Many congratulations to Dr Elisaveta B. Nencheva, who is appointed as the 20th  AHCP General President(Global Operations) starting from 13 April 2026.

Biography of Dr Jeanne B. Keita

Dr Elisaveta Nencheva, MA, PhD, an Associate Professor in Social Medicine and Public Health, has a strong educational background in Bulgaria and internationally. She has graduated from “St. Kliment Ohridsky” Sofia University, Bulgaria with major humanitarian sciences and languages (English), minor – Russian, MA diploma in English and Russian. She attended the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Medical University, Sofia. She also has a PhD Diploma Doctor of Philosophy in Philology.

She attended Medical University, Sofia and did a postgraduate programme in medical sociology. She also has a diploma in hospital management from the University.

Dr Nencheva also attended the Sofia International Management Centre and Ancell School of Business, State University of West Connecticut, Danbury, USA with a qualification in hospital management. She further attended Canterbury Business School, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK; University of Cambridge, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK; University of Cambridge Language Centre, Cambridge, UK – Medical English; Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands – International Program in Bioethics Education and Research; Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Summer Program; The National Health Service Wales Staff College, Cardiff, Wales, UK; Ministry of Health, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria; The Hastings Center , Briarcliff Manor, New York, NY, USA – specialisation as a visiting Professor in bioethics; Medical University and Sofia EU PHARE Program – two year diploma programme in hospital management.

In 2003, the International Evaluation at California State University, Fresno, CA, USA, Evaluation Report recognised her PhD as an equivalent to a USA Doctorate Degree.

Dr Nencheva worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Her professional experience and activities include: university lecturer and researcher as an Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria and in the National Centre for Scientific Medical Information, Sofia; university lecturer in medical English; scientific editor and editor-in-chief of medical journals.

Her teaching experience and research interest include delivering of lectures to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students and MDs in various public health disciplines (social medicine, healthcare management, bioethics, healthcare marketing, leadership in healthcare etc.). Fields of research: social medicine; public health; concepts and terminology in social medicine and public health; terminological problems of epidemiology of non-communicable diseases; manager’s lifestyle; organisational behaviour ; manager’s characteristics; manager’s language; research report; managing people; motivation; management and leadership (theory and practice, criteria for effective leadership influence and power); management process basic functions; managerial skills; ethical issues in management process; healthcare reform in Bulgaria and developed countries.

Dr Nencheva had participated in numerous educational and scientific programmes and projects as an author, lecturer and coordinator: EU TEMPUS Project “Public Health Disciplines in Bulgaria”; EU PHARE Project “Hospital Management. Training in Hospital Management”; “Good Medicine, Good Society” and “The Goals of Medicine: New Priorities”, international projects with The Hastings Center, New York, NY, USA. She has also participated with lectures and papers at national and international scientific fora: in UK, USA, France, The Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria etc.

She has authored 90 scientific articles, monographs and papers, dictionaries and three books.

She is a member of many Bulgarian and international scientific societies and organisations including the Association of Health Care Professionals; International Association of Health Care Professionals; Joint International Academies of Research and Education. She is also a Trustee/Director of JIARE and the AHSP and a member of the International Editorial Board for scientific medical journals.

Dr Nencheva speaks many international languages including Bulgaria, English, Russian and she has studied and uses Latin.

We look forward to working with Dr Elisaveta Nencheva in the various global projects and international programmes for the membership of the AHCP and the ibnternational communities we have been serving ! 

The AHCP Global Projects Team