A line through time

24 December 1799 – 21 August 1867

Dr. Ivan Seliminski was a Bulgarian physician-surgeon, educator and revolutionary of the Bulgarian National Revival. Born Yordan Hristov, he combined a medical career with active work for national liberation.

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between 1805 and 1810 – before reaching the age of 50 (the exact date is not given)

A physician from Tarnovo in the 19th century, who worked as a military doctor in Constantinople and took part in an operation on Sultan Abdulmejid. He died young of a tropical disease in Egypt.

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1819 – 23 November 1893

Dr. Stoyan Ivanov Chomakov was a renowned surgeon, public figure, and prominent fighter for church independence. He is regarded as the first professional Bulgarian politician.

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1820 – 1905

One of the first Bulgarian physicians, a military surgeon, a participant in three wars, and the first diplomatic agent of the Principality of Bulgaria in Serbia.

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10 March 1821 – 9 March 1892

A Bulgarian physician, born in Svishtov, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and the first Minister of Public Education in the Principality of Bulgaria. He left a significant medical and public legacy.

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12 March 1822 – September 1881

Bulgarian physician, figure of the National Revival and poet, born in Tarnovo. He worked as a military physician and psychiatrist in Bucharest, and after the Liberation he returned to Bulgaria.

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1824 – 24 September 1909

Vasil Beron was a physician, educator and archaeologist with broad scholarly interests in medicine, biology, history, linguistics, philosophy and archaeology. He is regarded as the founder of scientific medical literature in Bulgaria.

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6 September 1833 – 26 February 1892

Bulgarian surgeon, military and hospital administrator, politician and diplomat. Born into a prosperous family of Adrianople, he combined a medical career in the Ottoman Empire with active participation in the national liberation movement and in the building of post-Liberation Bulgaria.

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1833 – 1912

A physician from Tarnovo who worked as a military doctor in Turkey and, after the Liberation, in several Bulgarian towns. He was known for his devotion to duty and his humane concerns.

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26 September 1834 – 13 September 1911

A physician and pharmacist who worked at the turn between the Bulgarian National Revival era and the post-Liberation era. He is known for a number of innovative contributions to medicine and pharmacy in Bulgaria.

Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

30 August 1834 – 2 May 1894

Bulgarian physician, participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) as physician of the 5th Bulgarian Volunteer Battalion. Known for his charitable activity and for donating his property to the Berkovitsa Gymnasium.

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1834 – 22.12.1898

A Bulgarian military physician and public figure who took part in the Russo-Turkish War on the side of the Russian command. He held a number of administrative and medical posts in Bulgaria after the Liberation.

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1837 – 18 June 1882

Chief physician of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and the first chief physician of the Bulgarian Land Army. He is regarded as the founder of Bulgarian military medicine.

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13 October 1838 – November 1904

A physician and public figure who laid the foundations of organized hospital surgery in Vidin. A participant in the Russo-Turkish War and founder of a Thracian refugee society.

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13 February 1838 – 1919

Bulgarian physician, surgeon and public figure, friend of Aleko Konstantinov and the prototype of the physician in the travelogue "To Chicago and Back". Long-serving director of the Rousse First-Class Hospital.

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1840 – 10 February 1905

Bulgarian physician, public and political figure, participant in the Russo-Turkish War and in the drafting of the Treaty of San Stefano. After the Liberation he was a member of the National Assembly and took part in drafting the Tarnovo Constitution.

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1841 – 1883

A Bulgarian physician of the Revival era, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) as a battalion physician in a Romanian military unit.

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15 August 1841 – 19 January 1890

A bulgarian physician of the Revival era, a participant in three wars and a deputy in the Constituent Assembly. He worked as a military and provincial physician and was an organizer of the medical society in Varna.

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1842 – 4 June 1932

Hristo Tanev Stambolski was the first Bulgarian professor, physician and public figure to have been educated at the Imperial Medical School in Constantinople. He gained worldwide renown for his research on dracunculiasis.

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26 October 1843 – 6 March 1920

A Russian military surgeon, traveller and painter who worked in the Gabrovo hospital during the Russo-Turkish War. Author of the book "Two Months in Gabrovo".

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27 March 1844 – 6 July 1900

Bulgarian physician and public figure, participant in the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation. An active political figure in Plovdiv after the Liberation.

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12 December 1844 – 24 May 1921

Bulgarian physician and military doctor, a participant in the War of Liberation (1877–1878) as a military physician in the Romanian army during the siege of Pleven. After the war, he became the first director of the Rousse District Hospital.

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1844 – 21 March 1926

A Tarnovo physician, known as the last Tarnovo resident to bandage Vasil Levski. He took part in the national liberation movement and in medical work during the Russo-Turkish War.

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1844 – 1894

Dr. Todor Stoyanovich is presented as the first Bulgarian specialist in urology and the founder of the hospital in Stara Zagora. He took an active part in the public and political life of Bulgaria.

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15 August 1845 – 9 March 1935

A physician, man of letters and public figure, Dr. Angel Dimitrov Piskyuliev was one of the founders of the Varna Medical Society and twice served as mayor of Varna. He worked as a surgeon, published medical and public works, and is known for his literary and translation activity.

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4 April 1845 – 12 June 1922

Dr. Dimitar Kalevich was the first Bulgarian psychiatrist, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War as a battalion physician in the Romanian army, and for many years head of the psychiatric ward at the Alexandrovska Hospital.

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1845 – 12 July 1918

Bulgarian physician and participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), awarded by the Russian command two St. George Crosses "For Bravery" in a single day.

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7 January 1846 (26 December 1845 Old Style) – ?

Dimitar Petrov Mollov was a physician, scholar, public figure and political activist, born in Elena. He is known as the founder of sanitary legislation in Bulgaria after the Liberation.

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1846 – October 1908

Dimo Stoychev Kuyumdzhiev was a physician and revolutionary activist of the Bulgarian Revival who graduated from the Imperial Medical School in Istanbul under an assumed name. He took part in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, and afterwards worked as a physician and pharmacist in Bulgaria.

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1846 – 1909

A Bulgarian military physician who served in the Ottoman army in various parts of the Arab world. He was the author of medical works and memoirs, whose accounts provided the subject matter for Ivan Vazov.

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1 April 1847 – 26 January 1899

Bulgarian physician and surgeon, grandson of the Revival-era figure Hadji Yordan the Bearded. He worked in Sofia after the Liberation and contributed to the development of surgery and forensic medicine in Bulgaria.

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1 August 1847 – 4 January 1904

Georgi Ivanov Stranski was a Bulgarian physician from Kalofer, a participant in the battles for Pleven during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). He is also known for his active political career – he took part in the Unification and held a number of state offices.

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1 October 1847 – 16 October 1907

Dr. Mihail P. Kalpakov was a physician and public figure of Tarnovo, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) as a physician of the 17th Russian Infantry Division. A well-known benefactor of Tarnovo, his portrait is carried in the festive procession on 22 March.

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1847 – 1919

Bulgarian physician, born in Dryanovo, who worked as a military physician, sanitary inspector and chief physician of the Bulgarian hospital "Evlogi Georgiev" in Constantinople.

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20 July 1847 – 7 November 1895

A physician, public figure and educator from Sliven, an active participant in the national liberation movement and in the building of the healthcare system after the Liberation.

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1848 – 1894

A physician from the distinguished Shishmanov family, born in Banat, who graduated in medicine in Vienna. He worked in Bulgaria after the Liberation and later practiced in Smyrna and Constantinople, distinguishing himself as a pioneer of surgery and a great philanthropist.

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1848 – late 1878

Bulgarian physician and volunteer who took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) as a military doctor of the Third Battalion of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps. He gained renown for his personal intervention in the defence of Shipka on 23 August, when he led wounded men in a bayonet counterattack.

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15 April 1848 – 18 August 1913

A Bulgarian physician from Tarnovo, a graduate in medicine from Bucharest, known for successfully bringing the cholera epidemic in Tarnovo under control in 1886. He died of cholera after the earthquake of 1913.

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1848 – 1915

Bulgarian military physician, participant in the Serbo-Turkish War (1876) and the Russo-Turkish War as a physician with a Romanian unit, later chairman of the Bulgarian Red Cross and mayor of Sofia.

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1848 – ?

A Bulgarian physician who graduated in medicine in Bucharest, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), and one of the founders of the Bulgarian Medical Society.

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1848 – 1902

Stoycho Hristov Zagorski was the first Bulgarian physician to hold the post of municipal physician in Sevlievo, a revolutionary activist and military physician who took part in the Russo-Turkish War as a physician with the Romanian Red Cross.

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22 January 1848 – 20 January 1914

Dr. Yakov Dimitriev Petkovich was a Bulgarian physician and military medic, a participant in the Montenegrin Uprising, the Russo-Turkish War, and the Serbo-Bulgarian War. He graduated in medicine in Moscow and built his military medical career in post-Liberation Bulgaria.

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1849 – 2 July 1912

A physician from Svishtov who took part as a volunteer in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, founder of the hospital in Pleven and its many-times director, known for his generous donations to education and healthcare.

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1849 – 8 March 1913

A physician from Gabrovo of the Palauzov family, a graduate in medicine from Moscow, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War, and for many years a surgeon and hospital director in post-Liberation Bulgaria.

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1849 – 1921

A bulgarian physician and military medic who took part in numerous wars. A well-known public figure in Eastern Rumelia.

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25 May 1849 – 7 January 1910

A Bulgarian physician and lawyer, cousin and friend of Hristo Botev, who took part in the Russo-Turkish War as a military field physician with the Romanian army.

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15 June 1850 – 9 August 1927

Bulgarian physician, volunteer of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps (Opalchentsi), and public figure, who took part in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War. He is known for his contribution to Bulgaria's accession to the International Red Cross.

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1851 – 28 May 1899

Bulgarian surgeon, a pioneer of bone and oncological surgery in Bulgaria, and a participant in the Russo-Turkish War and the Serbo-Bulgarian War.

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1851 – 5 April 1907

Hristo Lekarski was a freedom fighter from a family of the Bulgarian National Revival, who twice interrupted his medical studies in order to take part in wars of liberation. After the Liberation he made his career as a public figure and long-serving mayor of Kyustendil.

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23 November 1851 – 16 February 1927

A Lithuanian physician who spent about 25 years in Bulgaria, where he worked as a district and county physician and contributed to public health and medical science. After his return to Lithuania he played an important role in the country's national revival.

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1851 – 1927

Russian surgeon, first director of the hospital in Razgrad (1879–1880), close friend of Zahari Stoyanov and participant in the Unification.

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1 April 1852 – 14 January 1937

Bulgarian military physician, participant in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, who rose to the rank of Major General and Chief Physician of the Bulgarian Army.

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1852 – ?

A Bulgarian physician, participant in the Serbian-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, regarded as a pioneer of anthropology in Bulgaria.

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1853 – 1909

A Russian physician from a noble family, who graduated with distinction in St. Petersburg, worked in Bulgaria as a district physician and surgeon, and afterwards devoted himself to psychiatry in Russia.

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1853 – 1908

Dr. Panayot Zhechev was a Bulgarian physician of the Revival era, a participant in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, and subsequently a prominent figure in public health in post-Liberation Bulgaria.

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1853 – 1909

Bulgarian physician, a graduate in medicine from Constantinople, who took part in the Russo-Turkish War, initially in the Ottoman army on the Caucasian Front and later in a Russian field military hospital.

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20 January 1853 – 8 September 1940

Stefan Savov Bobchev was a Bulgarian publicist, jurist and public figure who took part in the Russo-Turkish War as a war correspondent and an official in the Russian administration. He is considered the first chronicler of the war of 1877–1878.

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around 1854–1855 – ?

A Bulgarian medical student from Plovdiv who took part as a volunteer feldsher in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). He served in the First Bulgarian Volunteer Detachment (Opalchentsi) and took part in a number of key battles.

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1855 – 4 November 1927

A Bulgarian military physician and surgeon who performed the first ovariotomy in Bulgaria, one of the founders of the Bulgarian Medical Association, and a significant figure in the development of military medicine after the Liberation.

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1856 – 12 February 1934

Dr. Ivan Ivanov Teodorov was a surgeon who worked in a number of hospitals in Bulgaria, a co-founder of the first private physiotherapy clinic in the country, and the author of the first books on sea therapy in Bulgaria.

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1857 – 25 July 1931

Bulgarian military physician and surgeon, participant in the Russo-Turkish War, initiator of the founding of the Bulgarian Medical Union and first editor of its "Chronicles".

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30 January 1857 – 6 May 1922

A Montenegrin physician who chose to work in Bulgaria, he made a significant contribution to surgery, health organization and medical literature. He held a number of high administrative and political offices.

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24 October 1859 – 1924

Bulgarian military physician, head of the first Bulgarian sanitary mission to Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). One of the founders of the Bulgarian Medical Association.

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1861 – 11 October 1913

Stefan Todorov Kozarov was a physician born in Sliven and a graduate of the University of Kiev. He worked as a resident physician and hospital director in Sliven and Pleven, and later served as Chief Inspector at the Directorate of Public Health in Sofia.

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15 March 1862 – 20 February 1920

Dr. Asen Petrov was the founder of modern Bulgarian surgery, for many years head of the surgical department of Alexandrovska Hospital, and the author of 94 scientific works. He is regarded as the father of Bulgarian plastic surgery.

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1 September 1863 – 1932

Bulgarian surgeon who worked in Lovech and Rousse, known for performing the first nephrostomy in Bulgaria and for the high regard in which he was held by Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov.

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1864 – 1939

Bulgarian surgeon, founder of the Plovdiv school of surgery, who graduated in medicine and specialized in surgery in Paris. He was the first in Bulgaria to perform and publish a number of surgical interventions.

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22 June 1864 – 11 May 1933

A surgeon from Pleven who headed the surgical department of the Pleven State Hospital during the wars for National Unification. He developed the hospital's facilities and medical organization under difficult wartime conditions.

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1865 – ?

Military surgeon and public figure, founder of the Kostov family – six generations of physicians. He worked for many years in Stara Zagora.

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1866 – 26 May 1961

Bulgarian surgeon, born in Shumen, who specialized in Vienna and was known for his military medical service and for the distinction "People's Physician." He is regarded as the first Bulgarian surgeon to be awarded this title.

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1866 – 1921

A Bulgarian physician who graduated in medicine in Paris and served as an assistant in the clinic of Prof. Pierre Potain. He pursued medical, public and charitable activity in Bulgaria.

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1867 – 1958

Bulgarian surgeon who specialized under Theodor Billroth in Vienna, with a long-standing practice at the Klementina Hospital and his own private clinic in Sofia.

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5 July 1868 – 11 February 1927

A physician and politician from Gorna Oryahovitsa, a participant in the Serbo-Bulgarian War, a member of parliament and deputy speaker of the National Assembly, and an honorary citizen of his native town.

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1870 – 1935

A surgeon and gynecologist who graduated in medicine in Nancy, France, and worked for many years at the hospital in Sliven. Father of Dr. Stefan Kambosev.

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1871 – 1960

Plovdiv surgeon, head of the surgical department of the Plovdiv State Hospital for almost three decades. A participant in three consecutive wars and founder of the Plovdiv Masonic lodge "Sun".

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1871 – 1944

Hristo Tantilov was born in Karlovo in 1871 and is described as "the first dedicated orthopedic surgeon in our country." He graduated in medicine at Montpellier and specialized in surgery and orthopedics in London, Paris and Vienna.

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30 January 1871 – 14 November 1940

Bulgarian physician, founder of modern surgery and marine medicine (thalassotherapy) in Bulgaria, and the first professor of surgical propedeutics at the Faculty of Medicine in Sofia. Besides being a physician, he was also a local historian, mountaineer, photographer and public figure.

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17 July 1871 – ?

Dr. Veneta Kamburova is a native of Veliko Tarnovo who graduated in medicine in France, worked at the Rousse State Hospital, and remained its only physician during the Balkan War and the First World War.

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1872 – 1965

Bulgarian surgeon, born in Kalofer, known for his exceptional precision in operative work. First Senior Assistant of the Department of Surgical Propaedeutics with Operative Medicine in Sofia.

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24 December 1873 – 20 August 1928

A physician from Elena, educated in France, who worked as a district physician and surgeon in his native region. He is cited as the prototype of literary characters by Emilian Stanev.

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1875 – 1954

A Bulgarian surgeon who specialized in Bulgaria and Vienna under eminent European surgeons, worked as a military and hospital surgeon, and after 1925 was in private practice.

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3 February 1875 – ?

Dr. Stefan Smyadovski was a physician from Shumen and the first organizer of the fight against tuberculosis in the region. Despite repeated dismissals, he remained faithful to his medical duty to his fellow townspeople.

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20 October 1876 – 27 October 1933

Dr. Sayko Sayev was a surgeon who worked mainly in Lovech, known for developing the surgical department of the Lovech Hospital and for his active public work.

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7 March 1879 – 1967

Bulgarian surgeon and balneologist who specialized in the fight against bone-and-joint and lymphatic tuberculosis in children. Long-time director of the Varna Marine Children's Sanatorium and author of nearly 200 scientific publications.

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30 March 1883 – 24 October 1964

Bulgarian physician, surgeon and publicist, head of the surgical department of the Kyustendil hospital. As Mayor of Kyustendil, he is credited with saving the local Jews from deportation.

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14 August 1885 – 1963

A surgeon and chief physician of the Haskovo Hospital, known for pledging all of his property as security for a rescue loan for the hospital during the financial crisis of 1933.

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1887 – 1950

A Latvian surgeon, senior resident physician and leading figure at the Russian Red Cross Hospital in Sofia, known for his extensive surgical practice and excellent reputation in Bulgaria and beyond.

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8 January 1891 – 24 September 1942

Bulgarian surgeon, head of the Department of Propaedeutics of Surgical Diseases at the Alexandrovska Hospital and a follower of Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov. He died at only 51 years of age from cancer of the colon.

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22 May 1893 – 23 January 1953

A surgeon, obstetrician-gynecologist and public figure from Yambol, who took part as a volunteer in three wars. Sentenced to death on political charges and posthumously rehabilitated.

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1894 – 1975

Dr. Dimitar Tserovski was a physician from Tarnovo with a wide-ranging medical practice: surgeon, internist, and infectious disease specialist. He is known as the first neurosurgeon in Tarnovo.

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1897 – ?

A Bulgarian surgeon who graduated in medicine in Berlin, known for his work at the Catholic Hospital in Plovdiv and for his original operative methods in thoracic and abdominal surgery.

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1897 – 1990

Dr. Valentina Tranen was the first woman surgeon in Bulgaria and the first woman physician in the country to head a surgical department. She was a daughter of the Tranen family of physicians from Pleven.

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1898 – ?

A Bulgarian surgeon who survived a death sentence during the Vladaya Uprising, later known as an excellent diagnostician and a versatile surgeon.

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1898 – 1958

Dr. Ivan Dimitrov Grebenarov was a Bulgarian surgeon, born in Plovdiv in 1898. He worked at the Alexandrovska Hospital and the Red Cross Hospital in Sofia, and later as a surgeon in Stara Zagora.

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20 November 1899 – 21 December 1980

A surgeon from Varna, described as "the last encyclopedic physician." For many years he headed the surgical department in Gabrovo and was a public figure with wide cultural interests.

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1900 – early February 1969

A surgeon, son of Dr. Krum Kambosev, who worked in hospitals in Shumen, Burgas and Sliven. He was the first in Bulgaria to perform intraosseous osteosynthesis by Küntscher's method.

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31 January 1901 – 1 September 1974

Dr. Spiridon Todorov was a Bulgarian surgeon, born into a family of physicians, who worked successively in Rousse, Lom and Silistra. He is also known for his literary activity – he founded the first literary circle for health workers in Bulgaria.

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12 June 1902 – 13 December 1971

Boycho Boychev was one of the founders of Bulgarian orthopedics and traumatology. He was director of the first independent clinic of orthopedics and traumatology in Bulgaria and the creator of his own scientific school.

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1905 – ?

Dr. Georgi Popmarinov was the founder of surgery in Kardzhali. He worked as head of the surgical department of the hospital in Kardzhali from 1945 until his retirement in 1963.

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1909 – 1983

Dr. Teodosi Smyadovski was the son of Dr. Stefan Smyadovski, a specialist surgeon who introduced major thoracic operations in Shumen. Together with Dr. Chankov, he performed the first right lobectomy for cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis.

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1910 – ?

A Bulgarian surgeon who worked chiefly in Pleven, known for introducing new operative methods and for his musical talents as a violinist.

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20 June 1914 – 28 March 1994

Bulgarian surgeon, known as "the surgeon of hopeless cases", author of operative methods in abdominal surgery and of 174 scientific publications. He worked in a number of hospitals across the country, including Pirogov and the Yambol Hospital.

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