{"id":41910,"date":"2024-02-23T11:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/university-information\/administration\/rectorate\/dr-vidin-kirkov-dm\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:59:59","slug":"dr-vidin-kirkov-dm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/university-information\/administration\/rectorate\/dr-vidin-kirkov-dm\/","title":{"rendered":"DR VIDIN KIRKOV, DM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41910\" class=\"elementor elementor-41910 elementor-40886\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e1af7d elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6e1af7d\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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Vidin Kirkov, MD, PhD<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b3036d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b3036d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GENERAL SECRETARY OF MU-SOFIA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afdd33d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afdd33d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Education:<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assoc. prof. Vidin Kirkov, MD, PhD completed his primary education at the National Educational Complex for Culture with a lyceum for learning the Italian language, and his secondary education with honors and a gold medal at 133 Secondary School &#8220;Al. S. Pushkin&#8221;, Sofia.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning of 2021, he acquired the educational and qualification degree &#8220;Master-physician&#8221; in the specialty &#8220;Medicine&#8221; at the Medical Faculty of MU-Sofia, with excellent success. In May 2023, he obtained the educational and scientific degree &#8220;Doctor&#8221; in the scientific specialty &#8220;Social Medicine and Organization of Health Care and Pharmacy&#8221;, and at the end of the same year he also acquired a second OCS &#8220;Master&#8221; in the specialty &#8220;Public Health and Health Management&#8221; in the Faculty of Public health &#8220;Prof. Dr. Tsekomir Vodenicharov, Ph.D., MU-Sofia.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the period of his professional training, Dr. Kirkov completed a specialized qualification course at the First Moscow State Medical University &#8220;I. M. Sechenov&#8221;, Moscow, Russia.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-957e967 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"957e967\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6685ebc\" data-id=\"6685ebc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a2dde5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a2dde5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Professional Development:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From April 2021 is the Head of the Center for Bulgarian and Foreign Students at MU-Sofia &#8211; Rectorate. In the month of May 2021 after a competition and selection, he was appointed as an assistant in the Department of Health Policy and Management of the Faculty of Public health &#8220;Prof. Dr. Tsekomir Vodenicharov, PhD&#8221;, and from the fall of 2023. after competition and selection, he was promoted to chief assistant in the same department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From January 2024 until now, he holds the position of Secretary General of the MU-Sofia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Educational and scientific activity:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Kirkov conducts a full course of practical classes and seminars in the disciplines of &#8220;Social Medicine&#8221; and &#8220;Medical Ethics&#8221; for students from the &#8220;Medicine&#8221; specialty BEO and AEO, as well as in several disciplines for students from the &#8220;Healthcare Management&#8221; and &#8220;Public Health and Health Management&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author and co-author of over 30 scientific publications and reports in specialized scientific publications in Bulgaria and abroad, of which over 10 with IF. Participated in several scientific projects at the SMN of MU-Sofia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Membership:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulgarian Medical Association;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bulgarian Scientific Society for Public Health;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Public Health Association (EUPHA);<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER);<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Forum of Teachers (IFT) of the International Chair in Bioethics \u2013 UNESCO<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4652617\" data-id=\"4652617\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b1ae43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b1ae43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Organizational and administrative activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from 2016 until now member of the Academic Council of MU-Sofia;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from 2023 until now, a member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Public health &#8220;Prof. Dr. Tsekomir Vodenicharov, PhD&#8221;;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member of the Central and Faculty Commission on the Quality of Education;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chairman and member of a number of committees at the MU-Rectorate for the provision of various types of scholarships and financial incentives to students at the MU-Sofia;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice-Chairman\/member of the Central Commission for Organization of the Candidate-Student Campaign of MU-Sofia;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member of the editorial board of the magazine &#8220;Praemedicus-since 1925&#8221;, and in the period 2017-2021 he was its editor-in-chief;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member of the Organizing Committees of several scientific forums and celebrations of round anniversaries;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the period 2016-2020. Chairman of the Student Council of MU-Sofia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distinctions:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;SIGNUM LAUDIS &#8211; 1st degree&#8221; for special merits and contribution to the development of MU-Sofia, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award of the Faculty of Medicine at MU-Sofia in the name of &#8220;PROF. Dr. ASEN ZLATAROV&#8221; &#8211; for special achievements in medical science, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student of the Year of the Republic of Bulgaria &#8211; for high scientific achievements and youth leadership, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proficient in: English language \u2013 written and spoken,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian language &#8211; written and spoken<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENERAL SECRETARY OF MU-SOFIA Assoc. prof. Vidin Kirkov, MD, PhD GENERAL SECRETARY OF MU-SOFIA Education: \u00a0 Assoc. prof. 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