Dear colleagues, In my capacity as President of the Bulgarian Respiratory Society Managing Board and pulmologist with over twenty years of clinical practice, I would like to express my most felt appreciation for the founding in Bulgarian academic community of Bulgarian Society for Cardiothoracic Radiology under the presidency of Ass.Prof. Galina Kirova. I was convinced that I am inviting a renowned expert in cardiothoracic imaging diagnostics when I asked Ass.Prof. Kirova to be guest- editor for the InSpiro magazine December issue. In the issue’s foreword message, I wrote that her professional perceptiveness is like X-rays- deep and uncompromising. As it was seen on the pages of InSpiro, Ass.Prof. Kirova has gathered around her the enthusiasm and professionalism of a whole group of masters in the imaging medical art, which are also the founders of the newly established cardiothoracic society. I believe in the quality and role of Bulgarian Society for Cardiothoracic Radiology and by wishing the best of success to the initiative, I am looking forward to future cooperation and partnership between our two societies.
Ass. Prof. Kosta Kostov, M.D. FCCP
President of Bulgarian Respiratory Society Respiratory Disease Clinic Military Medical Academy Sofia