Yanko Yankov was born in 1989 in the city of Shumen, Bulgaria. He graduated with honors from “Nancho Popovich" High School of Science and Mathematics – city of Shumen, Bulgaria, in 2008. In 2014 he graduated in medicine with excellent GPA of 6.00 (out of 6.00) from the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" – city of Varna, Bulgaria, and was awarded the most prestigious awards for students of medicine - "Golden Hippocrates" and "First Degree" award from the Bulgarian Medical Union for excellent GPA and contribution to the medical community. From May 2015 till May 2020, he specialized in maxillofacial surgery at the Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery at “Sveta Marina" University hospital – city of Varna, Bulgaria. In July 2020, he acquired a specialty in maxillofacial surgery. In 2016, he graduated with a master's degree in Health Management at the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" – city of Varna, Bulgaria. Since February 2019, he has been working as a part-time assistant in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Faculty of Dental Medicine) and General and Operative Surgery (Faculty of Medicine) at the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" – city of Varna, Bulgaria. In October 2019, he was appointed as a full-time assistant in Maxillofacial surgery at the Department of General and Operative Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at the same educational institution. In the period September 2021 - September 2022, he is a doctoral student in "Surgery" at the same department. In December 2022, he defended his dissertation on the topic doctoral thesis on the topic: "Procalcitonin and the delta neutrophil index levels in the surgery of head and neck inflammatory diseases" and obtained the educational and scientific degree "Doctor of philosophy" (PhD). From July 2023, after winning a competition, he holds the administrative position of "chief assistant" in maxillofacial surgery at the Department of General and Operative Surgery, Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" – city of Varna, Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Medical Association
