Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Belfast, Northern Ireland
 

2014 – Fellowship in Complex spine surgery –  Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Dep. Neurosurgery

2013 – Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Dep.Neurosurgery – Minimal  Invasive  Neuro – Endoscopic Surgery/

2011 – The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Fellowship  – Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

2009 – The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Neurovascular Fellowship – Department of  Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan.

2005-2006 – Department of  Neuroprotection, The Panum Institute, Section of Neuroprotection, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

2004 – 2014 PhD study – Prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of the patients with brain metastases.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimal Invasive Neurosurgery
• Complex Spinal Surgery
• Spinal Trauma
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Neurooncology
• Neurovascular Surgery
• Skull Base Surgery

PRACTICAL INTEREST:

• Complex Spine Surgery
• Endoscopic Spine Surgery
• Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Brain metastases and primary brain tumours

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Degenerative spine
• Minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery
• Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
• Spinal tumours
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Brain metastases
• Spinal Metastases

PROFESSIONAL MENBERSHIPS

• World Spinal Column Society
• Royal College of Surgeons (England)
• AOSpine Membership
• American Austrian Foundation – Open Medical Institute
• General Medical Council
• Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons  – Educational committee faculty
• Bulgarian Society of Neurosurgery
• Bulgarian Medical Union
• Bulgarian Society for Cell Biology

PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS/SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS/LECTURES

Numerous publications/abstracts/lectures in national and international

periodicals/courses/congresses

Personal interests:  Computer techniques, training sports, travelling,