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Curriculum Vitae

 Venelin Alexandrov Alexiev, MD.

 

 

 

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   Address:      3, General Kiril Botev St.  / Entrance 4 / Office 5  / Goce Delchev - Motopista / 1404 Sofia   

         

 
Nationality:
bullet Bulgarian 
Born:
bullet 20 June 1970
 

Marital  status:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Wife –  Dr.Sirma Mileva Dimitrova,                             Dr.Mileva's Website

                                                       

   Children – Alexander + Mila
Foreign  languages:
bullet English, Russian, Serbian, German
Occupation:
bulletPaediatric orthopaedic surgeon

 venelin_alexiev@abv.bg
    

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1984 – 1989
bullet 1st English Language College – Sofia , graduated with highest scores.
1989 – 1995
bullet Sofia Medical University.
1989
bullet passed the university admission examinations with highest scores.

Summer  1994

 

 

 

 
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IFMSA(Int.Fed.Med.Stud.Assoc) research project at
Helsinki University Children’s Hospital, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics – Finland.

Topic: Congenital anomalies in paediatric orthopaedics.

Advisor: Pentti Kallio, MD, PhD.
October 1995
bullet graduated from Sofia Medical University with diploma – “excellent“.

 
December  1995

 
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started orthopaedic specialisation, hired as a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Sofia Medical

University Orthopaedic Hospital – “Bojcho Bojchev“, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics.
October  1997

 
bullet Hellenic Orthop.Assoc.(Greek ) scholarship – 1st Balkan Orthopaedic Congress –

Thessaloniki, Greece.
February – March
                 1998

 

 

 

 

 
bullet clinical research fellowship at University Special Orthopaedic Hospital “Banjica“,
 Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics –  Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Aims of study: 1.Ultrasonography of musculoskeletal system. 2.Surgical treatment of late diagnosed DDH.

Advisor: Prof. Zoran Vukašinović.                                 Prof.Vukasi in Bulgaria - photo, video collection
February – July
                  1999

 

 

 

 

 
bullet clinical research fellowship at Karl-Franzens-Universität,      

Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics – Graz, Austria.

 Main research project: 3D – Gait Analysis in LCPD.

Aims of study: Treatment of paediatric fractures with modified interlocking paediatric Ender nails (ESIN).

Advisor: ao.Univ-Prof. Wolfgang Linhart.

 
April 1999
bullet Japanese SICOT scholarship – 21st SICOT Congress – Sydney, Australia.
June 1999

 

 

 
bullet clinical fellowship at Karl-Franzens-Universität,                             

Klinik für Unfallchirurgie – Graz, Austria.

Aim of study: Arthroscopy – diagnostics and treatment.
July 1999

 

 

 

 
bullet clinical fellowship at

LKH – Stolzalpe, Department of Orthopaedics – Stolzalpe, Austria.

Aims of study: 1.Ultrasonography of musculoskeletal system. 2.Paediatric Orthopaedics. 3.THA.

Advisor: ao.Univ.Prof.Dr. Reinhard Graf.
                                                                                         ao.Univ.Prof.Dr. Reinhard Graf
December  1999

 
bullet obtained speciality in orthopaedics & traumatology in front of the Bulgarian Board of Orthopaedic Surgery,

at Sofia Medical University.
March 2000  
bullet AO Basic Course – Sofia, Bulgaria.

 
July – August
          2000

 

 

 

 

 
bullet clinical research fellowship at Paediatric Orthopaedic Unit,

 RAMBAM Medical Center – Haifa, Israel.

Main research project: Early detection of DDH by combined clinical and US methods.

Aims of study: War trauma management with AO intarmedullary nailing and Ilizarov methods

of  distraction osteogenesis.

Advisors: Dr.Mark Eidelman, Prof.Viktor Bialik.
October –
      December  2000

 
bullet Japanese Paediatric Orthopaedic Association Scholarship, including clinical fellowships at:

         Prof.Yamamuro in Bulgaria - photo, video collection
 
bullet Shiga Medical Center for Children -

 Aims of study: 1.Musculoskeletal US. 2.Arthroscopy of the hip and knee joints.

Advisor: Clin.Prof. Shigeo Suzuki, MD, PhD.
              Clin.Prof. Shigeo Suzuki                          
                                                                                 
bullet Hokkaido University Graduate School of  Medicine, Sapporo.

Aims of study: 1.Idiopathic scoliosis. 2.Spinal trauma. (KASS -Kaneda Anterior Spinal Instrumentation).

Advisor: Prof. Kiyoshi Kaneda.
                                                                          Prof. Kiyoshi Kaneda    
 
bullet Matsudo City Hospital, Tokyo.

Aims of study: 1.DDH.  2.Clubfoot.  3.Spinal trauma.

Advisor: Dr.Hiroyasu Shinohara, Emeritus President of  Matsudo Orthopaedic Hospital.
September  –
      October  2001

 

 

 
bullet clinical  fellowship at Universitätsklinik für Orthopädische Chirurgie,

Inselspital, Universität –Bern, Switzerland.

Aims of study: 1.Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy. 2.Femoroacetabular impingement.

Advisor: Prof.Dr.med.Reinhold Ganz.
October  2001

 

 

 

 
bullet clinical research fellowship at Bern University Children’s Hospital,

Inselspital, Department of Paediatric General and Orthopaedic Surgery, Switzerland.

Aim of study: Paediatric trauma treatment with AO Titanium Elastic Nailing (TEN).

Advisor: Dr.Theddy Slongo.

 
January –
       December 2002

    

   

 

 

 

 
bulletpaediatric orthopaedic clinical research fellowship at

Alfred I.duPont Hospital for Children of the Nemours Foundation, Wilmington, DE    &
 
   Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.

Main research project: Residual Dysplasia after Successful Ultrasound Monitored Pavlik Harness Treatment:

A Five-year Follow-up of Neonatal Hip Instability.     Abstract       Fulltext  PDF(547 K)  

Advisors: Dr. Theodore Harcke , Dr. Richard Bowen, Dr. S. Jay Kumar.

 

duPont Research Fellowship Community

                                 Dr.Harcke in Bulgaria - photo, video collection               Prof. Theodore Harcke   
October 2004

 
bulletBOTA award for a scientific paper of a young researcher in orthopaedics & traumatology –

"Dr.Lazarov" – Baltimore, USA.
September 2005

 

 

 
bullet SICOT Maurice Müller Award for the research project:

"Residual Dysplasia after Successful Pavlik Harness Treatment: Early Ultrasound Predictors" –

23rd SICOT Congress – Istanbul, Turkey.     
 

 

July 2006

 

  

 

bulletThe present CV is published in Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 6th Edition, 2006-2007,
 
USA.
October 2011
bulletAcquired academical degree "Doctor" at the Medical Faculty of Sofia Medical University with academic thesis:
"Prognosis of sequelae after treatment of unstable and dysplastic hip joints with Pavlik harness".
2012-2014
bulletPart-time assistant for English speaking students at the Medical Faculty of Sofia Medical University.
2014-2018
bulletAssistant Professor at the Medical Faculty of Sofia Medical University.
2018
bulletProfessor (Associate), (Univ.Docent)  at the Medical Faculty of Sofia Medical University.
                     to be continued 

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  Professional interests:
bullet Ultrasonographic diagnosis in paediatric orthopaedics.
bullet Distraction histiogenesis.
bullet Gait analysis.
bullet Arthroscopy – diagnostics and treatment.
bullet Paediatric Trauma – ESIN, TEN, ExFix,...
bullet Cartilage repair.
bullet Femoroacetabular impingement.
to                      venelin_alexiev@abv.bg

 

 

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