Dr. Albena Atanasova has graduated from Medical University of Sofia in 2012 and has received the award “Student of the year -2012” in the field of Medicine and healthcare. In 2013 she has started her residency in anesthesiology and intensive care in UMBALSM “N. I. Pirogov”. Dr. Atanasova is annually participating in various national and international medical congresses. By winning an European grant she had undertaken a specialized course in regional anesthesia in Switzerland.
Her professional interests are in the field of regional anesthesia under echography control, treatment of pain and emergency ultrasound. She is a member of the Bulgarian Society of Anesthesiology and Intesive Care as well as in the European society of regional anesthesia (ESRA) and in the European Society of Anesthesia (ESA).
In 2015 Dr. Atanasova participated as an investigator in the project of National Geographic’2015 – Explore Bulgaria. In 2019 she was the physician of the Bulgarian scientific team in their expedition to Antarctica.
