WORK EXPERIENCE

2015 – till now  Chief Assistant Professor of Urology

Department of Urology and Nephrology Military Medical Academy

 

2009 - 2015  Assistant Professor of Urology

Department of Urology and Nephrology Military Medical Academy

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2010 - 2015  Residency in Urology

Department of Urology and Nephrology Military Medical Academy

 

2012 - 2014  PhD

PhD Thesis: “Endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery (ECIRS) in Galdakao- modified supine position for the treatment of complex urolithiasis”

Department of Urology and Nephrology Military Medical Academy

 

2002 - 2008  Doctor of Medicine (MD) Medical University of Sofia

 

1997 - 2002  Lycée Français “Alphonse de Lamartine”

High School

 

Publication

21 Published Abstracts in English

2 Full text articles in English

53 Published Abstracts in Bulgarian 28 Full text articles in Bulgarian

7 Book chapters in Bulgarian

 

Projects

2017: SEGUR-IAEA multicentric study on the radiation exposure of patients and staff during endourological procedures (Author: Prof. Jenia Vassileva, IAEA)

 

2016-2017: International Multicentric Study on Micro-Ureteroscopy for Distal Ureteral Stones Treatment in Women (Authors: Prof. Juan Antonio Galan; Dr. Juan Pablo Caballero Romeu)

 

2016: EULIS Working group on Guidelines&Curriculum for Urolithiasis Training, Training in Ureteroscopic diagnostic and therapeutic surgery, History of Ureteroscopy E-module (Coordinators: Prof. Kemal Sarica, Prof. Andreas Skolarikos)

 

2015: EAU-EULIS Special Issue on Conservative Stone Management for the Egyptian Journal of Urology; The role of conservative treatment of renal colic due to ureteral stones (Coordinator: Dr. Noor Buchholz)

 

Conferences

25 abstracts presented during 11 International Urological Meetings

53 abstracts presented during Bulgarian Urological Meetings

 

Seminars & Courses

2017: 3^rd International Meeting on Nephrolithiasis: Renal Stones in Practice: an advanced course, Rome, Italy

2016: 6^th EULIS Workshop on Comprehensive Management of Stone Disease, Bratislava, Slovakia

2015: 13^th European Urology Residents Education Programme (EUREP), Prague, Czech Republic

2015: Advanced Stone Management Workshop, Athens, Greece

2014: First EULIS Postgraduate Workshop on Urolithiasis, Vienna, Austria

2014: Stone Management in Endourology Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2014: ЕAU-ESU course: How to write a manuscript and get it published in European Urology, Stockholm, Sweden

2013: ЕAU-ESU course: Flexible ureterorenoscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: Instrumentation, technique, tips and tricks, indications, Milan, Italy

2013: ЕAU-ESU course: Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL), Milan, Italy

2012: ЕAU-ESU course: Flexible ureterorenoscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: Instrumentation, technique, tips and tricks, indications, Paris, France

2012: ЕAU-ESU course: Laparoscopy for beginners, Paris, France

2012: ЕAU-ESU course: Advanced course on upper tract laparoscopy (UPJ, adrenal and stones), Paris, France

2011: Masterclass on laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery (LESS), Paris, France

2011: 2^nd International EAU-EULIS Comprehensive Urolithiasis Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Honours and awards

2013: 1^st Karl Storz Award for Best Poster Presentation during the EAU 9^th South-Eastern European Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2013. “Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in patients with solitary kidneys: а single-center experience”, Saltirov I., Petkovа K., Petkov T.

 

2012: 3^rd Richard Wolf Award for Best Poster Presentation during the EAU 8^th South-Eastern European Meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2012: "Retrograde intrarenal surgery for renal stones smaller than 20 mm",

Saltirov, I., Petkova, K., Petkov, T.

 

Memberships

2015: Affiliate Member of EAU Section of Urolithiasis (EULIS)

2015: Associate Member of the South-Eastern European Group for Urolithiasis Research (SEGUR)

2013: American Urological Association (AUA)

2012: Bulgarian Association of Endourology and SWL 2009: European Association of Urology (EAU)

 

Professional interests

Endourology

Ureterorenoscopy/Retrograde intrarenal surgery Percutaneous stone surgery

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

Urinary stone disease