👨⚕️ General information about the specialist
Prof. Lyuben Stokov, MD is a proven specialist in orthopedics and traumatology with over 50 years of medical experience. In addition to his extensive practice in the city of Sofia, the specialist performs private examinations every Saturday and Sunday in the neighboring Bansko, the village of Banya, which is located only 3 kilometers away.
📅 Opening hours for the region: Consultations in the village of Banya are held exclusively on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). Prior appointment is required at the indicated telephone numbers for booking.
📍 Contacts and location
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| 🏢 Address for viewings | Banya village (Razlog municipality), 48 Neofit Rilski Street |
| 📞 Phone for booking | +359 898 418 940 |
| [email protected] | |
| 🌐 Social networks | Prof. Dr. Lyuben Stokov – Orthopedics and Traumatology in facebook |
🩺 Medical expertise and treated conditions
Professor Stoeck diagnoses and treats a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders, with his practice focused on both children and adult patients.
👶 Pediatric Orthopedics (Children):
- Spinal diseases
- Chest deformity
- Diseases and deformities of the feet
🧑🤝🧑 Adult Orthopedics:
- Diseases of the hip and knee joints
- Discopathy and spinal diseases
- Tumors of the musculoskeletal system
- Foot deformity
🎓 Education, qualifications and specializations
Prof. Stokov graduated from the Medical University of Sofia, where he majored in Orthopedics and Traumatology. He defended his dissertation as a full-time postgraduate student in spinal surgery at the prestigious Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (CITO) in Moscow.
Additional training and qualifications have been conducted in a number of international clinics:
- Bruder Haus Koblenz
- Berlin
- University Hospital Brno
- Scoliosis Center Bad Wildungen
- KNIO Kyiv and NIO Novosibirsk
- CITO Moscow
🏆 Scientific achievements and innovations: He is the recipient of an award from INRA (a diploma and a medal) for active inventive activity. He has registered three copyright certificates for the development of original techniques for mobilization and stabilization in the surgical treatment of impression deformities, as well as six rationalizations. He is the author and co-author of a total of 165 scientific papers and reports in Bulgaria and abroad.
🏥 Professional biography and memberships
In his long career, Prof. Stokov has worked in established clinics and departments, including SBALO "Prof. Boycho Boychev" (Gorna Banya), UMHAL "Sofiyamed" and UMHAL "Tsaritsa Yoanna - ISUL". He currently practices actively at UMHAL "St. Anna" and provides consultations at MC Ramus - Mladost.
Memberships in prestigious professional organizations:
- European spine deformities society – Geneva
- European spine society scoliosis research society – USA
- International group of Cotrel-Dubousset – France
- Bulgarian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association (BOTA)
- Bulgarian Spine Society
- Bulgarian Pediatric Orthopedic Association
🌍 Foreign languages
| Serving foreign patients |
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| The professor is excellent at and serves patients with: English, German, Russian, French, Italian and Greek. |
