Prof. Dr. Georgi Baychev

His interest in medicine began at the Tarnovo High School of Mathematics, where his favorite subjects were biology and chemistry. He graduated from the Medical University of Pleven in 1987 and began work, by assignment, at the Emergency Medical Service in Elena. In 1988 he won a competitive examination and returned to Pleven, where he worked in emergency surgery; six years later he entered the field of oncology.

He defended a dissertation on breast cancer and devoted his practice to mammology, the diagnosis and early treatment of breast diseases. He has specialized in the USA, Germany, Italy, and England. He is a co-author of seven scientific monographs and of more than 150 publications, is a member of scientific organizations, and leads the Surgery Study Circle at the Military Medical Academy. Among his teachers he names Prof. Baev and Prof. Gyurovski.

Outside of surgery, he is interested in the history of medicine and collects first editions of the Bulgarian classics; his library numbers more than 1,600 volumes. He is the photographer of the photo album "On Dreams and Memories" (2021) and the author of the book "Untold Stories"; his photographs illustrate about 12 poetry collections.