Daskalova Iskra

Surgeon, Surgeon - mammologist

Breast Clinic

Institute of Oncology

Adults only

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Master in Medicine – Medical University Pleven, Pleven (Bulgaria), 1996-2002.

Post-graduate Higher Specialist Training (residency) in Surgery - Dr. G.Stranski University Hospital, Medical University Pleven, Pleven (Bulgaria), 2003-2008.

Post-graduate training:

Training in oncoplastic breast surgery with Fellowship grant from the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) in the Breast Unit of Careggi University Hospital, Florence (Italy), 2015
Training in oncoplastic breast surgery with Annual Fellowship grant from the European School of Oncology (ESO) in the Breast Units of Careggi University Hospital, Florence; European Institute of Oncology, Milan and Fondazione S.Maugeri, Pavia (Italy), 2011
Training in oncoplastic breast surgery with Fellowship grant from the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) in the Breast Unit of Careggi University Hospital, Florence (Italy), 2010

2002

Beginning of the medical career

2014

Starts working at EMC

Experience

2012-2013 - breast fellow surgeon in the Dept. of Breast Surgery,St.Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin (Ireland).
2013-2014 - breast fellow surgeon in the Dept. of Breast Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin (Ireland).
2014 - currently: consultant breast surgeon in the European Medical Center, Moscow (RF).

Professional interests

Breast surgery, cancer treatment, oncoplastic surgery, minimally invasive oncosurgery, sentinel node biopsy, nipple-sparing mastectomy, cancer treatment during pregnancy, pregnancy after cancer treatment, clinical trials.

Main Courses (CME):

Chest Wall Perforator Flaps and Lymphedema Surgical Management Course (organized by European Society of Surgical Oncology), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (UAE), February 2024
Oxford Oncoplastic Surgery Course (OOPS), Oxford, UK, 2017
Specialty skills in breast surgery: principles in Breast Reconstruction, level 1 – Royal College of Surgeons, London (UK), March 2015.
Advanced Course on Oncoplastic Surgery – European Society of Surgical Oncology, Budapest (Hungary), June 2014.
Balkan Masterclass in Clinical Oncology - European School of Oncology, Dubrovnik (Croatia), May 2011 (Faculty Member).
Breast Cancer in Young Women (advanced course) - European School of Oncology (ESO), Sept 2010, Bern (Switzerland) (granted by ESO).
Course on Cancer Registration - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon (France), June 2009 (granted by IARC).
Workshop on Breast Reconstruction – Euro-Arab School of Oncology (EASO) Cairo (Egypt), March 2009 (granted by EASO).
Esthetic Mammaplasty (topic course) – Aleksandrovska Hospital, Sofia (Bulgaria), Jan 2008.
Improving Skills in Breast Cancer (advanced course) – European School of Oncology (ESO), Ljubljana (Slovenia), May 2008 (granted by ESO).
Cancer and Pregnancy (advanced course) – European School of Oncology (ESO), – Orta San Giulio (Italy), Nov 2006 (granted by ESO).
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (qualification course) - Medical University, Pleven (Bulgaria), Apr 2005.

Scientific works

Involved in the following research projects: «Prognostic factors for local recurrence and distant metastasis in breast cancer patients», «Neoadjuvant chemotherapy response and changes in the tumor biomarkers in breast cancer patients», «Clinico-morphologic characteristics of triple negative breast cancer».
Presentations in various international scientific conferences on breast cancer treatment, including European Breast Cancer Conference 6 (2008), 7 (2010) and 9 (2014), San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (2013), Association of Breast Surgery Conference (2014).
More than 30 publications in English, Bulgarian and Italian for breast surgery, oncoplastic surgery, prognostic factors for cancer recurrence, sentinel node biopsy, nipple-sparing mastectomy.
Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Surgery and Medicine (IJSM).

Member of e-ESO Team (involved in organization of on-line learning activities of the European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy).