Program

XXIII INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE FOR STUDENTS & YOUNG DOCTORS

12th October – 17th October 2026 Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria

REGISTRATION: Telecommunication Endoscopic Center (TELEC)

VENUE: AMBROISE PARÉ HALL, TELECOMMUNICATION ENDOSCOPIC CENTER (TELEC) MEDICAL UNIVERSITY- PLEVEN

OFICIAL LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

 

PLEVEN 2026

Preliminary Timetable

 

12 OCTOBER, 2026 (MONDAY)

TENTH AUTUMN SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONS IN MEDICINE

10:00 - 14:00

Registration – TELEC

11:00-11:45

  • Novo Nordisk sponsored lecture

11:45-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-12:45

SYNTHESIS OF QUINOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVES WITH POTENTIAL ANTIDIABETIC PROPERTIES

Aleksandar Pashev

Medical University Pleven, Faculty of Pharmacy

13:00-13:30

KEY LECTURE: The double edged sword- protecting the heart while fighting cancer

Shreya Ohri

13:30- 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 - 14:30

KEY LECTURE: MYTHS ABOUT SEX

Assoc. prof. Dr. Rumen Bostandjiev, MD, PhD Sexologist, Family therapist Center for Humanitarian sciences, Burgas Free University, Sofia Bulgaria

14:40 – 15:15

KEY LECTURE: Pregnancy After Cancer: Mission Possible!

Mila Petrova MD

Sofia УСБАЛО Проф. Иван Черноземски

13 OCTOBER, 2026 (TUESDAY)

TENTH AUTUMN SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONS IN MEDICINE

08:30 - 12:00

REGISTRATION – TELEC

10:00-10:45

  • KEY LECTURE: Medicine - Through the Steps of Life A GP’s perspective on caring for people from first breath to final goodbye

Gaurav Malik UK London

11:00- 11:30

KEY LECTURE: Diabetes, Technology and Pregnancy

PROF GODWIN SIMON MD FRCP MBA CMGR FCMI SITE MEDICAL DIRECTOR INTERIM, CONSULTANT DIABETES ENDOCRINOLOGY BARKING HAVERING REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CLINICAL LEAD,INVITED REVIEWS, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS SPECIALIST PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR, CARE

Quality Commission

11:30- 11:45

Coffee break

11:45- 12.05

KEY LECTURE BAASHER, Nadia (BARTSHEALTH NHS TRUST)

Tiny Humans, Big Worries: When Normal Looks Scary – Neonates in ED

12.05-12.30

  • KEY LECTURE: ENDOCRINE DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY AND ITS EFFECT ON FETUS

PROFESSOR GIDEON MLAWA MD,MRCP,FRCP,MSC (MEDICAL EDUCATION) DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION BHRUT, RCP COLLEGE TUTOR RCPE REGIONAL ADVISOR FOR GREATER LONDON CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN IN DIABETES AND ENDOCRINOLOGY/GIM AND PROF GODWIN SIMON MD FRCP MBA CMGR FCMI SITE MEDICAL DIRECTOR INTERIM, CONSULTANT DIABETES

Endocrinology Barking

Havering Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical Lead,Invited Reviews,Royal College of Physicians Specialist Professional Advisor, Care

 

Quality Commission

12:30- 14:00

Lunch break

14:00- 14:40

KEY LECTURE

Paediatric trauma (Emergency Medicine) SAHEMEY, Manpreet (BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST)

15:45 - 16:20

Official opening ceremony

Prof. Ivan Litvinenko MD Acute flaccid paralysis AFP

20:00

WELCOME PARTY

14 OCTOBER, 2026 (WEDNESDAY)

08:00 - 14:00

REGISTRATION – TELEC

10:00 - 10:45

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SESSION 1- pharma

10:50- 11:30

  • KEY LECTURE

Radiofrequency ablation for knee, hip, and shoulder pain, including the techniques and applications I use in my sports medicine practice. Sumit Bassi M.D, MBA Director Sports Medicine Upper Chesapeake Orthopedic Group University of Maryland, Upper Chesapeake Health

11:40 - 12:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SESSION 5- Interna

12:40- 13:00

Lunch

13:00 –13:45

INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY UNDER THE "ERASMUS+" PROGRAM: FOCUS ON THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAM 2021-2027 - NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOBILITY AND COOPERATION IN MU-PLEVEN Moderators: Experts on the Erasmus+ program, Department of International and Project Activities, Medical University - Pleven, Bulgaria.

14:00 –15:00

Gideon Rihter sponsored lection

15:00 - 18:00

Workshops/Vet section

15 OCTOBER, 2026 (THURSDAY)

08:00 - 10:00

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SESSION 2- Surgery

10:15- 11:00

KEY LECTURE C. Miravalle The italian geriatric model: territorial and residential care experiences RSA

National Coordinator of the Regional Centers and AAS in Italy

11:15 - 11:45

KEY LECTURE: How to Design a Translational Biomedical Research Study.

Dr Kedari Professor & Dean of Faculty | Associate Dean Consultant Clinical Biochemist | Clinical Head of Biochemistry Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, India

11:45-12:40

Coffee break

12:40 - 13:20

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SESSION Posters

13:30- 14:00

Lunch break

14:00- 15:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SESSION 6- Varia

15:30-15:45

Coffee break

15:45-17:00

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SESSION 3- OB and GYN, pediatrics

20:00

Official dinner “Hotel Rostov”

16 OCTOBER, 2026 (FRIDAY) AMBROAS PARE HALL

9:45 – 11:30

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY SECTIONS: SESSION 3- Neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry

11:30- 11:45

Coffeе break

12:00- 13:00

KEY LECTURE: The Maxillofacial surgery in its classical and contemporary 3D digital clinical aspects

Prof Dr Nikolay Yanev, PhD, DSc Maxillofacial Surgeon at the University Hospital Medica, Ruse, Medical and Clinical Diagnostic Department - Ruse University "Angel Kanchev", Europa Hospital - Sofia, Bulgaria

13:15- 14:45

Official closing ceremony