Our professionals
Dr. Elizabet Petkova
Specialist in Internal Medicine.
Primary focus on the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.
Professional career
MD, Complutense University of Madrid (1998).
Specialist in Occupational Medicine, Escuela de Medicina del Trabajo (Madrid) (1992-2002).
Specialist in Internal Medicine, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz (Madrid) (2008-2013).
University Master’s (own degree) in Tropical Medicine and International Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2011-2012).
University Master’s (own degree), Complutense University of Madrid: Healthcare-Associated Infections (2018-2020).
University Expert Diploma in Microbial Resistance and Optimization of Antimicrobial Use, University of Seville (2022).
Expert Diploma in Emerging and High-Risk Viral Diseases, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2022-2023).
Master’s in Advanced Clinical Care in Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition (organized by the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) (2023-2024).
Since 2013 to the present, Attending Physician, Internal Medicine Service – Infectious Diseases Division, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz.
RESEARCH AREAS
- Principal Investigator for 3 clinical trials.
- Participation in the SEIMC Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Infection Registry Project (2019).
- Collaboration in a European multicenter study organized by the Bacteremia, Endocarditis, and Sepsis Study Group (ESGBIES) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) (2018).
- Member of the IIS-FJD Health Research Institute (Fundación Jiménez Díaz) since 2019.
Activity
In teaching
Teaching collaborator for the course “Medical Pathology,” UAX University (Faculty of Medicine) (2024-2025).
Faculty member and master’s thesis (TFM) supervisor, University Master’s (own degree) – Expert in Tropical Medicine and International Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2019-2025).
Faculty member and master’s thesis (TFM) supervisor, University Master’s (own degree), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: “Management and Care of Patients with Vascular Access Devices” (2018-2025).
Coordinator and module faculty member (Infectious Diseases), Quirónsalud University Master’s (own degree), Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio: “Urgent and Emergency Care for Medical Graduates” (2021-2025).
Adjunct Teaching Faculty in Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (since 2015). Teaching in the Infectious Diseases course since 2022.
Instructor, First-Year Residents Emergency Training Group, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz (since 2020).
Internal Medicine Residency Tutor, Fundación Jiménez Díaz (since 2023).
In research
- Author of more than 15 scientific publications in national and international journals.
- Author of 3 book chapters and author of 2 books related to her specialty.
- Has delivered numerous oral and written presentations at national and international conferences.