DrIvan Koychev

Clinical Associate Professor in Neuropsychiatry

Department of Brain Sciences - Faculty of Medicine

  • Clinical Associate Professor in Neuropsychiatry
    Department of Brain Sciences - Faculty of Medicine
  • Imperial College London, Brain Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, The Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, United Kingdom

BIO

I am a clinical academic psychiatrist (on the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age and General Adult Psychiatry) with an interest in the development of treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders.

My research experience spans the key components of neuroscience clinical trial methodology: conduct of proof-of-concept (PoC) biomarker-based clinical trials in surrogate populations, testing of repurposed compounds, development of stratification and efficacy biomarkers and creation of infrastructure for large-scale stratified recruitment into neuroscience experimental medicine studies and clinical trials.

Clinically, my practice focuses on the assessment and management of patients with neuropsychiatric presentations in acute medical settings

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Clinical Associate Professor in Neuropsychiatry
    Imperial College London, Brain Sciences, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2025 - present
  • Senior Clinical Researcher
    University of Oxford, Psychiatry, Oxford, United Kingdom15 Aug 2019 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Honorary Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
    Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Neurology, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2025 - present
  • Honorary Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
    Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2025 - present
  • Chief Medical Officer
    Five Lives SAS1 Jun 2020 - present
  • Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom15 Nov 2019 - 31 Dec 2024

DEGREES

  • Master Physician (MBBS-equivalent)
    Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria1 Sep 2001 - 14 Nov 2007
  • PhD
    University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom1 Apr 2008 - 11 Jul 2011

CERTIFICATIONS

  • CCT in Old Age and General Adult Psychiatry
    Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, United Kingdom15 Aug 2019 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Integrated Academic Training in Old Age and General Adult Psychiatry
    Thames Valley Deanery, United Kingdom15 Aug 2015 - 15 Aug 2019

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Medicine

POSITION NAME

  • Clinical Associate Professor in Neuropsychiatry