Prof. Dr. Mario Petrov Milkov, MD, PhD

Date and place of birth: 06.06.1968 in Varna

Education:

1983-1986 - III High School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics-Varna

1989-1995 - Medical University-Varna

1998-2001 - Residency in otorhinolaryngology at Medical University-Varna

1999-2005 - Full-time PhD studies in otorhinolaryngology at Medical University-Varna

2002 - Acquired specialty in otorhinolaryngology

2006 - Acquired degree "Doctor of Medicine - with dissertation: "Creation of Bulgarian prostheses for ossicular reconstruction in auditory chain defects."

2013 - Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" -Varna

From 2018 to the present - Head of the Department of Dental material science and Prosthetic Dental medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" -Varna

From 2018 and currently - Chairman of the "Alumni Club and Friends" at Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" - Varna

2018 - Head of the Scientific Group "Biomaterials, Implantology and Genetic Engineering" - at the "Scientific Research Institute" of Medical University-Varna.

2022 - Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" - Varna

From March 2024 and currently - Vice-Rector "International Relations", Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" - Varna. 

Qualification:

Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology

Specializations: Clinic for "Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery" in Würzburg, Otorhinolaryngology Clinic for ENT - Inselspital in Bern, Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery in Bochum, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saurasky Medical Center, - Tel Aviv.

Participation in eighty courses as additional qualification in otology, otoneurology, audiology, ossiculoplasty, laser and radiofrequency surgery in the area of the ears, nose, throat and neck, obstructive sleep apnea, neonatal screening, rhinology, allergology, professionally significant diseases, health management, biomaterials, auditory implants, etc. 

Teaching activities:

•    Dental Materials Science, BEO and AEO students

•    Otorhinolaryngology, AEO students

•   Elective course Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring. Diagnostics. Treatment. Prevention (in Bulgarian and English)

Research projects:

·   Project No. 14 under the "Medical Science Fund" of MU-Varna with Protocol of 20.XI.2012 and Certificate ND-99-135 – "Evaluation of the effect of the use of endooral and endonasal devices in the treatment of patients with habitual snoring and obstructive sleep apnea".

Principal investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tsvetan Tonchev, MD

Participant: Dr. Mario Milkov, MD

·  Project No. 20011, Fund Nauka session 2020 with the title: "Investigation of vestibular function using the method of static and dynamic posturography in patients with craniofacial deformities" – December 2020. Supervisor Prof. Dr. Mario Petrov Milkov, MD, PhD

·   Project (Agreement No. КП-06-Н53/11/2021), Scientific Research Fund 2021 – "Investigation of the characteristics and quality of speech in patients before and after dental treatment using a laryngostroboscope.", with supervisor Prof. Dr. Mario Petrov Milkov, MD, PhD (2021-2024)

·   Project No. 21006, winter session Fund Nauka 2021 – "Study with rhinomanometer of the characteristics and quality of nasal breathing in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and snoring, proposed for conservative treatment with intraoral devices", supervised by Prof. Dr. Mario Petrov Milkov, MD, PhD (2022-2025)

·   Project No. BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02/2023 - "Medical University - Varna: Enhancing translational achievements in medicine (MUVE-TEAM)" - Scientific Group 3.2.2. Obstructive sleep apnea and comorbidity, supervised by Prof. Dr. Mario Petrov Milkov, MD, PhD (2023-2026)

Scientific publications

Open access

Monographs and sections in collections: 9 issues with a total volume of 300 p.

Textbook: 4 issues with a volume of 400 p.

•         Tsenev, I., P. Nedev, M. Milkov. Atlas of ear surgery. Sofia and Moscow, Pensoft, 2005. 374 p.

•         Milkov, M. Biomaterials for ossicular chain reconstruction. Varna, Steno, 2012. 96 p.

•         Nedev, P., M. Milkov. Clinical audiology. Varna, Steno and Medical University-Varna, 2015. 135 p.

•         Milkov M, Marinov G, Guidoin R. Prostheses for Reconstruction of the Auditory Ossicles. Steno, 2018, 92 p.

•         Durmus K, Altuntas E, Milkov M. Management of Epistaxis. In All Around the Nose. 415-429. Basic Science and Surgical Management. Springer 2020.

•         Arslan I, Muluk N, Milkov M. What Is Vasomotor Rhinitis? In Challenges in Rhinology. Cingi, C., Bayar Muluk, N., Scadding, G., Mladina, R. (Eds.). 25-37. Springer 2020.

•         Mustafa Altıntaş, Koray Gençay, Mario Milkov. Odontogenic infections in children. In Pediatric ENT Infections, 591-601, Springer, Cham 2022.

•         Yıldırım, G. A., Bilal, N., Milkov, M. (2022). Vestibular Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. In ENT Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment during Pregnancy and Lactation (pp. 475-482). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

•         Milkov, M. Prevention of obstructive sleep apnea and snoring in professional drivers. Varna, MU-Varna, 2021. 351 p.

Articles: 200 issues with a total volume of 500 p.

Summaries of reports: 100 issues with a total volume of 150 p.

Reports: 50 issues with a total volume of 120 p.

Patent: 1 issue with a volume of 7 p.testing and their use in dentistry and otology; hearing screening in newborns and its prevention; sleep research and its treatment; diagnostics and treatment of vestibular and auditory disorders.

Three independent certificates for trademark registrations.

Participation with reports and scientific communications in scientific forums and research projects:

More than 100 participations in Bulgaria and abroad.

Reviewer of a manuscript of an article in a foreign journal: Title of the manuscript: Online-detection of apnea of prematurity using features extracted from heart rate, respiration rate and oxygen saturation time series; Title of the journal: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Founder, editor-in-chief and reviewer: "International Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology" (Varna)

Reviewer:

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal of the Romanian Society of ENT Revizita Romana de ORL

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Romanian Journal of Rhinology

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal of the Institute of Sensory Organs in Poland Journal of Hearing Science

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Folia Otorhinolaryngologiae et pathologiae respiratoriae, St. Petersburg, Russia

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal of the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" - Varna Scripta Scientifica Medicinae Dentalis

·         Member of the Board of the Publishing House of the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov"-Varna

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Medeniyet Medical Journal, Istanbul, Turkey

·         Permanent member of the editorial board of the scientific journal

·         Austin Journal of Sleep disorders

·         GN Papers – Sleep science – https://www.gnpapers.com.br/sleepscience/​

Chairman of:

"Varna Association for the Prevention of Hearing Loss in Newborns".

Member of:

1. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie - German Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

2. European Association of Otology and Neurotology (EAONO) - European Association of Otology and Neuro-otology

3. European Association of Sleep Medicine (EASM) - European Association of Sleep Medicine

4. European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO) - European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

5. European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) - European Society for Sleep Research

6. European Society for Biomaterials - European Society for Biomaterials

7. International Pediatric Sleep Association (IPSA) - International Pediatric Sleep Association

8. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie - Austrian Society for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

9. Politzer Society - Politzer Society

10. Prospere Meniere Society - Prosper Ménière Society

11. The Mediterranean Society of Otology and Audiology

12. World Association of Sleep Apnea (WASM)

13. World Sleep Association

14. Bulgarian Medical Association (BLS)

15. Bulgarian Dental Association (BDA)

16. Bulgarian Audiological Society

17. Bulgarian Society of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring and one of its founders

18. Bulgarian Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and member of the board; Vice-President

19. Bulgarian Rhinological Society

20. Varna Association for Prevention of Hearing Loss in Newborns

21. National Bulgarian Society of Aesthetic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine

22. Association "Pro Otology"

23. Union of Inventors in Bulgaria

24. Balkan Otorhinolaryngological Association.

25. Member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria

26. President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sleep Medicine

27. Former Secretary of the European Academy of Otology and Neurootology for Bulgaria between 2010 and 2022

28. Member of the Otorhinolaryngology Society of the Danube Countries

29. One of the founders of the Black Sea Society of Otology and Neurootology