Petia Arnaudova () is a

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and author of medical books. She has three specialties,

internal medicine Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of ...

rheumatology Rheumatology () is a branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and management of disorders whose common feature is inflammation in the bones, muscles, joints, and internal organs. Rheumatology covers more than 100 different complex diseases, c ...

, and

pharmacology Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur betwee ...

, as well as a Doctor of Science degree and a professorship in medicine. She is Bulgarian and American citizen currently living in

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and

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. Arnaudova has more than thirty years of clinical, scientific and educational practice, mainly at

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, Bulgaria. She has also been: * Deputy Minister of Health for th
Ministry of Health of Bulgaria
(1994–1995) * Vice-President of the joint Greek-Bulgarian medical compan
Biocheck
based in

, Bulgaria (1996–1997) * Director of the Department of Clinical Research at the American pharmaceutical compan
Viral Genetics, Inc.
in

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, USA (1999–2001) * Senior Editor o
Cardioscript International
based in

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, UT, USA – a service for translating, editing and revising scientific medical manuscripts to meet the standards of American scientific publications (1998–2006).

Scientific works

*''Petia Arnaudova''. Concise Medical Encyclopedia for Everyone (Bulgarian: Малка медицинска енциклопедия за всеки). 411 pages. Iztok-Zapad, Sofia, 2013. . *''Petia Arnaudova''. Terminologia Medica – Polyglotta, Eponymica et Acronymica (Title in Latin) (Bulgarian: Медицинска терминология – полиглотна, епонимна и акронимна). 748 pages, Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia, 2012. *''Petia Arnaudova''. Congenital Anomalies in Clinical Practice (Bulfarian: Вродени аномалии в клиничната практика). 305 pages. Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia, 2010. . *''Petia Arnaudova''. A Popular Medical Dictionary, or How to Understand Doctor-Speak (Bulgarian: Популярен медицински речник или как да разберем какво си говорят лекарите): 354 pages, Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia, 2008. . *''Petia Arnaudova''. Medical Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols in 5 languages – Latin, Bulgarian, Russian, English, German (Bulgarian: Медицински акроними, съкращения и символи от 5 езика). 450 pages, Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia, 2008. . *''Petia Arnaudova''. Eponyms in Internal Medicine (Bulgarian: Епонимни термини в морфологията, нозологията и клиниката на вътрешните болести): 376 pages, Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia, 2005. . *''Petia Arnaudova''. Nova Terminologia Medica Polyglotta et Eponymica (Title in Latin) (in 7 languages – Latin, Bulgarian, Russian, English, French, German, Spanish): 738 pages. 1st Ed., 2003; 2nd Ed., 2005. Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia. *''Georgie Arnaudov'', ''Petia Arnaudova''. Terminologia Medica Polyglotta (in 6 languages): 3rd Ed., 1090 pages, Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia, 1992. . *''Georgie Arnaudov'', ''Petia Arnaudova''. Pharmacotherapy (Bulgarian: Лекарствена терапия): 6th Ed., 976 pages, Medizina i Fizkultura, Sofia, 1984. {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnaudova, Petia Bulgarian physicians Rheumatologists Bulgarian medical researchers Living people Bulgarian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) Women rheumatologists 21st-century American women physicians 21st-century American physicians 20th-century Bulgarian physicians 20th-century Bulgarian women physicians 21st-century Bulgarian physicians 21st-century Bulgarian women physicians