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Prof. Dr. Angel Uchikov, MD, DMSc, graduated in major “Medicine” at the Medical University of Plovdiv in 1991, holds two recognized specialties in “Surgery” (1996) and “Thoracic Surgery” (1998) and had specializations in laparoscopic, thoracoscopic and liver surgery in France and Austria.

In 2012, he was elected Head of the Department of Special Surgery at the Medical University of Plovdiv. For eight years he was Deputy-dean for international cooperation and project activity, and for the last four years he was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of MU-Plovdiv.

For more than 13 years, he has been involved in the management of University Hospital St. George as Head of the Second Surgery Clinic and Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors.

Prof. Uchikov has over 190 publications in Bulgarian and foreign specialized journals, of which 116 are included in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, as well as 24 publications with an impact factor, over 200 citations and a Hirsch index of 6. He has a significant contribution to 6 textbooks and monographs and is the scientific supervisor of 9 doctoral students and 18 specialists in “General Surgery” and “Thoracic Surgery”.

Prof. Dr. Angel Uchikov, PhD, is among the leading specialists in thoracic and abdominal surgery in Bulgaria. He is a member of the Bulgarian Surgical Society, ESTA and is a Republican consultant on surgery and thoracic surgery (2013).

CV – Prof. Dr. Angel Uchikov, PhD