Handbook of Sleep Medicine
Dr. Hristo B. Kolchev is a neurologist, epileptologist, otoneurologist, specialist in sleep medicine, electrophysiologist and specialist in hyperbaric medicine with oxygen-barotherapy.
In his 50-year professional career, Dr. Kolchev has worked as a treating physician, researcher and teacher in a number of clinical, scientific-experimental and educational institutions. His experience in sleep medicine is based on his 8 years of work at the Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Center, Orlando, Florida. In this clinic, operating on a 24/7 basis, 5,000 sleep tests are performed on average per year - night (Polysomnography, PSG) and daytime (Multiple Sleep Latency Test, MSLT and Maintenance of Wakefulness Test, MWT).
He is the author of over 190 publications in national and international scientific publications, as well as 2 dissertations and 7 monographs.
Dr. Kolchev is a cosmopolitan, a citizen of Bulgaria and the USA. Apart from Bulgaria, he has worked for more than 20 years in 7 countries located on 3 continents. This Guide is the fruit of his long-term observations, impressions and work in different schools and with different methodologies.
Orlando - New York - Sofia
2003 – 2021
Dr. Hristo B. Kolchev
Dr. Hristo B. Kolchev is a neurologist, epileptologist, otoneurologist, specialist in sleep medicine, electrophysiologist and specialist in hyperbaric medicine with oxygen-barotherapy.