I graduated in 1996 from the Medical University in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. I then completed a three-year Ph. D. program at the departments of urology, nephrology and microbiology there and defended my Ph.D. thesis in December 1999. In 2000, I completed a year of research training in the application of the 16S rDNA PCR technique in prostatitis and urinary tract infections with Dr. Wolfgang Weidner in Giessen, Germany. From 2001 through January 2003, I worked as assistant professor at the Department of Nephrology/Urology of the Medical University and St. George's Hospital in Plovdiv. I joined the Freeman Lab in December 2003. My research interests are in the area of interstitial cystitis and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). My project involves evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of several novel inflammatory and pain-related markers in IC/CPPS. We will also be looking for candidate genes for interstitial cystitis in a cohort of identical twins with IC and a cohort of family members with at least two members diagnosed with IC. Honors 1994, 1995 Best Medical Student Award, National Academic Foundation
of Bulgaria Selected Publications Dikov, D., Chatelet, F.P., and Dimitrakov, J.D. (2005) Pathologic features of necrotizing adenoviral prostatitis in an AIDS patient. Int J Surg Pathol 13(2):227-31. Dikov, D., Vassilev, I., and Dimitrakov, J.D. (2005) Nonspecific granulomatous prostatitis with calculous ductal ectasia and extensive Paneth cell-like epithelial metaplasia. Case report. APMIS. Jul-Aug;113(7-8):564-7. Dimitrakov, D.J., Nikolov, D.G., Dimitrakov, J.D., Despotov, T.B., Kumchev, E.P., Tzvetkova, Z.S., Tilkian, E.E., Pandeva, S.M., Chatalbasheva, D.L., Tzekov, V.D., and Anavi, B.L. (2004) Effect of mycophenolate mofetil (Cell Cept) in the treatment of immune glomerulopathies, Folia Med (Plovdiv) 46(1):15-8. Dimitrakova, E.D., Dimitrakov J.D., Karumanchi ,S.G., Pehlivanov, B.K., Milchev, N.P., and Dimitrakov, D.I. (2004) Placental soluble fms-like tyrosine-kinase-1 (sFlt-1) in pregnant women with preeclampsia. Folia Med (Plovdiv) 46 (1):19-21. Dikov, D., Roland J., Chatelet, F.P., Cywiner-Golenzer, C., and Dimitrakov, J. (2003) Hyaline globules (thanatosomes) in prostate disease. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 27(5): 700-2. Dimitrakov, J.D. and Dimitrakov, D.I. (2003) Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Clinical and genetic profile. (Review and a case report). Folia Medica. 45(1): 5-7. Dimitrakov, D.Y., Dimitrakov, J.D., and Despotov, T.B. (2002) Ten-year clinical and ultrasonographic follow-up of siblings from families with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Folia Medica. 44(4): 10-2. Dimitrakov, J.D. (2001) A case of familial clustering of interstitial cystitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Urology. 58(2): 28. Dimitrakov, J., Tchitalov, J., Zlatanov, T., Dikov, D., and Rawadi ,G. (2001) Corticotropin-releasing hormone perturbations in interstitial cystitis patients: evidence for abnormal sympathetic activity. Urology. 57(6 Suppl 1): 128 . Dimitrakov, J., Tchitalov, J., Zlatanov, T., Dikov, D., and Rawadi ,G. (2001) Recombinant human nerve growth factor in the treatment of interstitial cystitis: preliminary results. Urology. 57(6 Suppl 1): 118-9. Dimitrakov, J,. Diemer, T., Ludwig, M., and Weidner, W. (2001) Recent developments in diagnosis and therapy of the prostatitis syndromes. Current Opinion in Urology. 11(1): 87-91. Ludwig, M., Dimitrakov, J., Diemer, T., Huwe, P., and Weidner, W. (2001) [Prostatitis syndrome. Changes in the ejaculate and effects on fertility]. Der Urologe. Ausg. A. 40(1): 18-23 . |
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