Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svitlana Bachurska, Ph.D.

Education and Career

2005 – Master's degree in Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv

2012 – Master's degree in Financial Management, "Paisii Hilendarski" University, Plovdiv

2016 – Specialization in General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Plovdiv

2017 – PhD in Medicine, scientific specialty in Pathological Anatomy and Cytopathology, Medical University of Plovdiv

2011-2016 – Physician in the Department of Clinical Pathology, "St. George" University Hospital, Plovdiv

2017-2019 – Head of the Department of Clinical Pathology, KOC Plovdiv

2019 to present – Head of the Clinic of General and Clinical Pathology, USBALO "Prof. Ivan Chernozemski", Sofia

Teaching Activity

2011-2017 – Assistant Professor in the Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Plovdiv

2017-2019 – Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Plovdiv

2020-2021 – Associate Professor in the Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, Medical University of Varna

2022-2024 – Guest Lecturer in the Department of Pathological Anatomy, Medical University of Pleven

2024 to present – Associate Professor in the Department of Health Care, NSA "Vasil Levski", Sofia

Research Interests

In the field of solid tumor pathology, prognostic and predictive biomarkers, molecular and digital pathology.

Member of the Bulgarian Society of Pathology, European Society of Pathology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology.

Publications, Textbooks, Manuals

Author and co-author of over 50 scientific publications in Bulgarian and international journals, co-author of manuals for practical exercises in general and clinical pathology for students in medicine, dental medicine, and pharmacy in Bulgarian and English, author of 2 monographs, and co-author of national guidelines for the management of urothelial carcinoma, esophageal and gastric carcinoma.