Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Barzashka-Hristova, MD, PhD

Pediatrics, Toxicology

Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Hristova-Barzashka is a pediatrician and clinical toxicologist with over 46 years of professional experience. She is a distinguished expert with long-standing teaching and clinical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of children with toxic exposures, functional disorders, and allergic conditions.

Education

  • Graduated from the Medical Academy, Sofia in 1979
  • Specialties: Pediatrics (1984) and Clinical Toxicology (2002)
  • Master’s degree in Health Management (2012)

Qualifications

  • Earned a PhD (2008) and was appointed Associate Professor of Toxicology (2011)
  • Certified in ultrasound diagnostics: abdominal and transfontanelle echography
  • Completed the European School of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)

Biography

Assoc. Prof. Hristova-Barzashka has worked at the Pediatric Clinic of the Higher Medical Institute (now Medical University) in Pleven and as a community pediatrician at DCC 3, Pleven. Since 1985 she has been an Assistant Lecturer, and since 1990 a Senior Assistant at the Medical University of Pleven.

She has served as:

 

  • Head of the Clinic of Toxicology at University Hospital “Dr Georgi Stranski,” Pleven
  • Director of the Medical College, Pleven
  • Head of the Municipal Preventive and Information Center on Addictions
  • National Consultant in Toxicology (since 2005)
  • Chair of the Bulgarian Society of Clinical Toxicology

 

She is the author of over 150 scientific publications and has presented at numerous national and international conferences.

Active member of

 

  • Bulgarian Medical Association
  • Bulgarian Pediatric Association
  • Bulgarian Society of Clinical Toxicology
  • Genetics Society
  • Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
  • Bulgarian Association of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics

 

Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Hristova-Barzashka is part of the team at Hera Medical Center, where she consults children and parents in the fields of pediatrics and clinical toxicology with care, professionalism, and humanity.