Higher Medical Institute with the Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria (M.D.1984)
Intern in General Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Sofia (Oct/84-Oct/85)
General Surgery Training, Military Medical Academy, Sofia (Nov/85-Oct/89)
Staff surgeon,Dept. of Surgery, Emergency Med. Institute Pirogov, Sofia (Nov/89-Apr/91)
Assist. Prof. in Cardiac Surgery, State Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia (Apr/91-Mar/99)
National Board of Surgery / Board Certified 1993
Staff surgeon, National Heart Center, Sofia
Cardiovascular fellowship at Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (Oct/99-Jan/00)
National Board of Cardiac Surgery/ Board Certified (June 2000)
F.E.T.C.S.
PhD
Professor at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University - Varna, Bulgaria
Ao valve sparing operations
Arterial grafts for CABG
Mitral / Aortic / Tricuspid Valve repair
Arrhythmia Surgery / Cryo-Ablation
Minimally Invasive Surgery