Dear colleagues and partners,

In October 2022 the Bulgarian Association of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery BAMIRS was founded. From its establishment until now BAMIRS has organized several prestigious scientific forums. In May 2023 the First Congress of BAMIRS took place. It turned into significant international event with reflection all over the country, as well as all parts in Europe and the world – the USA, Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Austria, France, Greece and the United Kingdom. The first Conference of BAMIRS, with the name Pleven Minimally Invasive Days, was held in the period 10-12 May 2024. The main idea of this initiative was to attract and train young medical doctors and healthcare specialists.

For the short time of its existence, BAMIRS strengthened its cooperation with the Bulgarian Surgical Society, the Bulgarian Urological Society, the Bulgarian Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Bulgarian Academy of Science, the Joint Oncological National Network, as well as with the Bulgarian Association of Young Hepato-gastroenterologists.

BAMIRS has already become an affiliated member of the world biggest Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons SLS. An expression of our fruitful cooperation with SLS was the special attention paid to our Association during the annual forum in Orlando, Florida, where BAMIRS had a separate plenary session.

Dear friends,

We have started the preparation of the Second Congress of the Bulgarian Association of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery. You will meet here the renowned Bulgarian specialists in laparoscopic and robotic surgery in the field of general and thoracic surgery, urology and gynecology. You will have the pleasure to participate in the pre-congress course of SLS World Team and the training course Train the Trainers of Lapco, UK. Our guest lecturers from Italy and the United Kingdom will pay special attention to the young minimally-invasive gastroenterologists and the specialists in fetal minimally invasive surgery. 

The Second Congress of BAMIRS will be held on 19-21 June 2025. The venue of the event is the Telecommunication Endoscopic Center (TELEC) at Medical University – Pleven and the newly opened Anniversary Auditorium on the premises of the University, equipped with advanced technology, as well as telesurgery solutions.

Up-to-date information of the latest news regarding the Congress, the registration and accommodation of the participants can be found on BAMIRS website - bamirs.bg. You can send all your questions to the e-mail address of the Association - mirs@bamirs.bg.

Looking forward to welcoming you!

Sincerely Yours,

Prof. Slavcho Tomov, MD, PhD, DSc

Corresponding Member of Bulgarian Academy of Science  

President of BAMIRS