Dr. Assya Pascalev

AssyaPascalev, Ph.D., is the director of the Bulgarian Center for Bioethics. She is an internationally known ethicist with expertise in the ethics of organ donation, end-of-life ethics and research ethics, and a leading Bulgarian expert on biomedical ethics. Dr. Pascalev holds a doctoral degree in applied philosophy and has extensive academic experience teaching philosophy and bioethics in Europe and the USA. She was a member of the Scientific Committee of the 10th World Congress of Bioethics (Singapore, 2010). Dr. Pascalevis a member of ESOT and ELPAT, the American Philosophical Association and the international network Bioethics Without Borders. She is also an Editorial Board member of the Open Ethics Journal (Bentham). Dr. Pascalev has numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals including Transplantation, Transplant Internationaland Bioethics. A list of recent publications follows:

1.   A. Pascalev. “Ethics. II. The Task of Ethics” in Jennings, B, Echenwiler, L. Keabnic, G., Koening, B., Krimsky, S., Latham, S.R., and Mercurio, M. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 4th ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA
2. A. Pascalev. “Occupational Safety & Health: II. Occupational Health Care Providers”(with Bailus Walker Jr. and Ruben Warren) in Jennings, B, Echenwiler, L. Keabnic, G., Koening, B., Krimsky, S., Latham, S.R., and Mercurio, M. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 4th ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2014
3.   A. Pascalev. “Ethical Analysis of the Arguments for and against Living Organ Donation” (with YordankaKrastev and A. Ilieva), in: Ambagtsheer, F. and Weimar, W. (eds), EULOD Project.Living Organ Donation in Europe: Results and Recommendations (Germany: Pabst Science Publishers, April 2013), p. 53-75
4.   A. Pascalev. “Living Organ Donation: Attitudes, Barriers and Opportunities” (with Y. Krastev and A. Ilieva) in Ambagtsheer, F., and Weimar, W. (eds), EULOD Project.Living Organ Donation in Europe: Results and Recommendations. (Germany: Pabst Science Publishers, April 2013) p. 27-51
5.   A. Pascalev. “Public Engagement in Organ Donation and Transplantation in Bulgaria. A Comprehensive Analysis” (with Y. Krastev and A. Ilieva) in Public Engagement in Organ Donation in Europe eds. Gurch.Randhawa and SilkeSchicktanz (Germany: Pabst Science Publishers, April 2013), p. 126-136
6.   A. Pascalev. “Anonymity and Live-Donor Transplantation: An ELPAT View” (with Mamode, Nizam et.al.) Transplantation. 95(4):536-541, February 27, 2013; doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31827e31f7
7.   A. Pascalev. “Living Organ Donation Practices in Europe-Results from an Online Survey”(with Annette Lennerling et al.) Transplant International 2012;26(2): 145-153
8.   A. Pascalev. “Health Care Ethics in Vulnerable Populations: Clinical Research through the Patient’s Eyes” (with A. Libin), World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 2012, 66:767-770 (https://www.waset.org/journals/waset/v66/v66-143.pdf) –
9.   A. Pascalev. “Expanding Living Organ Donation in Europe and the New EU Member States” in Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects. Expanding the European Platform, Vol. II, eds. W. Weimar, M.A. Bos, J.J. Busschbach. (Germany: Pabst Science Publishers, April 2011)26-31
10.   A. Pascalev. “New Classification of ELPAT for Living Organ Donation” (with Frank J.M. Dor, et.al.). Transplantation2011 May 15; 91 (9):935-8
11.   A. Pascalev. “The ethical challenges of unrelated living donation.” Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research 3 (1), Supplement 1 (2010) 81-82¬
12.   A. Pascalev. “Vague Oviedo: Autonomy, Culture and the Case of Previously Competent Patients” (with TakisVidalis) Bioethics 24, 3 (2010) 145-152