Prof. Dr. Vihren Petkov, dm

Biography:

He graduated from medicine in 2000 at the Medical University of Sofia. He subsequently became a doctoral student at the newly formed Faculty of Public Health. He defended a dissertation related to the problems of voluntary health insurance in Bulgaria. He completed a second master's degree in Health Management at the FOH. He majored in Social Medicine and Health Care Organization. In the meantime, he won a competition for an assistant professor at the Department of Health Management and went through all stages of development (assistant, chief assistant professor, associate professor and professor). In the period 2008-2018. he was the director of the Yordanka Filaretova Medical College at the Medical University of Sofia.

Publications and scientific interests:

Author of over 100 scientific publications related to voluntary health insurance, health management, education, etc.