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| name          = Valentin Ignatov
| image         = Валентин Любомиров Игнатов; Valentin L. Ignatov.jpg
| alt           = Valentin Ignatov
| caption       = Bulgarian surgeon
| birth_date    = {{Birth year and age|1958}}
| birth_place   = [[Varna, Bulgaria]]
| nationality   = Bulgarian
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'''Valentin Lyubomirov Ignatov''' is a Bulgarian surgeon, professor, [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of the [[Medical University of Varna|Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" of Varna]] (2020–2023), and an executive director of St. Marina University Hospital, [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] (2016–2020).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://mu-varna.bg/EN/AboutUs/Pages/valentin-lyubomirov-ignatov-en.aspx|title=Prof. Valentin Ignatov, MD, Ph.D.|website=Medical University of Varna|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

== Biography ==
He was born on June 18, 1958, in Varna and graduated from First Language School in his hometown. He obtained his degree in medicine from the [[Medical University of Varna]] (1986).

He has acquired a specialty in surgery (1995), and has a master's degree in Health Management (2005). His PhD thesis (2005) was titled "Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tactics and ND: Laser Therapy in the Conditions of Acute Bleeding from Gastric Duodenal Ulcers”. In 2013 followed the habilitation work “Acute Bleeding from the Gastrointestinal Tract. Diagnostics and Treatment” (2013) and he acquired the academic degree of “Professor” at the Department of General and Operative Surgery (2013).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Almanac St. Marina University Hospital – Varna 1986–2016|publisher=Medical University – Varna|year=2016|isbn=978-619-221-019-9|location=Varna|pages=14–15, 28}}</ref>

He was head of the First Clinic of Surgery (2007-2016).<ref name=":1" />

Prof. Ignatov was an executive director of St. Marina University Hospital, Varna from 2016 until 2020, when he was elected rector.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mu-varna.bg/EN/Pages/regalii.aspx|title=At an Official Ceremony Prof. Dr. Valentin Ignatov Received the Rector's Regalia from Prof. Dr. Krasimir Ivanov|date=March 1, 2020|work=Medical University of Varna|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

Prof. V. Ignatov is the 13th rector of the Medical University of Varna.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mu-varna.bg/EN/AboutUs/Pages/management.aspx|title=University Management (2020)|website=Medical University of Varna|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

== Scientific Interests ==
He has specialized in the sphere of minimally invasive surgery – endoscopic and laparoscopic, and possesses specific surgical skills in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.

His scientific publications consist of 321 scientific articles, proceedings and notices published in the country and abroad. Forty-eight of them are single-author and 103 are full-text publications. Scientific activity: personal impact factor of 64, cited by 30 foreign and 9 Bulgarian authors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.bg/citations?user=EtD5kBcAAAAJ&hl=bg|title=Valentin Ignatov|website=Google Scholar|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref> He has co-authored a number of monographs and textbooks: „Surgery", „Emergency Surgery", „Pathologic Physiology". He has written a monograph titled „Acute Bleeding from the Gastrointestinal Tract. Diagnostics and Treatment" (2013).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ignatov|first=Valentin|title=Diagnostic and treatment tactics and Nd: YAG laser therapy in conditions of acute bleeding associated with gastric and duodenal ulcers [Dissertation Summary]|year=2005|location=Varna}}</ref>

A number of specialists in endoscopic surgery have been trained under his mentorship.

== Membership in Organizations and Awards ==
Since 2014, Prof. Ignatov has been the president of the Association of University Hospitals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aub.bg/about/%d1%83%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd-%d1%81%d1%8a%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%82/|title=Management Board (in Bulgarian)|website=AUB|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>

* He is a member of: Bulgarian Surgical Society (BGSS); Bulgarian Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists (BASGO); Professional Organization of Surgeons in Bulgaria; Union of Scientists – Varna branch; European Digestive Surgery; International Association of Surgeons Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO); International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS).<ref name=":0" />
* Awards: honorary diploma from the Bulgarian Surgical Society for “Contribution to the Work of BGSS and Active Surgical Work”; „For Support of Donorship in the Republic of Bulgaria in 2019“; „Doctors Whom Bulgarians Trust“ (2018).

== References ==
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