Debate "Health care of the future"

Dr. Ivan Madjarov

Chairman of the Board of BMA

Dr. Ivan Madjarov was elected chairman of the professional organization of the 68th regular reporting and election fair of the BMA in June 2018.
Prior to heading the Bulgarian Medical Association, he was the manager of the Pulmed Hospital in Plovdiv and was the chairman of the board of the Bulgarian Hospital Association.
From 2013 to 2014 he was the director of RHIF Plovdiv.
From 2008 to 2013 he was the manager of Parvomay Hospital EOOD. From 1994 to 2008 he was an intern in the ENT department at the Plovdiv Hospital in Plovdiv.
Dr. Ivan Madjarov graduated from the Medical University - Plovdiv. He has a degree in "Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases" and a Master's degree in Health Management.

Velina Grigorova

Chairman of the management board of the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union

Deyan Denev

Director Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Bulgaria (ARPharM Bulgaria)

Deyan Denev is heading the Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Bulgaria since October 2003. He has a legal education from Sofia University and is an expert in pharmaceutical legislation and pharmaceutical policy. As Director of the association he is leading the advocacy activities of R&D pharmaceutical industry in Bulgaria on key issues regarding pharmaceutical policy, regulatory environment, intellectual property, pharmaceutical market development.
He was a member of the Supervisory Board of the National Health Insurance Fund on behalf of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria from January 2014 to January 2015.
Between 2008 and 2013 he was a representative of the pharmaceutical industry in the Transparency Commission, which is an appeal body for all piecing and reimbursement decisions in Bulgaria. He is a co-chair of the Central and Eastern European Task Force of EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations).
Mr. Denev is a member of the Managing Board of the Bulgarian Medicines Verification Organization. In 2019 and 2021 he chairs the organization.

Luka Chichov

General Manager, Central and Eastern Europe, IQVIA

Associate Professor Dr. Anton Tonev, MD

Member of Parliament from Continuing the Change, Chairman of the Health Care Committee in the National Assembly

Prof. Asen Baltov

Candidate for People's Representative from political party "Herb", member of the Health Care Commission of the 47th National Assembly

Prof. Georgi Mihailov

Candidate for member of Parliament from "BSP for Bulgaria" and Deputy Chairman of the Health Care Commission in the 45th, 46th and 47th National Assembly

Alexander Simidchiev, MD

Candidate for People's Representative from "Democratic Bulgaria", Deputy Chairman of the Health Care Committee in the 47th National Assembly

Dr. Alexander Simidchiev has three medical specialties, but he practices pulmonology most biasedly. He is the head of the Department of Non-Invasive Diagnostics at the Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior, he is also part of the team of the Pulmonology Department and the Respiratory Function Testing Laboratory at Lozenets University Hospital, a member of the Bulgarian Society of Pulmonary Diseases and the European Respiratory Society. He is a former pulmonologist in chief of GlaxoSmithKline, Canada. He has specialized at the Ruhrland Clinic in Essen, Germany and Hôpital de la Charité, Paris, France.