Assoc. Prof. Theodora Temelkova-Kurktschiev, MD, PhD
CURRICULUM VITAE
Assoc. Prof. Theodora Temelkova-Kurktschiev, MD, PhD
(Äîö. ä-ð Òåîäîðà Òåìåëêîâà-Êþðê÷èåâà, äìí )
mc_rkoch@cablebg.net
- place of birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria; citizen of Germany
- study in medicine at Plovdiv Medical Institute in Bulgaria (extinction for excellent results)
- 1990-1994 postgraduate studies in the Dept. of Metabolic Diseases and Lipid Research (Director Prof. M. Hanefeld), Medical Academy in Dresden, Germany
- 1992 study-visit to the Lipid Laboratory of the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow, U.K. (Prof. J. Shepherd and Prof. Ch. Packard), specialising lipoprotein fractionation and compositional analysis.
- in February 1994 finished PhD thesis on the topic “Abnormalities in lipoprotein subfractions in type 2 diabetes mellitus” in the Medical Academy in Dresden, Germany
– 1995-2000 medical doctor in the Institute of Metabolic Research, Medical Faculty Dresden. Investigator in many trials on antidiabetics, antihypertensives, lipid lowering drugs.
- 1996 study-visit to the General Hospital Vienna, Austria (Prof. Ehringer), specialising in ultrasound examination of the vessel system.
- in November 2000 successfully finished the second PhD thesis on “Determinants of intima-media-thickness and atherosclerotic plaques in a risk population for diabetes mellitus. Relevance of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor- 2-Pro12Ala-polymorphism”.
– 2001 – 2004 scientific manager/doctor in Centre for Clinical Studies, Science and Technology Transfer, Technical University Dresden. Principal investigator and/or coordinator of many international studies on diabetes such as RECORD, DREAM, STARR, NAVIGATOR, ADVANCE etc.
– 2002-2003 lecturer in metabolic diseases in the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University Dresden, Germany
– September 2002 foundation of the “Robert Koch” German Medical center in Sofia, Bulgaria
– November 2002 specialising duplex examination of the carotids in the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
– since 02.2004 president of the Association of early detection and treatment of socially relevant diseases (AROLSZ) in Bulgaria
– since 2005 chief of Metabolic unit, “Robert Koch” German Medical center in Sofia,
– since 2005 chief of Medicobiological unit, International Scientific Institute, National Sports Academy Sofia
– since 2009 consulting endocrinologist in 2nd Diagnostic Consultation Center Sofia, Principal investigator of the TECOS study
– specialist in internal medicine (Dresden 2002), diabetology (Munich 2002) and endocrinology (Dresden 2004)
– member of various associations in diabetes, endocrinology and atherosclerosis; honorary member of the Cuban Atherosclerosis Society and the Bulgarian Society of Obesity and Related Diseases
– 2005-2009 member of the council of the Central European Diabetes Association; elected president of the Central European Diabetes Congress in 2008 in Plovdiv;
– in 2009 elected Vice-president of the Central European Diabetes Association
– supervisor of 12 PhD students in Germany and Bulgaria
– more than 150 publications (Impact factor above 90 and more than 1400 citations) in scientific journals and books and more than 200 talks or poster presentations at international meetings on atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, intima-media thickness, lipid anomalies, postprandial state, prediabetes etc. in Germany, UK, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, China, Indonesia, Slovakia, Spain, Portugal, Egypt, Cuba, South Africa, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Holland, Sweden, USA, Latvia, Japan, etc.
– regular consultant on metabolic diseases in a TV program “Healthiness”, SKAT TV and in Health channel, Bulgaria; author and editor of the book “A long youth or early ageing”
– reviewer of the scientific journals: Atherosclerosis; Diabetologia; Diabetes Care; Cardiovascular Research; Exp Clin Endocrin & Diab; Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications, Clinica Chimica Acta etc. |
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