In Memory of Detelina B. Kulchitskaya

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On 21 April 2025, Detelina B. Kulchitskaya, Doctor of Science (Medicine), Professor and a Chief Researcher of the Department of Physiotherapy and Reflexology in the National Medical Research Centre for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, passed away at the age of 66. She had worked in the Centre for 39 years.

In 1986, shortly after graduating from the Higher Medical Institute in Sofia (Bulgaria), D.B. Kulchitskaya was employed at the All-Union Scientific Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy (now National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Russia). She worked her way up from a junior researcher to the head of the department of physiotherapy, a chief researcher of the department of physiotherapy and reflexology.

Throughout her life, Detelina B. Kulchitskaya adeptly integrated therapeutic, scientific endeavours and educational activities. She is the author of more than 200 scientific papers, 12 patents for inventions; their introduction into practical healthcare allowed to significantly reduce rehabilitation time and increase the efficiency of health resort treatment of patients with various diseases. Over 20 years she has been engaged in the development of laser therapy techniques for the treatment of various diseases, participated in the creation of new physiotherapeutic devices, introduced into scientific practice a blood flow measurement method by using laser Doppler flowmetry.

Detelina B. Kulchitskaya was a member of the Dissertation Council in National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Russia. She supervised the defense of 6 Ph.D. theses. Her creative scientific path was marked by great achievements. She was a famous scientist, a highly qualified doctor, an excellent teacher and organizer.

Detelina B. Kulchitskaya always gave her kindness, energy, knowledge to others, charged everybody with inexhaustible optimism and vitality. She was a true professional and a pure-hearted person.

We will always cherish the memory of Detelina B. Kulchitskaya in our hearts!

Editorial Board of Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine Journal

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