Svetoslav Hristov

Graduate education:

Master degree in Veterinary Medicine, 2005, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Specialty training:

Two years of postgraduated research and small animal surgery specialisation program, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Current professional positions:

Since 2007, small animal surgeon in United Veterinary Clinic, Varna, Bulgaria, strongly oriented in diagnostic and treatment of orthopaedic and neurosurgical cases

Other relevant activities and memberships:

Participated in multiple postgraduate courses in Europe and USA AOVET regional faculty member since 2017

AOVET chair since 2023

Founder and former chair of Bulgarian Association of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Board member of Bulgarian association of small animal veterinarians Founder of Svet-Vet Academy

Professional teaching activities and awards:

Awarded as a speaker in the following conferences:

XII International Veterinary Medicine Students Scientific Research Congress, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey

1st International Conference of Romanian Orthopedic Veterinary Society, 2014, Sibiu, Romania

I-st International Conference of Veterinary Surgeons, 2016, Erzurum, Turkey 15th International Continuing Education Congress, Istanbul Turkey, 2021 International conference of Veterinary Surgeons, 2022, Samsun, Turkey

Teaching activities on behalf of AOVET

AOVET Principles of small animal fracture management, 2017, Budapest, Hungary

AOVET Advanced techniques in small animal fracture treatment, 2018, Budapest, Hungary, regional faculty

AOVET Principles of small animal fracture management, 2018, Warsaw, Poland, regional faculty

AOVET Principles of small animal fracture management, 2019, Budapest, Hungary, regional faculty

AOVET Advanced techniques in small animal fracture treatment, 2019, Warsaw, Poland, regional faculty

AOVET Advanced stabilisation techniques for Small Animal Spinal Disorders, September, 2022, Germany, regional faculty

AOVET Principles of Principles of small animal fracture management, 2023, Warsaw, Poland, regional faculty

AOVET Principles of Principles of small animal fracture management, 2023, Budapest, Hungary, co-chair

Others:

Supervisor under Erasmus Plus program for the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2021. Reviewer for the Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society since 2021

Publications and journal articles:

• External skeletal fixation in small animal practice – indications, advantages, nomenclature and acrylic fixator, Veterinarna sbirka, vol 10, 2007.
• External skeletal fixation in small animal practice – biomechanics, fixator application, postoperative management, destabilisation, dynamization and complications, Veterinarna sbirka, vol 11, 2007.
• Treatment of tibial nonunion with ulnar autograft in a dog – 17th FECAVA congress, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.
• The current concept of externals skeletal fixation in small animals – SRVO official journal, vol 2, 2015.
• Correcting angular limb deformities of radius-ulna and tibia in nine dogs using computer-assisted spider frame system, Kafkas, Univ Vet Fak Derg, 29(6) : 673-682, 2023

Special interests:

Treatment of complex fractures, joint surgery, corrective osteotomies and spinal surgery