Biographical directory
The physicians featured in the books – ordered by surname, with references to the pages where their stories begin.
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A woman physician, wife of Dr. Marko Kostov and co-founder of the Kostov family, which produced six generations of physicians. She worked in her husband's private hospital in Stara Zagora.
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Read more about Saba Asenova-Kostova1897 – ?
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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Read more about Hristo Dimitrov Atanasov10 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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Read more about Georgi Atanasovich1887 – 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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Read more about Robert Yuryevich Berzin1824 – 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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Read more about Vasil Beron12 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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Read more about Boycho Boychev Boychev1837 – 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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Read more about Konstantin Borisov Bonev13 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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Read more about Mladen Zhelyazkov Bonev1 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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Read more about Stefan Hristov Bocharov15 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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Read more about Stoyko Yordanov Gaev1898 – 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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Read more about Ivan Dimitrov Grebenarov20 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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Read more about Svetoslav Dzherov1875 – 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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Read more about Grigor Nikolov Dragiev30 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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Read more about Georgi Stanoykov Efremov1870 – 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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Read more about Krum Neofitov Kambosev1900 – 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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Read more about Stefan Krumov Kambosev1910 – ?
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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Read more about Ivan Karamishev24 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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Read more about Dimitar Stefanov Kiranov1820 – 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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Read more about Dimitar Kirov Kirovich1867 – 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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Read more about Ivan Georgiev Kozhuharov1861 – 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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Read more about Stefan Todorov Kozarov1865 – ?
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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Read more about Marko Kostov1898 – ?
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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Read more about Dimitar Petkov Milev1872 – 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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