Born on 26.02.1958 in Malko Tarnovo. Graduated from the Medical University of Varna (1982). Since 1989 she has specialized in internal medicine, in 1996 in clinical toxicology, and in 2014 in health management. She worked as a district doctor in Aytos (1982-1984), as a workshop doctor and toxicologist at the Soda Plants in Devnya (1984-1986), as a resident in the Internal Medicine Department of the District Hospital in Varna (1986 – 1991), as an assistant professor at the Toxicology Clinic of the Military Medical Academy Hospital Varna from 1991 to 2012. He obtained the educational and scientific degree "Doctor" in the scientific specialty "Toxicology" in 2005. In 2010 he was an associate professor, and since 2018 he has been a professor in the scientific specialty "Toxicology". He has been Head of the Clinic for Intensive Care of Acute Poisoning and Toxicoallergies at the Military Medical Academy Hospital-Varna from 2007 to the present. Since 2016 he has been working at the Medical University of Varna, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacotherapy, initially as an associate professor at the Department, and since 2018 as a professor.
So far, there are 273 scientific papers, 36 of them related to the dissertation. The actual publications are 95, and 194 are the participations in national and international scientific forums. The dissertation work "Study on skin changes in exotoxic comas" thoroughly describes the clinical and histopathological characteristics of skin lesions in poisoning, indicates the risk factors for their occurrence, clarifies the pathogenetic relationship of skin lesions with the acute toxicological process and with the ability of skin tissues (mainly epidermis, sweat glands and hair follicles) to metabolize toxins, which leads to the observed damage to the epidermis, dermis and underlying muscles. In a clinical aspect, the study contributes to the association of skin dystrophic syndrome, not only with barbiturate intoxications (known so far), but also with a number of other psychotropic medications, pesticides, narcotic substances, alcohol, CO and other cerebrotoxic noxious agents. The remaining scientific publications are related to acute drug poisoning, various household poisons, poisoning with plants and animals. She leads a lecture course on marine toxicology at MU-Varna. A number of publications and communications relate to epidemiological and clinical studies related to narcotic substances, some treatment methods such as hyperbaric oxygenation in toxicological practice and evaluation of various extrarenal methods of detoxification.
She is the author of the monograph "Marine Toxicology, Poisonings with Food from the Sea and Incidents with Marine Animals", 2018, Steno Publishing House, Varna. It examines food poisoning with mollusks (mollusks), which cause paralytic, diarrheal, amnesic, neurological syndrome and azaspiracid poisoning. Fish poisonings (ciguatera, tetrodotoxin and histamine fish poisoning) are described. Incidents with marine animals (anemones, sponges, starfish, sea snakes, corals, sea cucumbers, jellyfish (cuboid, Portuguese frigate, Black Sea jellyfish), octopuses, shells, fish with poisonous spines (stonefish, lionfish, sea dragon, scorpionfish, sea buffalo), sea urchins were examined.
She participated in a project of MU-Varna - "Determination of marine biotoxins in mussels and plankton from the Black Sea", funded by the Science Fund at MU-Varna (2016-2019).
She is a co-author of three textbooks in the toxicology section: "Internal Diseases for Healthcare Professionals", editors M. Stamboliyska, D. Paskalev and D. Dimitrova, MU Publishing House Varna, 2018; section "Poisonings in Marine Practice. Poisonings from Touching, Stinging and Biting by Marine Animals in the World Ocean and the Black Sea", in the textbook "Marine Medicine" edited by D. Stavrev, MU Publishing House Varna, 2018; section "Toxicology" in "Guide to Marine Medicine" edited by Bozov Hr. VMA Publishing House Sofia, 2018.
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She is a member of the Bulgarian Medical Association, chairman of the association of doctors at the Military Medical Academy, Varna Hospital and member of the management board of the Regional College of the Bulgarian Medical Academy Varna from 2015 -2017. She is a member of the Bulgarian Society of Clinical Toxicology, the Bulgarian Toxicological Society, the Bulgarian Society of Aviation, Marine and Space Medicine. Since 2014, she has been a republican consultant in clinical toxicology for Northeastern Bulgaria. She is a member of the Municipal and Regional Council on Narcotic Substances in the city of Varna from 2011 to the present. She heads the non-governmental organizations "Suicide Prevention" Foundation and "Life Without Alcohol" Association since 2009. She is the manager of the Center for the Treatment of Alcohol Abusers and Dependents from 2014 to the present, funded by the Municipality of Varna. The activity is related to the implementation of 14 municipal projects (2010-2019) relating to the prevention of suicidal behavior, alcohol addiction and use of psychoactive substances in children, young people, women, pregnant women and the reintegration of victims into society.
