Biographical directory
The physicians featured in the books – ordered by surname, with references to the pages where their stories begin.
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Found: 109
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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Aleksi Drumev30 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 Efremov1853 – 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Panayot Zhechev1848 – 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Stoycho Hristov Zagorski1855 – 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Georgi Zolotovich1853 – 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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Read more about Miron Vasilievich Ignatiev1833 – 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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Read more about Paraskev Kazaski4 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Dimitar Kalevich1 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Mihail Kalpakov1870 – 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 Kambosev17 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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Read more about Veneta Kamburova1840 – 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Vasil Kochev Karakonyovski1866 – 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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Read more about Ivan Karamihaylov1910 – ?
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 Kostov1846 – 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Dimo Stoychev Kuyumdzhiev1851 – 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.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Hristo Lekarski1846 – 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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Read more about Yosif LyubenovThe first qualified physician in Razgrad, who practised there before and during the Liberation. The son of Dr. Marko Pavlov, one of the first physicians in the Bulgarian lands.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
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