EDUCATION AND TRAINING
07/13-06/14 Fellowship Interventional Cardiology
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ, USA
07/10-06/13 Fellowship Cardiovascular Diseases
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ, USA
06/07-06/10 Residency Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University/Sinai Hospital
Baltimore, MD, USA
03/05-05/07 Residency Internal Medicine
Military Medical Academy
Sofia, Bulgaria
09/95-10/01 Medical School Doctor of Medicine
Medical University Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
07/2013 Board Eligible, General Cardiology
06/2013 Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation
03/2013 Therapeutic Hypothermia (exp: 03/2015)
02/2013 Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
12/2012 National Board of Echocardiography
08/2010 American Board of Internal medicine
05/2010 Medical License, State of New Jersey (exp: 6/2015)
06/2007 ACLS provider (exp: 2015)
10/2006 ECFMG certification
08/2006 USMLE Step 2 Score: 99
04/2006 USMLE Step 1 Score: 99
CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES
Performed and expected on the basis of previous fellows average numbers
• PCIs including IVUS/FFR/OCT procedures: 550
• Peripheral interventions: 170-180
• Carotid interventions: 20-30
• Structural heart disease (ASD/PFO closure, alcohol septal ablation, pulmonic valve placement): 40
• Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement: 70
• Impella insertions: 20-30
• Swan Ganz procedures, bedside & in Cath lab: 200
• IABP insertion, bedside & in the Cath lab: 30
• Transvenous pacemaker placement: 30-50
• Transesophageal Echoes: 100
• 2D Echos: 250-300
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
01/05-05/07 Emergency Physician (part time)
Urgent Care Center 25 DKC (90 000 population)
Sofia, Bulgaria
05/02-12/03 Primary Care Physician (full time)
Family Practice “SPARK”, Sofia, Bulgaria
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
01/04-12/04 Medical Representative (full time)
Woerwag Pharma, Sofia, Bulgaria
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
07/10-present Quality Assurance Cath Lab Committee
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ
07/07-06/10 Member of Residency Program Committee
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
01/06-06/06 Physician
Government Hospital Lozenets, Cardiology Department
Sofia, Bulgaria
AWARDS AND HONORS
2001 Ranked top 5% of Class 2001
1995-2001 Scholarship for Academic Achievement
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2013 Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
2011 Medical Society of New Jersey
2011 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
2011 American Heart Association
2010 American College of Cardiology
2007 American Medical Association
RESEARCH
Grants
• Medtronic Cardiac & Vascular Group Grant for Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
$ 20,000; May 2013
• Medtronic Cardiac & Vascular Group Grant for Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
$ 20,000; May 2012
• Abbot Fund Program for Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
$33,868; May 2011
Articles and Poster presentations
• Tayal R, Kotev S, Cohen M, Wasty N. Predictors of Aortic Arch Type: Im...
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