Prof. Vihren Petkov, MD, PhD

Biography:

Graduates medicine in 2000 in the Medical university Sofia. After graduation starts work on his Ph.d. in the newly formed Faculty of public health. His Ph.d. is about the problems and perspectives of the voluntary health insurance in Bulgaria. He graduates in the Faculty of public health a second second masters degree in Health care management. He also has a specialty in Social medicine and organization of the health care system. Meanwhile he became an assistant professor in the Department of health care management. During the next years he takes all the necessary steps in the career ladder (assistant profesor, chief assistant profesor, associate profesor, and full profesor). During the period 2008-2018 he is the director of the Medical college J. Filaretova.

Publications and scientific interests:

He is author of over 100 scientific publications concerning the problem of voluntary health care, health care management, education and many more.