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BEC 2023 ENDOVASCULAR ACADEMY 

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It is my great pleasure to invite you to be a part of the BEC Endovascular Academy, that would be held in Sofia, Bulgaria in September, 2023. With the help and support of WIST and ISEVS, is becoming the most important local endovascular meeting for the whole region and is part of the program of the Regional Chapter of ISEVS. Congress Directors will be one of the most esteemed endovascular specialists in the world.

30 September - 1 October 2023 • Sofia, Bulgaria

This congress is designed for broad range of specialties dealing with vascular and neurovascular pathology - interventional cardiologists, angiologists, interventional radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, vascular medicine specialists, cardiac and vascular surgeons, nurses practitioners, cath lab technicians, and other health care professionals with a special interest in the field of interventional and vascular medicine, all potentially interested in modern and up to date products, medical devices and equipment.

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ATTENDEES

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2 DAYS CONFERENCE

international faculty list

Hilton CONGRESS
VENUE

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

ORGANIZED BY.

Тhe 8th event of the academy is happening thanks to the great cooperation between Bulgarian The Society for Endovascular Therapythe, WIST and ISEVS

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY LIST.

Prof. Klaus Mathias

Germany

Dortmund Teaching Hospital
Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology

Dr. Donald B. Reid, MD, FRCS

United Kingdom

Past President ISEVS (UK),
Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon in the NHS, Scotland

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

Dr. Jacques Busquet, MD

France

President of the International Society of EndoVascular Specialists (ISEVS)

Dr. Ljubisa Borota

Sweden

Uppsala University Hospital

Hans Henkes, MD, Phd 

Germany

Medical Director of the Neuroradiological Clinic, Klinikum Stuttgart. In 2017, Dr. Henkes received the CIRSE Award for Excellence and Innovation in Interventional Radiology

Prof. Rahul Velenini PhD FRCS 

UK

Consultant Vascular Surgeon Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Sevket Gorgulu, MD, PhD

Turkey

Professor in Cardiology, Member of EuroCTO Club Acibadem University,Istanbul. Acıbadem Üniversitesi

Prof Victor S. Costache, MD, PhD

Romania

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

Dr Igor Koncar, MD

Serbia

Vascular Surgeon at Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Serbian Clinical Center

Ralf Langhoff, MD

Germany

Angiologist, Vascular Disease,
Sankt Gertauden-Krankenhaus, Berlin

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)

Mariano Palena, MD

Italy

Director endovascular surgery presso GVM Care & Research - Maria Cecilia Hospital, 
Abano Terme, Veneto, Italy; Università di Bologna

Prof. Dr. Saruhan Cekirge 

Turkey

Hacettepe University Hospitals
Altindag, Ankara, Turkey

Prof. Ivan Vukasinovic, MD 

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

 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

Dr. Ivan Jovanovich

 Croatia

Prof. Menka Lazareska 

North Macedonia

Specialist in Neuroradiology Radiology,
Acibadem Sistina

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. Carlos Alejandro Alvarez

Argentina

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

Prof. Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, FAHA

USA

Neurosurgery University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY, USA

Prof. Piotr Musialek

Poland

Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland)

Dimitrij Kuhelj

Slovenia

Ljubljana University Medical Centre | UMC · Clinical Institute of Radiology

Siimone Peschillo

Italia

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

White Wang

China

president of Allergan China

Bulgarian Faculty List BEC 2023

  • Prof. Ivo Petrov, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC
  • Prof. Vassil Chrevenkoff, MD, PhD
  • Prof. Vassil Velchev, MD, PhD
  • Dimitar Nikolov, MD
  • Nurfet Alioski, MD
  • Stanimir Sirakov, MD, PhD
  • Raycho Dobricov, MD
  • Nadelin Nikolov, MD, PhD
  • Hristo Angelov, MD
  • Dimitar Nikolakov, MD
  • Nikolay Velinov, MD
  • Orlin Zlatarev, MD
  • Svetozar Matanov, MD
  • Aleksandar Sirakov, MD
  • Krasimir Minkin, MD
  • Elena Koleva, MD
  • Kalina Chupetlovska, MD
  • Zoran Stankov, MD
  • Rosen Kalpachki, MD, PhD
  • Nikolay Valchev, MD
  • Lachezar Dobrichkov, MD
  • Pavel Atanasov, MD
  • Marko Klisurski, MD, PhD
  • Valeri Gelev, MD
  • Milena Staneva, MD
  • Dobrin Vassilev, MD, PhD
  • Lozev, MD
  • Zlatanov, MD
  • Nedevska, MD
  • Stoyanov, MD
  • Alexander Alexandrov, MD
  • Stefan Stefanoiv, MD, PhD
  • Nikolay Stoyanov, MD 
  • Ivan Martinov, MD 
  • Iveta Tasheva, MD, PhD
  • Mariana Konteva, MD, PhD
  • Arman Postadjian, MD, PhD
  • Arman Postadjian, MD, PhD
  • Svetlin Tsonev, MD, PhD
  • Damyan Boychev, MD
  • Teodor Kovachev

BSET’S PRIVACY POLICY

I. INTRODUCTION

The Bulgarian Society for Endovascular Therapy supports the efforts of invasive cardiologists, vascular surgeons, imaging specialists, neurosurgeons, angiologists and neurologists to join a multidisciplinary professional organization to create a single standard for the peripheral vascular disease treatment. Through training, standards-setting, and protocols for working together, professionals will work to promote cutting-edge medical practices and achievements worldwide. Another major task for the Bulgarian Society of Endovascular Therapy is to prepare physicians in Bulgaria for the application of modern invasive techniques through a series of training events such as qualification courses, to which they will be certified as specialists in endovascular medicine.
Bulgarian Society for Endovascular Therapy (hereinafter also referred to as “BSET”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is orgnizator and owner of website becmeeting.com and its event The BEC&ISEVS Endovascular Academy 2019 and joint data controller with the organising society. As part of its congress services, BSET operates the congress website on behalf of the organizing society.
Our mission is based on the cause of achieving and maintaining transparency about the information we collect about you, how this information is used and shares and your rights regarding your personal data.
Thank you for your interest in BECmetings.com’s and BEC & ISEVS Endovascular Academy 2019 activities database.
BSET takes measures to secure your data within its area of responsibility against unauthorised access and use of third parties. Therefore, we save your data in a safe and restricted operating environment.

II. INFORMATION, COLLETED BY BSET:

When you use our services, we collect information to make it better for you and therefore we collect the following:

1. Activities you perform in BSET:
• Activities and positions that are of your interest;
• Emails and notifications you receive from us;
• Video clips you watch;
• Ads you watch
• Your phone
• Your location;
• Device information;
• Data about the cookies used by BSET

2. Elements you create in BSET:
• Personal messages you send and receive using the services;
• Profile information you add;
• Alerts you send;
• Information you send;
• Contacts you add;

3. Elements that identify you
To send a message or alert to BSET, you must enter a minimum of personal information that includes: your first and last name, phone number, email, and city where you live or your message is addressed.

The provision of other personal information in your account is entirely at your discretion.
The contents of the BSET site are accessible to any Internet user and access is not dependent on any consent to the processing of personal data. If you decide not to provide the minimum data required to send a message or alert, you will not be able to send a message or alert, but you will be able to access the website.
BSET keeps your personal data for the period until you decide to withdraw your consent in part or in full. If you choose to delete some of your information, it may take up to 1 month to delete all of your information from our systems. For legal reasons, we need to keep track of your consent to our Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, and your consent to use your data for information purposes for a longer period.

III. HOW BSET USES YOUR INFORMATION:

1. We provide the best services by constantly improving and developing BSET:
We use your data to provide, personalize, and maintain our activities for you or the organization on behalf of which you use our services.

2. Information activities:
BSET may use the personal information you have shared with us to offer you targeted content that may include profiled information. We will ask for your consent for the following possible activities:
(1) Receive a periodic newsletter with useful information at an email you specify. The newsletter would contain articles, news, discussion, training, and other topics, according to your interests. The bulletin may contain profiled content. You can unsubscribe at any time through your account settings.
(2) Receive notifications of personal messages from BSET to the email you specify. These notifications contain profiled content, but you can block senders if you do not want to receive them. You can unsubscribe email notifications at any time by sending a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(3) Receive invitations to events, questionnaires and other activities carefully designed for you on the email you provide. These invitations may contain profiled content. You can unsubscribe from email invitations at any time by sending a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

IV. BSET PROTECTS YOUR INFORMATION:

1. Your safety comes first in everything we do:
We work hard to protect our users' interest in unauthorized access or unauthorized modification, disclosure or destruction of information we store, and to introduce safeguards to protect user information through:
- we use the highest quality standards in the industry;
- we use physical protection measures to prevent unauthorized access to our systems;
- We restrict access to personal information to employees, contractors, and others who need to know this information to process it. They are subject to strict contractual obligations of confidentiality, data processing procedures and internal rules and may be disciplined if they fail to comply with all of these obligations;
- We regularly monitor our systems of probable vulnerabilities and attacks;

2. How we prevent damage and respond to legal inquiries:
We introduce various security measures for the security of the user's personal data. In the event of an established risk or unauthorized access to data or a signal from a user (for security risk / unauthorized access), we will take all possible measures to limit the risk and conduct an investigation, to correct security weaknesses / breakthroughs and to inform state institutions of protection of personal data in accordance with the law.
We do not provide "cloaked" data access to our users or servers that store their data to government institutions, but we can give them access, keep and share your information in response to a legal request (such as a court order or others) if the law obliges us to do so.

V. CONTROL YOUR INFORMATION:

Your right to control your personal information is very important to us. We therefore give you the opportunity to request the deletion of the information you provide and by your willingness to modify or delete any information you provide to us by sending us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please, refrain from sharing sensitive personal information about yourself in the information you share.

VI. COMMUNICATION AND SENDING OF PROFILE CONTENT:

1. Sending profiled content based on user preferences:
This is a major part of our business. We only use data to inform you, but we do not provide your personal data to third parties.
We offer our users targeted content based on their interests. These recommendations may include invitations, items, articles, events, discussions, trainings, links to other users, or pages to follow. We do not use automated profiling for any other purpose.

2. Communication:
We use data and content to communicate, popularizing our activities through communication with specialized journalists and through the following possible methods: periodic newsletter; internal messaging system; desktop computer notifications notifications on a mobile device; banners, invitations to events, discussions, trainings, questionnaires; content recommendation.
We give you the opportunity to opt out of these messages at any time.

VII. YOUR RIGHTS:

BSET respects your privacy rights and does its best to protect you. In this regard, please note that:
1. You may request that your personal data be used for any purpose other than that for which you have expressly agreed and only in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any applicable laws.
2. You may request a correction of your personal data.3. Може да поискате копие на всички лични данни, съхранявани в BSET.
3. You may limit in any way or completely withdraw your consent.
4. You may request the deletion of any individual or all collected personal information about you (the right to be forgotten).
5. You may want to access the information you use, correct it, use human intervention, express your opinion, object and challenge a decision about you when the decision is based solely on automated processing that produces legal consequences affecting You or other consequences that affect you equally.
6. You may want to not be a communicator.
7. You may want to know the place where your personal data is stored.
8. You may request that your personal data not be sent or shared with third countries outside the European Union unless there are adequate safeguards to protect your personal data.
9. You may request that your personal information be transferred to a third party in a standard format.
10. You may request information and assistance from us regarding the use of your personal data and your rights.
11. You may file a complaint about your rights to state institutions for the protection of personal data.

8. CHANGES

We may periodically update / update these Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Cookies Policy. In the event that we make any changes, we will notify you through our services and / or other means to enable you to review the changes before they enter into force. If you continue to use our services after the notice period has expired and the changes have taken effect, this will mean that you have agreed to the amended / updated General Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.
If you disagree with these changes, you should stop using the website and terminate your user in accordance with paragraph 9 Termination.

VIII. YOUR CONSENT:

Please read our Privacy Policy carefully and give your consent to using, storing and processing your personal information in order to find a solution to the problem you have been addressing. You may restrict or completely withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that this does not affect the legality of all actions performed by BSET before withdrawal of consent. If you withdraw your consent, BSET will not delete the information, but will only stop using your data for the information activities described in Section III, Item 2.

IX. CHANGES AND INFORMATION:

We may periodically change / update this Privacy Policy, the General Terms and Conditions, and the Cookies Policy. If we make any changes, we will notify you through our website tools and / or other means to allow you to review the changes before they come into effect. If you object to any of the changes, you may discontinue using the website as a user. If you continue to use our page after the notice period has expired and the changes have taken effect, this will mean that you have agreed to the amended / updated Privacy Policy, General Terms and Conditions and Cookies Policy.
If you disagree with these changes, you should stop using the website in accordance with paragraph 9 of the General Terms and Conditions.
If necessary, we will again request your consent to process your personal information.

X. CONTACT US:

If you need assistance with your rights, this Privacy Policy or would like to inform us about identified risk / unauthorized access or potential risk / unauthorized access to data protection, please contact us:
Bulgarian Society for Endovascular Therapy with headquarter and registered office in Bulgaria, 1407 Sofia, Lozenets Municipality, 51B N. Vaptsarov Blvd. And and email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
BSET is a company incorporated by Decision No. 1 of the Sofia City Court from 15.07.2010, BULSTAT 175971143, and is an administrator of personal data within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and within the meaning of Bulgarian law.
When a user connects to BSET for better quality feedback, he may be asked for additional information to help him / her.

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