuberculosis. Thanks to her research work, Bulgaria became the first country in Europe to introduce mandatory immunization of newborns, which led to a drastic drop in mortality and complications from tuberculosis. Dr. Srebra Rodopska was born on April 17, 1913 in Sofia. He graduated […]
Prof. Dr. Alexander Chirkov is a world-renowned doctor in the field of heart diseases, operations and transplants. Performed the first heart transplant in Bulgaria and the Balkans in 1986. He graduated from the Higher Medical Institute (today MU-Sofia) in 1962. Prof. Chirkov was born in Lom, Bulgaria on January 27, 1938, graduated from the Medical […]
