The celebration of the Medical University

According to the tradition, on the Day of the health worker, the academic society recognizes its success in research and teaching activity.

The official ceremony was held in hall 2 of the National Palace of the Culture, and guests was Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Boyko Penkov, the Honorary Rector of Sofia University Academician Prof. Vladimir Ovcharov, Deputy Rectors Prof. Valentina Petkova and Prof. Dr. Tihomira Zlatanova, the President of the Bulgarian Red Cross, Acad. Hristo Grigorov, the General Director of the Bulgarian Red Cross - Prof. Krasimir Gigov, President of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union - Prof. Ilko Getov, the Mayor of Lom Municipality Mrs. Penka Penkova and others.

After the speech of Prof. dr. Viktor Zlatkov, the annual prizes were given for research and teaching activity.

The AESCULAPIUS Honorary Sign for contribution to the overall development of Bulgarian medicine was awarded to Prof. dr. Tsecomir Vodenicharov, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management.

The award "PANACEA" for significant achievements in the teaching, scientific and expert activities in the past 2018 received:

In the medical and clinical field - Prof. dr. Dobrin Svinarov, PhD, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Medical Faculty;

In the medical and biological field - Prof. dr. Nikolay Lazarov, PhD - Head of Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical Faculty

In the medical and social field - Prof. dr. Zlatitsa Petrova, PhD - Department of Health Policy and Management

The honorary sign "SIGNUM LAUDIS" for the functioning and development of the Medical University – Sofia was given to:

Prof. dr. Vladimir Tasev, MD - Department of General and Operative Surgery, Medical Faculty

Prof. Georgi Todorov, MD - Surgery Department, Medical Faculty

Prof. Bozhidar Yordanov, MD - Prosthetic Dentistry Department, Dental Medicine Faculty

Prof. Konstantin Mitov, MD - Department of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Faculty of Farmacy

Prof. Vesselin Borissov, PhD- Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Public Health

The honorary sign "SIGNUM LAUDIS" on a leather plaque for the functioning and development of the Medical University – Sofia in the years of their professional development was awarded to:

Assoc. dr. Krasimir Yanev, MD - Head of Urology Department, Medical Faculty

Prof. dr. Marincho Georgiev, MD - Urology  Department, Medical Faculty, Head of Urology Clinic in "Alexandrovska" hospital.          

 

The Medical Faculty also awarded the traditional prizes for significant contributions in scientific research and teaching activity.

 

The award named after prof. Kostantin Chilov for significant contributions in scientific and teaching activity in therapeutic field was given to prof. Ognyan Georgiev, DM, Head of Propedeutics of Internal diseases department. 

The award named after prof. Parashkev Stoyanov – surgical science – was given to assoc. dr. Svetoslav Toshev, MD – Surgery department

The award named after acad. Dimitar Orahovats – fundamental science – was given to prof. Anastasia Mihailova, MD – Clinical Immunology department.

The award for young scientist named after acad.  Asen Hadziolov was given to:

Chief Assist. Todor Bogdanov, MD - Medical Physics and Biophysics Department, in the field of fundamental sciences;

 in the field of clinical science - Assist. dr. Anna Dimitrova, MD – Alergology department,

 

The student award named after prof. Asen Zlatarov this year went to Mila Kairyakova, medicine student in VI year.

The Award for Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to the Medical Science and Practice Field named after Prof. Stoyan Kirkovich was given to Prof. Dr. Lyudmila Mateva, MD, Internal Medicine Department.

 

The rector of the Medical University – Sofia together with the deputy deans of the Medical Faculty prof. dr. Silvi Georgiev, prof. dr. Tsvetelina Tankova, prof. dr. Borislav Vladimirov and assoc. Dimitar Bolanov awarded the honorary signs.

 

After the official ceremony the rector of the Medical University – Sofia and the mayor of Municipality Lom, Mrs. Penka Penkova opened documentary exhibition "Dr. Andrey Georgiev - The Donor", which was organized with the assistance of newspaper Trud, journalist Lubomir Yordanov and the support of the Municipality of Lom.

 

Dr. Andrey Georgiev bequeathed to the young people of Bulgaria $ 5 million, from which 1 million to the Medical University – Sofia. The generous donation of the Bulgarian emigrant is a recognition to the university in which he grew up as a doctor and person.