Dr. Tanya Sapundzhieva graduated from the English Language School in Plovdiv in 2008 with excellent marks. She studied medicine at the Medical University of Plovdiv from 2008 to 2014 and graduated in 2014 with the prestigious "Golden Hippocrates" Award for outstanding performance in all exams. From October 15, 2014, to March 2015, she worked as a physician in the Rheumatology Department of University Hospital "Pulmed." From February 2016 to October 2019, she was a PhD fellow in the Rheumatology Clinic of University Hospital "Kaspela." On December 2, 2020, she earned her specialty in Rheumatology. On February 24, 2020, she obtained a PhD degree in Rheumatology after successfully defending her dissertation, titled “The Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound as a Biomarker of Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis – A Prospective One-Year Study.” Since January 2021, she has been working as a rheumatologist in the Rheumatology Department at University Hospital "Pulmed" in Plovdiv. Since September 15, 2023, she has also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Propedeutics of Internal Diseases, ‘Prof. Anton Mitov,’ at the Medical University of Plovdiv, teaching third-year English-speaking medical students.