Program

CONFERENCE TIMETABLE

 

16 OCTOBER, 2023 (MONDAY)

EIGHTH AUTUMN SCHOOL ON INNOVATIONS IN MEDICINE

10:00 - 14:00

Registration – TELEC

13:00 - 13:45

 

POST MORTEM IMAGING DIAGNOSIS

Fabrice Dedouit, MD, PhD

Chair of International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, France

13:45 - 14:30

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN FORENSIC MEDICINE – FROM INNOVATION TO INVESTIGATION

Yanko Kolev, MD, PhD

Department of General Medicine, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

14:30 - 14:45

Coffee break

14:45 - 15:00

SPONSORED LECTURE: BOIRON – WORLD LEADER IN HOMEOPATHY

15:00 - 15:45

 

UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: LEGAL INSIGHTS AND PREVENTION

Damyan Dimov

Attorney-at-Law, Specialist in Medical Law, Sofia, Bulgaria

17 OCTOBER, 2023 (TUESDAY)

EIGHTH AUTUMN SCHOOL ON INNOVATIONS IN MEDICINE

08:30 - 12:00

Registration – TELEC

09:30 - 10:30

HOW I DIAGNOSE AND TREAT PEDIATRIC-ONSET LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS

Prof. Milen Minkov, MD, PhD

Head of Oncology Department, University Clinic of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz

10:30 - 11:30

PHARMACOTHERAPY OF COVID-19 – QUO VADIS?

Prof. Georgi Momekov, MPharm, PhD

Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

President of Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Science Society.

11:30 - 12:30

Lunch break

12:30 - 13:15

CHALLENGES AND NOVELTIES IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

Prof. Mohamed Hamed, MD

Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Vice-president of International Society of Minimally Invasive and Virtual Surgery

Founder of First Center of Focused Ultrasound Tumor Ablation for Treatment of Tumors in the Middle East and Africa (HIFU Egypt)

13:15 - 14:00

INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY UNDER THE “ERASMUS+” MEETING: FOCUS ON THE 2021-2027 ERASMUS+ PROGRAM – NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOBILITY AND COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

Moderators: Erasmus+ experts, International and Project Activities Department, Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

14:00 - 16:00

WORKSHOP 1: CLAY TO REALITY – FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

Moderators: Prof. Partha Vaiude, FRCS

Consultant Plastic, Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgeon; Managing Director - Surgical Art, Liverpool; Adjunct Professor, Liverpool John Moores University

Iren Bogeva, MD

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

14:00 - 14:15

Coffee break

14:15 - 15:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE: ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE – A GROWING NEW PATIENT POPULATION

Dr. med. Philippe Grieshaber, MD, PhD

Senior Physician Specialist in Heart Surgery and Intensive Care medicine

Certificate “Surgery of Congenital Heart Defects”, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Section, Cardiac

Surgery Clinic, University Hospital Heidelberg, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Germany

15:30 - 15:45

SPONSORED LECTURE: GIVE SMART: PRACTICES AND TRENDS IN PHILANTHROPY BY THE BULGARIAN DONORS’ FORUM

Teodora Bakardzhieva

Bulgarian Donors’ Forum/America for Bulgaria Foundation

15:45 - 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 - 17:30

OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY

DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA AWARD CEREMONY

ACADEMIC LECTURE: HEARTS

Prof. Tsvetomir Loukanov, MD, PhD

Head of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

20:00

Welcome Party – Hotel “Balkan

18 OCTOBER, 2023 (WEDNESDAY)

08:00 - 14:00

Registration – TELEC

09:15 - 10:00

SPONSORED LECTURE: ANATOMICAL 3D PRINTING & QUIZ: WIN AN OSCAR

Vanyo Vezirov, MD

OS Education, Bulgaria

10:00 - 10:45

KEYNOTE lecture: high-intensity focused ultrasound (hifu) in advanced pancreatic cancer

Assoc. Prof. Milka Marinova, MD, PhD

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY & PSYCHIATRY

12:30 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 13:45

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY & PEDIATRICS

13:45 - 14:00

SPONSORED LECTURE: DROVELIS – NEW PERSPECTIVE IN HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION

Elitsa Gyokova, MD, PhD

Gedeon Richter

14:00 - 15:00

KEYNOTE LECURE: AI TECH AND LOCAL ABLATION

Prof. Kun Zhou, MD, PhD

Department of Oncology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

XX MDSC WORKSHOPS

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 2: POCUS – POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND

Moderator: Assoc. prof. Stefan Tchernodrinski, MD, PhD

University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA

In collaboration with Infinita Medical Equipment

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 3: SURGICAL SKILLS WITH PRACTICE ON REAL TISSUES

Moderators: Dobromir Nguen, MD, PhD,  Anislav Gabarski, MD, PhD

Department of Coloproctology and Peptic-Septic Surgery, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 4: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY 

Moderators: Martin Karamanliev, MD, PhD, Meri Shoshkova, MD

Department of Surgical Oncology, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 5: COMPUTER-AIDED DRUG DESIGN

Moderators: Assist. Prof. Aleksandar Pashev, Assist. Prof. Teodora Aleksandrova

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 6: DIFFUSION AND SPIROMETRY

Moderator: Nikolay Kyuchukov, MD, PhD

Department of Pulmonology, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 7: PLASTERING BASICS

Moderators: Emil Simeonov, MD & Victor Mixon, MD

Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 8: PANCYTOPENIA – A CHALLENGE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Moderator: Ivaylo Hristov, MD

Department of Hematology, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 9: ATOPIC DERMATITISWHICH IS THE RIGHT EMOLLIENT?

Moderator: Veronika Gincheva, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

In collaboration with Pierre Fabre Laboratories

15:00 - 18:00

WORKSHOP 10: PET-CT IMAGING – WHAT? WHEN? WHY?

Moderator: Preslava Ilieva-Gabarska, MD

Department of Radiology, University Hospital “Saint Marina”, Pleven, Bulgaria

19 OCTOBER, 2023 (THURSDAY)

09:00 - 11:15

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: INTERNAL MEDICINE

11:15 - 12:30

POSTER SESSION

12:30 - 14:00

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: VARIA

14:00 - 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 - 15:15

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: PHARMACY

15:15 - 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:30

PLENARY LECTURE: FRAILTY SYNDROME: INEVITABLE OR PREVENTABLE CONSEQUENCE OF AGING

Katarzyna Broczek, MD, PhD

Polish Society of Gerontology, Poland

16:30 - 17:00

SPONSORED LECTURE: BAUSCH HEALTH

BAUSCH HEALTH DERMATOLOGICAL PORTFOLIO – TREATMENT ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS OF EVERY PATIENT

Prof. Dimitar Gospodinov, MD, DSc

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

THREE EFFECTIVE APPROACHES FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT

Assoc. Prof. Maya Danovska, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

20:00

Official Dinner – Hotel “Rostov”

20 OCTOBER, 2023 (FRIDAY)

09:00 - 10:00

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: PhD STUDENTS

10:00 - 11:00

ACADEMIC LECTURE: Hasumi International Research Foundation

TUMOR VACCINATION INDUCED BY INTRA-TUMORAL INJECTION OF IMMATURE DENDRITIC CELLS INDICATED FOR ADVANCED MALIGNANCIES

Kenichiro Hasumi, MD; Tokyo, Japan, Founder of Hasumi International Research Foundation – Bulgaria; Doctor Honoris Causa of Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

Dr. Jun Hasumi, MD, Hasumi International Research Foundation.

BACTERIOPHAGES: UNKNOWN FOR BULGARIA, THE USEFUL AND HARMFUL VIRUSES

Nikolay Kalvatchev, MD, PhD

Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University – Sofia, Bulgaria

SUPPRESSING miRNA-10B: A REVIEW ON A PROMISING NEW APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF METASTATIC BREAST CANCER

Iliya Tsekov, MD

Medical Laboratory “K-Lab”, Sofia, Bulgaria

11:00 - 11:15

Coffee break

XX MDSC ANNIVERSARY VETERANS SECTION

11:15 - 12:15

DOES EXTRACURICULAR STUDENT LEADERSHIP HELP IN THE FUTURE MEDICAL CAREER?

Prof. Dobromir Dimitrov, MD, PhD

Rector of Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

Department of Surgical Oncology, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

TO BE OR WHY TO BE…AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST – THAT IS THE QUESTION!

Boris Tablov, MD

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital “Deva Maria”, Burgas, Bulgaria

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY – CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS

Iren Bogeva-Tsolova, MD

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

NEONATAL MARFAN SYNDROME WITHOUT GENETIC PROOF

Emel Emin, MD

Pediatric Department, Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Klagenfurt, Austria

HEPATOBILIARY SEPSIS – HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND MANAGE IT

Assoc. prof. Polina Marinova, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

COLORECTAL CARCINOMA PATIENTS – DESTINIES AT CROSSROADS

Assoc. prof. Paulina Vladova, MD, PhD

Department of Coloproctology and Peptic-Septic Surgery, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

GREEN NEPHROLOGY

Aygulya Akisheva, MD

Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, UMHAT “Dr. Georgi Stranski”, Pleven, Bulgaria

12:15 - 12:45

Lunch break

12:45 - 14:45

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS & UROLOGY (PART 1)

14:45 - 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 - 16:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS & UROLOGY (PART 2)

17:00

OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONY

DHI CLUSTER

Parallel session – Galen Hall, TELEC

09:30 - 10:00

OPENING: The digital health and innovation community is growing

Mira Ganova PhD | DHI Cluster Bulgaria

Prof. Dr. Dobromir Dimitrov | MU-Pleven

KEYNOTE: Digital transformation of healthcare. Why is it important?

Dr. Rosen Dimitrov | NRETIA Health

Mira Ganova PhD | DHI Cluster Bulgaria

PANEL 1:

10:00 - 10:15

KEYNOTE: Strategizing in the digital transformation era

Fabien Lanteri | Head of Health Strategy and

Innovation, Ville de Nice

10:15 - 11:15

Panel discussion: How to speed up innovation in healthcare?

Moderator: Mira Ganova, PhD | DHI Cluster

1. Valentin Tafrajiiski | Novotika

2. Ivaylo Kanev| Tiger Technology

3. Todor Milkov | SAT Health

4. Dr. Branimir Raduilov | Consento

11:15 - 11:30

Break and #networking

PANEL 2:

11:30 - 11:45

KEYNOTE: Health promotion and disease prevention in the digital era

Vera Dukleva, MSD, Digital

Operation Department Lead

11:45 - 12:45

Panel discussion: How to support health behaviour and selfcare?

Moderator: Dr. Branimir Raduilov | Consento

1. Rossen Russinov | Consento

2. Pavel Pavlov | Dr. Marin Benkin| Play Reha

3. Sava Todorov | MSD

4. Kremena Georgieva | Merck

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch and #networking

PANEL 3:

14:00 - 14:15

KEYNOTE: Precision medicine and the new health technologies

Maryia Trubitsyna, PhD

Genomic and Precision Medicine, EMEA

14:15 - 15:15

Panel discussion: Healthcare in the digital era. Access, quality, and outcome

Moderator: Dr. Rosen Dimitrov | NRETIA Health

1. Gerasim Hristov | Lepzi

2. Yordan Iliev | MY Synergy

3. Todor Milkov | SAT Health

4. Representative of the National Council on

Prices and Reimbursement of Medicinal

Products (NCPRMP)

15:15 - 15:30

Break and #networking

PANEL 4:

15:30 - 15:45

KEYNOTE: Data that heals. Why is health data the key?

Dr. Damyan Boychev | Sqilline

15:45 - 16:30

Sum-up & Closing

Dr. Rosen Dimitrov | NRETIA Health

Mira Ganova PhD | DHI Cluster Bulgaria