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 BEC 2025 • 7–9 MARCH 2025• Sofia, Bulgaria

Dear colleagues and friends, It is our great pleasure to invite you to be part of BEC 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The congress will facilitated by the World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment (WIST), The International Society Of Endovascular Specialists (ISEVS) and Bulgarian Society of Interventional Cardiology (Bulsic) with the aim to provide information and training guidance to interventionists from all fields specializing in acute stroke intervention.

DATE: 7–9 MARCH 2025
VENUE: Hilton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Our international conference will offer a three day program on acute stroke interventions, carotid stenting, endovascular interventions and much more. Our e-poster sessions will also give attendees and faculty the chance to share their most interesting cases and abstracts. The meeting is designed for interventionists from all fields specializing in acute stroke intervention, vascular surgeons, neurologists and stroke physicians, interventional cardiologist and radiologists, anesthetists and anyone involved in endovascular treatment of all vascular territories and postprocedural care.

We hope to see you all in Sofia!

Best regards,

| Prof. Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD | Prof. Vassil Chervenkov, MD, PhD | Prof. Vassil Velchev, MD, PhD | Course Directors, BEC 2025
 
| Dr. Zoran Stankov  | Dr. Nadelin Nikolov | Presidents of Bulgarian Society of Endovascular Therapy

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Тhe 9th event of the academy is happening thanks to the great cooperation between Bulgarian The Society for Endovascular Therapythe, WIST and ISEVS

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ATTENDEES

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2 DAYS CONFERENCE

international faculty list

Nurse and Technologist Session

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Interactive case¬based discussions
  • Chance to discuss your abstracts
  • Keynote lectures from experts
  • Presentation of the latest clinical trials
  • Simulator training opportunities
  • MedTech and ArPharm accreditation
  • Live/recorded cases
  • Showcase of the newest guidelines

Archive. 2023

BEC 2023 ENDOVASCULAR ACADEMY 30 Sept - 1 Oct 2023

Scientific program 30 September

Scientific program 1 October

Nurse and technologist session

Gallery

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY LIST.

Prof. Klaus Mathias, MD, PhD

Germany

Dortmund Teaching Hospital
Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology

Dr. Jacques Busquet, MD

France

President of the International Society of EndoVascular Specialists (ISEVS)

Prof. Dr. Hugo Londero, MD, PhD

Argentina

Head Hemodinamics and Transcatheter Interventions Services, Sanatorio Allende Cordoba

Prof. Iris Q Grunwald, MD, PhD

United Kingdom

Interventional Neuroradiologist, Director for Neuroscience at Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford and Associate Medical Director at Southend University Hospital, Essex

Prof. Rahul Velenini, MD, PhD FRCS 

UK

Consultant Vascular Surgeon Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Prof Victor S. Costache, MD, PhD

Romania

University "T. Maiorescu" Bucharest
Chief of cardiovascular surgery Sf Constantin Hospital

Prof. Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC

Bulgaria

Head of Cardiology and Angiology Department, Acibadem City Clinic Cardiovascular Center, co-president of the Bulgarian Society for Endovascular Therapy 

Prof. Vassil Chrevenkoff, MD, PhD

Bulgaria

Head of Vascular Surgery Department, Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital, co-president of the Bulgarian Society for Endovascular Therapy 

Prof. Vassil Velchev, MD, PhD 

Bulgaria

Invasive Cardiology Department, University Hospital "St. Anna", Sofia, Bulgaria

Theodosios Bisdas, MD

Greece

Head, Clinic of Advanced Endovascular Services, Athens Medical Center,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

rof. Menka Lazareska, MD, PhD

North Macedonia

Specialist in Neuroradiology Radiology,
Acibadem Sistina

Prof. Dr. Saruhan Cekirge 

Turkey

Hacettepe University Hospitals
Altindag, Ankara, Turkey

Prof. Ivan Vukasinovic, MD, PhD 

Serbia

Fellow of EBNI, Neurointerventionalist at Clinical Center of Serbia

Aleksandar Gjoreski, MD, PhD,

North Macedonia

Interventional radiologist at G.C.H."8th September"- Skopje, Associate Professor of Radiology at UKIM, President of Macedonian Association of Radiologists

Deniz Bulja MD MSc

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Clinical center University of Sarajevo

Prof. Palma M. Shaw, MD, PhD

 USA

vascular surgeon Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NY

Ana Maria Botero, MD

Columbia

 Vascular Surgeon at San Vicente Fundación 

Jeroen Boogaarts, MD

Netherlands

Specialist in the treatment of neurovascular diseases Radboud University Medical Centre (Radboudumc)

Prof. Alan Lumsden , MD

USA

Houston Methodist Cardiovascular Surgery Associates, Huston

Prof. Frank Criado

USA

Vascular Surgery,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Dr. Sanjay Pillai

United Kingdom

Interventional Radiologist NHS Tayside, Scotland, UK

Prof. Klaus Fassbender

Germany

Prof. Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, FAHA

USA

Neurosurgery University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY, USA

Prof. Carlos Alejandro Alvarez

Argentina

Master in Neuro Rehabilitation. Postgraduate Direction, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile

Dimitrij Kuhelj

Slovenia

Ljubljana University Medical Centre | UMC · Clinical Institute of Radiology

Siimone Peschillo, MD

Italia

Specialist in Neurosurgery, Member of the Vascular Section of EANS,
Director of the Fellowship Program in Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery

Wei-Te Wang, MD

Austria

Medical University of Vienna

Prof. Piotr Musialek, MD, PhD,

Poland

Jagiellonian University, Krakow

Anna Podlasek, MD 

United Kingom

University of Nottingham,  Notts· Division of Radiological and Imaging Sciences MD

Christoph Schlager, MD

Austria

Sashko Nikolov, MD

North Macedonia

specialist of internal medicine at Hospital Stip - interventional cardiology and echocardiography 

 Dimitrios Nikas, MD

USA

Neurosurgery, Children's Medical Group

Ourania Preventza, M.D., M.B.A., FACS

Professor of Surgery. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Baylor College of Medicine

Bulgarian Faculty List BEC 2023

  • Prof. Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC
  • Prof. Vassil Chrevenkoff, MD, PhD
  • Prof. Vassil Velchev, MD, PhD
  • Sashko Nikolov, MD
  • Nurfet Alioski, MD
  • Stanimir Sirakov, MD, PhD
  • Suar Ali, MD
  • Nadelin Nikolov, MD, PhD
  • Lachezar Dobrichkov, MD
  • Lyubinka Yanevska, MD
  • Nikolay Velinov, MD
  • Nikolay Valchev, MD
  • Petar Polomski, MD
  • Valeri Gelev, MD, PhD
  • Nikolay Stoyanov, MD
  • Ivan Martinov, MD
  • Mariana Konteva, MD, PhD
  • Marko Klisurski, MD, PhD
  • Rosen Kalpachki, MD, PhD
  • Ivan Staikov, MD, PhD
  • Iveta Tasheva, MD, PhD
  • Georgi Dobrev, MD
  • Dobrin Vassilev, MD, PhD
  • Dimitar Nikolov, MD, PhD
  • Chavdar Bachvarov, MD, PhD
  • A. Partenova, MD
  • Petar Polomski, MD
  • Sashko Zhezhovski, MD
  • Nikolay Mihnev, MD
  • Pavel Nikolov, MD
  • Sashko Jejovski, MD

We are grateful to our partners at past BEC 2023

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CONGRESS VENUE.

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Hotel Hiton host a meeting or event with the help of our dedicated event staff. We have several spaces, including a pillarless ballroom, a glass-roofed atrium, and an outdoor terrace with views of the Vitosha Mountain.

This hotel enjoys an excellent location in the center of Sofia.


Be part of the Evolution...

2025 witnessed a revolution in International Congress focus and format through stronger global society alliances, an expanded multidisciplinary program, and greater opportunity for interaction between attendees and audience. BSET organized for 9th edition of BEC Endovascular Academy!

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