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Prof. Dr. Valentin Lyubomirov Ignatov PhD

Address: 9000 Varna 55 Marin Drinov, Str.



Катедра: General and Operative Surgery
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Е-поща: rector@mu-varna.bg
Телефон: +359 52 677 050

 

Биография

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • 2013 — Professor of Surgery at the Department of General and Operative Surgery at MU-Varna
  • 2005-2013 — Associate Professor of Surgery at the Department of General and Operative Surgery at MU-Varna
  • 2011 — Master's Degree in Health Management  
  • 2005 — ESD Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medicine
  • 1995 — Doctor, specialty Surgery
  • From 1993, following a competition, he successively held the positions of Assistant Professor, Senior Assistant Professor and Chief Assistant Professor at the Department of General and Operative Surgery at Medical University–Varna.
  • 1986 — Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • 1977 — Graduate of Hristo Kabakchiev First Language High School in Varna.

 

MEDICAL ACTIVITIES, ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES AND MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

  • Rector of Medical University–Varna, elected by a full majority vote of the Academic Council on 9th March 2020
  • Chairperson of the Association of University Hospitals in the Republic of Bulgaria
  • Executive Director of UMHAT "Saint Marina" (2016-2020)
  • Director of Medical and Diagnostic Activities at UMHAT "Saint Marina" (2013–2016)
  • Head of First Clinic of Surgery at UMHAT "Saint Marina" (2006-2016)
  • Head of Endoscopic, Laser and Minimally Invasive Surgery Sector (2000-2006)

 

AWARDS

  • Honorary diploma awarded by the Bulgarian Surgical Society for "Contribution to the work of BSS and active activities in the field of surgery"
  • "For the support of donation in the Republic of Bulgaria in 2019"
  • "The Doctors Bulgarians Trust" 2018
  • Awards for scientific publications and presented scientific reports at congresses
  • Honorary diplomas and plaques
  • Lecturer and examiner in Surgery for students at MU-Varna with 126 contact hours per year.



Публикации


Under the guidance of Prof. Ignatov, there is a team of well-trained specialists in Endoscopic Surgery that continues his school.

  • 205 scientific publications, 59 of them —  indexed in world-famous databases (Web of Science/Scopus)
  • Author and co-author of chapters in international monographs:
  • Khan J, Colorectal Cancer — Surgery, Diagnostics and Treatment In Tech; 2014
  • Rodrigo L, Colorectal Cancer — From Pathogenesis to Treatment In Tech; 2016
  • 218 participations with scientific reports at forums in Bulgaria and abroad
  • 86 citations in Google Scholar (h-index 5)
  • 32 citations on Web of Science (h-index 3)
  • 32 citations in Scopus (h-index 3)
  • Total impact factor 74.986
  • Graduate research supervisor and consultant for three PhD students, who have successfully defended their dissertation theses, and two current PhD students at MU-Varna
  • Participations in more than ten scientific juries for acquisition of ESD and AP


Scientific Publications

Open Access



Член на

  • Chairperson of the Association of University Hospitals in the Republic of Bulgaria - May 2014
  • National Union of Physicians — Surgeons (NUPS)
  • Bulgarian Surgical Society (BSS)
  • Bulgarian Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (BASGO)
  • Bulgarian Association of Tissue Banks (BATB)
  • European Association of Tissue Banks (EATB)
  • Euro Atlantic Transplant Allianz (EATA)
  • Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA), District College–Varna
  • International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO)
  • International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS)
  • European Federation for coloRectal Cancer (EFR)
  • General Assembly of the Faculty of Medicine at MU-Varna
  • Union of Scientists–Varna.