Assoc. Prof. Yordan Popov graduated from the Medical University in Varna. He specialized in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Medical University of Sofia and was awarded the scientific title of Associate Professor by the Higher Attestation Commission in Sofia. Assoc. Prof. Popov has repeatedly been Head of the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Medical University Pleven and Head of the obstetrics and gynaecology clinic at the “Dr. Georgi Stranski” university hospital.

He acquired additional professional qualification in “Health Management” and a Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Svishtov. He has extensive experience in modern methods of diagnosis in obstetrics and gynecology, childbirth in old age, operative obstetrics, problems in climacteric medicine, conservative and operative gynecology, laparoscopic methods of treatment of gynecological diseases, urogynecology and infertility in women.

Assoc. Prof. Popov has professional qualification and eligibility for all postgraduate courses. He is a long-time lecturer of students and postgraduates of “Obstetrics and Gynaecology” and of general practitioners. For many years he has participated in state examination committees for acquiring the specialty in “Obstetrics and Gynecology”.

He has extensive scientific activity: author and editor of a number of textbooks and monographs in the field of obstetrics and gynecology with a focus on ultrasound diagnosis of uterine and adnexal tumors, ectopic pregnancy, operative obstetrics and gynecology, endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain – psychosomatics, psychoprophylaxis in gynecological practice. Assoc. Popov is credited with attracting 200 Indian students to study medicine at MU Pleven.

He has authored and co-authored over 250 scientific publications in Bulgaria and abroad. He is a long-standing member of editorial boards of scientific journals. He is a member of the Bulgarian Medical Association, Bulgarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BAMA, Bulgarian Association of Perinatal Medicine. He has numerous participations as a leader of scientific projects.

He has been the Head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic at the Heart and Brain Center of Clinical Excellence in Pleven since January 2022.