Maya Balabanova, MD graduated from the Medical University, Pleven in 2001. Between 2002 and 2008 she was full-time doctoral student in Pediatric Surgery; in 2010 she acquired specialty in General Surgery.

She worked as a surgeon in Montabauer, Germany in the Department of General Surgery. In 2014 she continued her professional career as a surgeon at the University Hospital, Pleven in the field of Duodeno-pancreatic surgery and as an assistant in Surgery at the University Hospital St. Marina, Pleven (2018). 2019 she started her PhD in surgery, topic: Evaluation of postoperative results in innovative methods for the treatment of hemorrhoids and prolapse THD, PPH, POPS. Since December 2021 she stated working as a surgeon at the Heart and Brain Center of Clinical Excellence in Pleven.

Qualification course “Biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes” 2005; course in Laparoscopic Surgery 2016; certificate for echo- and elastography of mammary glands; certificate for Thermography of the mammary gland using artificial intelligence Braster Pro; certificate for completed training in Laparoscopic Surgery; certificate for work with THD, Longo Bloodless operations for hemorrhoids, prolapse, fissures and fistulas; Robotic Surgery course; H.I.F.U. Therapy Certificate 2016; Myrian 3D Software Seminar. Research focus: coloproctology and diagnosis and treatment of mammary glands.

She speaks German, English and Russian.