Rada Markova

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rada Markova graduated in medicine from the Medical University - Varna as the \"Golden Hippocrates\" of the graduating class. From the very beginning of her career, Dr. Rada Markova worked as a pediatrician in University Children\'s Clinics - initially in \"St. Marina\" UMHAT - Varna, and later - in the University Children\'s Hospital - Sofia, where she passed her rotating program in pediatrics, as a resident, assistant and senior assistant professor. She has experience in the Neonatology clinic- University Children’s Hospital – Sofia and Intensive Care Unit of the same hospital. Over 17 years she worked as a pediatrician in the Pediatrics Clinic of UMHAT \"Alexandrovska\"- Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2004, Dr. Rada Markova obtained a specialty in pediatrics, in 2011 - in pediatric pulmonology. She has a master\'s degree in business administration and health management from UNWE- Sofia. In 2016 she completed her thesis on the topic: \"Exhaled nitric oxide in children with bronchial asthma\" and received the scientific title \"doctor\". In 2018 Dr. Markova became an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Pleven Medical University- Bulgaria. Her scientific interests are in the field of general pediatrics and pediatric pulmonology - diagnosis and treatment of general pediatric conditions and problems, vaccine prophylaxis, children with infantile hemangiomas, effects and importance of air pollution for children\'s health, acute and chronic diseases of the respiratory system - bronchial asthma, cystic fibrosis, non-invasive methods of assessment of allergic airway inflammation, etc. She has specializations in the USA and Austria. In September 2012, she became the manager and conceptual founder of the biggest outpatient clinic in Sofia – “First Pediatric Consultative Clinic\" - Sofia, part of Polyclinic Bulgaria. She devoted the following years of her life and work to ambulatory pediatrics, prevention in childhood and follow-up of children with chronic diseases. She has three children.