Curriculum vitae
Assoc. Prof. Iliya Karagyozov, MD, PhD · President of the BAOG board
Assoc. Prof. Iliya Karagyozov, MD, PhD graduated in medicine from the Medical University of Sofia in 1994.
From 1995 to 1998 he worked as a clinical resident at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Maichin Dom University Hospital, where he obtained his speciality in obstetrics and gynaecology.
From 1998 to 2006 he was a senior assistant professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maichin Dom University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia.
In 2009 he obtained a second speciality in general and abdominal surgery, trained at the First Surgical Clinic of Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, under Prof. Radoslav Gaydarski and Prof. Violeta Dimitrova.
From 2006 to 2018 he headed the Department of General and Operative Gynaecology, Pelvic Surgery and Obstetrics at Tokuda Hospital Sofia.
In 2016 he received the academic degree of Doctor (PhD) in general surgery.
Since 2018 he has been Head of the Department of Operative Gynaecology and Pelvic Surgery at VITA Hospital.
He holds recognised specialities in obstetrics and gynaecology and in general surgery.
Assoc. Prof. Karagyozov has completed numerous training courses in ultrasound and foetal monitoring, colposcopy and destructive treatment of precancerous conditions of the cervix, urogynaecology, oncogynaecology and standard gynaecological surgery. He has over 30 publications in Bulgarian and international journals — in Germany, Hungary, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom — and has lectured at many congresses, conferences and symposia in Bulgaria and abroad.
In 2007 he was the first in Bulgaria to introduce outpatient laser excision surgery for precancerous conditions of the female genital tract (laser conisation).
In 2017 he published the monograph “CO₂ laser colposcopic surgery in outpatient settings. A practical guide for obstetrician-gynaecologists and oncogynaecologists”.
His professional priorities are the early diagnosis of cancers of the female reproductive system, and radical oncogynaecological and extended pelvic surgery.
He speaks English and German.
Memberships
Assoc. Prof. Karagyozov is a board member of the Bulgarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BSOG) and of the Bulgarian Association of Oncogynaecology (BAOG), and a member of the Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA), the Bulgarian Association of Minimally Invasive Gynaecology (BAMIG), the Bulgarian Surgical Society (BSS) and ESGO (European Society of Gynaecological Oncology).