Consultant Surgeon, Specialized University Hospital for Maxillofacial Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Honorary Clinical Fellow, Royal Derby Hospital, UK

Dr Nikolay Yanev (DMD, MD, PhD) is a Consultant Surgeon at the Specialized University Hospital for Maxillofacial Surgery in Sofia, Bulgaria and an Honorary Clinical Fellow at the Royal Derby Hospital, UK.After completing his dual degree at the Medical University Sofia and a Specialty Maxillofacial Program in his home country in 2011, he has accomplished Head and Neck Fellowships at the University College London Hospital (UCLH) and Royal Derby Hospital UK and an Orthognathic Fellowship at Royal Derby as well.Dr Yanev has a distinct professional interest in the free flap reconstructive field, not only as a career plan, but mainly as a personal mission to assist in bringing the contemporary facial surgical practice back to life in such Eastern European regions, where it hasn’t had much chance to ever grow and develop.