Assist. Prof. Peter Valchanov MD

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Dr. Petar Valchanov was born on June 22, 1980, in Varna. He graduated from Dimcho Debelyanov Secondary School – Varna in 1997 and from the Medical University of Varna in 2003. From 2004 to 2015, he worked as a emergency physician the preclinical care of Varna. Between 2005 and 2009, he specialized Psychiatry at St. Marina University Hospital but discontinued for personal reasons. Since April 2016, he has been working as a part-time assistant at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, and in September 2017, he was appointed as a full-time assistant. In 2018, he began a full-time doctoral program in the department on the topic “Modeling and 3D Printing of Morphologically Accurate Bone Matrix," which he defended on January 31, 2024.

Dr. Petar Valchanov is actively engaged in several areas of medical 3D modeling and three-dimensional printing, including the creation of models for anatomy training, preoperative planning, medical devices, and imaging phantoms. He has produced hundreds of clinical-anatomical models for preoperative planning, personalized trainers, and templates for implant modeling in various surgical specialties. His interests are related to clinical anatomy, radiology, materials science, 3D arts, 3D bio/printing, implantology, personalized and regenerative medicine. He is the initiator and organizer of a laboratory for 3D bio/printing at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Varna. He is also a member of the scientific group “Modeling and Simulations in Medicine."​

Portfolio:

Portfolio

• Teaching Activities:
  Osteology, Arthrology, Splanchnology, Topographic Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Cytology, General Histology and Embryology

  Scientific Activities:
  Macro- and microanatomy, analysis and conversion of imaging studies, CAD, 3D visualization, modeling and additive manufacturing, robotics, materials science, construction of three-dimensional biomatrices from polymers and clays, design of medical devices

  Projects:

  • Participant in a project funded by the Science Fund – 2018 Competition Session: “Creation of infrastructure for 3D and bioprinting of personalized spatially controlled research, diagnostic and therapeutic implants, prostheses, medical devices and consumables at MU-Varna" as technical controller
  • Participant in Science Fund Project No. 19027 “Bioprinting and morphological analysis of 3D matrix for biosynthetic implants with enhanced osteogenic potential" as PhD student and principal investigator
  • Researcher in the project “Physical anthropomorphic models of breast tissue and technology for their production (PHENOMENO)", funded by grant No 101008020 under Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions of the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme
  • Researcher in the project “Enhancing translational achievements in medicine (MUVE-TEAM)", funded by the European Union-NextGenerationEU through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of Bulgaria, project No BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02
    
  
  
  

​ Publications

• Valchanov, P., Dukov, N., Okkalidis, N., Bliznakov, Z. (2024). Creation of Anthropomorphic Bone Phantoms With Customized Fused Filament Fabrication 3D Printing. In: Badnjević, A., Gurbeta Pokvić, L. (eds) MEDICON'23 and CMBEBIH'23. MEDICON CMBEBIH 2023. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 94. Springer, Cham.
• Valchanov P, Ivanov S: 3D printed anatomical models for preoperative planning of complex orthopaedic surgical operations of the lower limb. Archives of Materials Science and Engineering 2024; 127(2): 73-85.
• Valchanov, P.; Dukov, N.; Pavlov, S.; Kontny, A.; Dikova, T. 3D Printing, Histological, and Radiological Analysis of Nanosilicate-Polysaccharide Composite Hydrogel as a Tissue-Equivalent Material for Complex Biological Bone Phantom. Gels 2023, 9, 547.
• Ivanov, S.; Valchanov, P.; Hristov, S.; Veselinov, D.; Gueorguiev, B. Management of Complex Acetabular Fractures by Using 3D Printed Models. Medicina 2022, 58, 1854.
• P. Valchanov and S. Pavlov, "High Fidelity Anthropomorphic 3D Printed Models - Accuracy, Precision and Quality Control," 2022 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), Iasi, Romania, 2022.
• P. Valchanov, S. Pavlov and T. Chervenkov, "Composite hydrogels and their application for 3D Bioprinting in Regenerative Medicine," 2020 International Conference on Biomedical Innovations and Applications (BIA), Varna, Bulgaria, 2020.