Clinician scientist
Milen Minkov, M.D., Ph.D. is full professor for pediatrics at the Sigmund Freud University, Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Clinic Floridsdorf, and Chair of the International LCH Study Center at the CCRI, St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung, in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Minkov graduated with honors from the Russian State Medical University in 1991 and completed his residency and fellowship in pediatrics and pediatric hematology (1991-1995) at the Russian Federal Institute for Pediatric Hematology in Moscow. He was trained in pediatric hemato-oncology (1995-2000) in St. Anna Children’s Hospital in Vienna.
In his professional career since 1991, Dr. Minkov provided clinical care, supervised trainees, conducted clinical research. He has been actively teaching and mentoring medical students at the Medical University of Vienna since 1997 (Assistant Professor 1997-2007, Assoc. Professor 2007-2012, and Full Professor of Pediatrics since 2012). In 2017, the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna appointed him a full professor for specialized pediatrics. His research has been focused on LCH and other histiocytoses. His scientific treatise encompasses over 150 peer-reviewed papers and nine book chapters. Dr. Minkov was in 1997 the first recipient of the Mark Nesbit Award for Clinical Science of the Histiocyte Society. He was president of the Histiocyte Society 2016-2019 and is currently president of the European Consortium for Histiocytosis (ECHO).
Klinik Floridsdorf
September 14, 2022
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