Assoc. Prof. Stefan Valkanov, MD

Assoc. Prof. Stefan Valkanov, MD is a specialist neurosurgeon in Stara Zagora with over 25 years of medical experience. He performs surgical treatment of brain and spinal tumors, craniocerebral and spinal cord injuries, degenerative and spondylodiscogenic diseases, malformations and vascular diseases of the central nervous system.

Education

He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Thracian University of Stara Zagora in 2000. He obtained a specialty in Neurosurgery in 2007. He obtained the scientific and educational degree "doctor" in 2013 after defending a dissertation on the topic: Transsulcus microsurgical access for intracerebral lesions. In 2014 acquired the academic degree of "associate professor".

Qualifications

• Specializations in Italy, Belgium, Slovakia;
• Member of the Bulgarian Medical Union, Bulgarian and European Society of Neurosurgery;
• Author and co-author of over 70 scientific publications and reports in international and Bulgarian journals and collections;
• Participation in over 30 international and national congresses and conferences.
• Conducts research in the field of neurosurgery.

Biography

Since 2018, Assoc. Prof. Valkanov, MD has been the head of the Department of General Operative Surgery, Neurosurgery and Urology at the Faculty of Medicine of Thracian University of Stara Zagora. In 2001, he started working as an assistant in the Clinic of Neurosurgery at UMBAL Prof. Dr. Stoyan Kirkovich Stara Zagora, and is currently its head and part of the team of specialists at HBO Medical Support Center (MC HBO).

Specialties

• Neurosurgeon