Dr. Staneva graduated from the Sofia Medical University in 1992, and she earned her specialty in internal medicine in 1997 and an additional specialty in cardiology in 2005. Additionally, she is certified to conduct highly specialized medical examinations in ultrasonic vascular diagnostics. Dr. Staneva has numerous scientific publications in national and international medical journals and regularly participates in international medical forums.Between 1993 and 2004, she worked in the cardiology clinic of the university hospital Lozenetz, after which she led the ultrasonic vascular diagnosis sector of the cardiology clinic of the Sveta Ekaterina university hospital until 2006.  Dr. Staneva has been a member of our hospital since we opened and she leads our ultrasonic vascular diagnosis and angiology sector. In 1997, for the first time in Bulgaria, Dr. Staneva performed transcranial Doppler sonography monitoring of cerebral blood flow during a heart surgery, and in 2003 she introduced ultrasound methodologies for determining the endothelial functionality of peripheral arteries.  In early 2006, Dr. Staneva established and implemented into practice ultrasound study protocols and criteria for heart failure patients prescribed resynchronization therapy to manage treatments and monitor therapeutic effects.  She is an active member of the Bulgarian Association of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Bulgarian Society of Cardiology, the Bulgarian Society of Vascular Surgery and Angiology, and the Bulgarian Association of  Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics.   

Cardiology