Specialty: Neurology. Education: Academic title: “Professor" (2013); “Associate Professor" (2008); Educational and scientific degree “Doctor" (2005). Higher education: Medical University of Varna (1988). Secondary education: First English Language School, Varna (1980). Postgraduate Qualifications and Specializations: 1990 - 1992: Long-term specialization in neuro-oncology and clinical immunology, Postgraduate Institute - Bratislava, Slovakia; 1994: Long-term specialization in neurology, experimental and clinical immunology, University Hospital “Tel HaShomer", Tel Aviv, Israel; 1994: Individual training in flow cytometric diagnostics, Military Medical Academy – Sofia; 1999: International course in otoneurology, Maastricht, Netherlands; 2001: Course in clinical epileptology by the European Epilepsy Academy, Athens, Greece; 2003: Course in clinical neuroimmunology at the European School of Neuroimmunology, Barcelona, Spain; 2003: First international course of the Movement Disorder Society (MDS), Lisbon, Portugal; 2005: Individual training in electrophysiology, Sofia; 2005: Training in health management and organization and management of healthcare at the Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Varna; 2009: Master's program in “Health Management," Medical University of Varna. He has also completed training courses in: pain management at the Central European Academy of Pain, European specialized program for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, Academy of Cerebrovascular Diseases, European “Octapharm" Academy on neuromuscular diseases.
Professional Experience: Head of the Department of Neurology (2012); Member of the Advisory Council – Head of the Neurology Clinics Division (2012); Head of First Neurology Clinic (2010); University Hospital “St. Marina" - Varna (May 1993 - present); Neurology Clinic, Faculty Hospital Dobrich (November 1988 - April 1993).
Professional Activity: Member of the specialized Medical Control Commission at University Hospital “St. Marina"; Chair of expert university committees at the National Health Insurance Fund for Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease; Consultant at the Multiple Sclerosis Center and Parkinson's disease office at University Hospital “St. Marina".
Lecturer for leading foreign pharmaceutical companies in the field of Neurodegenerative diseases, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Pain syndromes, etc. Lecturer in general and clinical neurology at Medical University of Varna. Lecturer in training courses of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the European Association of Neuro-Oncology. Guest lecturer at the National Cancer Center - Bratislava, Slovakia and at University Hospital “Tel HaShomer", Tel Aviv, Israel.
Taken part in over 60 scientific publications in Bulgaria and abroad
Participant in over 100 national and international congresses (USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain,
France, Austria, etc.)
Reviewer for the prestigious American journal “Journal of Neuroimaging"
Participant in international projects for the clinical application of new drugs in the fields of Epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, etc.
Social Skills: Participation in the activities of the Associations of patients with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Organizational Skills: Founder and Deputy Chair of the Bulgarian Association of Neuro-Oncology (BANO). Organizer of the I, II, III and IV international meetings of BANO and the annual international assemblies of the International Medical Association “Bulgaria."
Has over 250 publications and has participated in national and international scientific forums dedicated
to modern diagnostics, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of patients with neurological
diseases. He is the sole author of one monograph, co-author of four monographs and textbooks, as well
as the developer of an original computer program for a neuro-oncology patient database.
Prof. Ara Kaprelyan, MD, PhD, DSc has been invited as a guest lecturer abroad and takes part in the organization and delivery of training courses accredited by the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the European Association of Neuro-Oncology.
Bulgarian Medical Association
Bulgarian Society of Neurology
Bulgarian Headache Society
Bulgarian Association for Movement Disorders
International Medical Association "Bulgaria"
Bulgarian Association for Epilepsy
Bulgarian Association of Neuro-Oncology
European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and its Neuro-Oncology Panel
Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO)
Editorial board of the international medical publication “BRAINLINK – Learning in Cases"
Association of Bulgarians Around the World
Rotary International
International Order of Anysetiers
