Clinical Expertise
Every consultation is led by Dr. Svetoslav Penchev — a veterinary neurologist whose training, certifications, and continued specialization are focused on the nervous system.
Meet your specialist
Dr. Svetoslav Penchev
Veterinary Neurologist & Neurosurgeon
Every case is reviewed personally by Dr. Svetoslav Penchev — a veterinarian with long-standing experience in neurology, neurosurgery, and diagnostic imaging. The analysis is carried out in full correlation between the clinical picture and the diagnostic imaging studies, so you receive a clearly reasoned, practically applicable opinion.
- Based in
- Varna, Bulgaria
- Qualified
- DVM, Trakia University · 2015
- Postgraduate qualification
- Advanced diagnostic imaging, brain and spinal surgery, emergency medicine, soft-tissue surgery, and orthopedics
Clinical focus
Neurology
Diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of neurological diseases affecting the central and peripheral nervous system.
Neurosurgery
Surgical planning and intervention for spinal and craniocerebral disease.
Diagnostic imaging
Interpretation of MRI, CT, and radiographs with full clinical correlation and a written report.
Soft-tissue surgery
Diagnosis and surgical treatment of a broad spectrum of soft-tissue surgical conditions.
Emergency medicine
Experience in the diagnosis, stabilization, and treatment of emergency and critical patients.
Education & professional path
Foundational training through to leading a multi-specialty referral clinic.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
2015Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Clinical internship — small & exotic animals
2015University Clinic, Košice, Slovakia
Clinical internship — small animals
2016University Clinic, Leipzig, Germany
Referral clinician
2016–2022Unified Veterinary Clinic, Bulgaria
Co-founder, manager & chief veterinarian
2022–presentMultiprofile Veterinary Clinic – Varna, Bulgaria
Certifications & advanced courses
Postgraduate training across European centres, with an emphasis on neurology, imaging, and surgery.
Royal Canin Dermatology
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Intensive Vet Ultrasonography course (small animals)
Varna, Bulgaria
Workshop on Liver biopsy
Varna, Bulgaria
Workshop on Critically ill patients and differential diagnoses
Varna, Bulgaria
ESAVS Course "Small Animal Computed Tomography"
Novara, Italy
Neurological Seminar Dr. Orit Chait DECVN
Sofia, Bulgaria
Neurology & Radiology course (Simon Platt and Dereck Cissel)
Warsaw, Poland
OKEAN Course Neurology I — Neurological examination and neurolocalisation
Belgrade, Serbia
OKEAN Course Neurology II — Neurology disease and spinal diagnostic
Belgrade, Serbia
Workshop Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurological Patient — Spinal and Cerebral Pathology Diagnostic
Sofia, Bulgaria
OKEAN Course Abdominal surgery I
Belgrade, Serbia
OKEAN Course Emergency and Surgery of trauma patient
Belgrade, Serbia
OKEAN Course Abdominal surgery II
Belgrade, Serbia
Small animal spinal surgery course
Varna, Bulgaria
Thoracic X-Ray Masterclass with Sergio Guilherme LMV MRCVS
Varna, Bulgaria
Haematology workshop with Dr. Labrini V. Athanasiou
Практическо обучение „Въведение в ортопедията“
BAVOT
Практическо обучение „Остеосинтези с външна костна фиксация“
Практическо обучение „Остеосинтези с плаки“
BAVOT
Практическо обучение „Сложни фрактури и усложнения“
BAVOT
Spinal Surgery with C-LOX Stuttgart — Prof. Björn Meij (DVM, PhD, ECVS)
Neurosurgery Course
Milan, Italy
AO VET Course — Principles of Small Animal Fracture Management
Sofia, Bulgaria
ESAVS: Neurosurgery Brain Masterclass
Warsaw, Poland
Congresses & conferences
Ongoing engagement with the European veterinary neurology community.
- XVII BASAV Congress — Varna, Bulgaria (2017)
- XVIII BASAVA Congress — Varna, Bulgaria (2018)
- EERVC Congress — Zagreb, Croatia (2018)
- Second Veterinary Medicine Emergency and Critical Care Congress — Kemer, Antalya, Turkey (2018)
- International Congress of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Behavioural Medicine (3rd edition) — Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2019)
- XIX BASAV Congress — Varna, Bulgaria (2019)
- International Congress of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Behavioural Medicine (4th edition) — online (2020)
- 6th Eastern European Regional Veterinary Conference — Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
- VETS — Veterinary Excellence Through Science Congress — Bucharest, Romania (2024)
Bring your case to a specialist
Submit your case for a structured neurological review and a written report from a specialist veterinary neurologist.