1988: King Olav V Gold Medal
Title: Ung i dag og alvorlig syk.
1989: Kr.med. (Ph.D.), University of Oslo
Thesis: Early postoperative changes following cardiopulmonary bypass.
A clinical study in patients undergoing open heart surgery.
1997: Mentor of Kjell Saatvedt for PhD, Thesis concerning the Effects of
Extracorporeal Circulation in Pediatric Patients.
Project Supervisor for Eirik Pettersen, Right Ventricle as Systemic Ventricle, PhD
Project Supervisor for Erik Lyseggen, Inflammation Responses in Congenital Heart Disease, PhD.
Project Supervisor for Brith Andresen, Percutaneous vs. open-heart surgery for pulmonary valve replacement, PhD, ongoing.
Project Supervisor for Christian Neukamm, Bovine Pericardial Heart Valves as a Pulmonary Valve Replacement.
Project with Professor D.Russell and Sean Wallace, Cerebral Microcirculation during Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children, ongoing
Project Supervisor for Lene Kathrine Rydén Suther,
3 TESLA MRI STUDY AFTER ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES
Publications
More than 100 peer reviewed publications, mainly cardiac and vascular.
Numerous national and international conference presentations and abstracts,
in the following countries: Australia, China, Russia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Guatemala, Mexico, Canada, USA, Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland.
Research
Areas of interest: Follow-up of Congenital Heart Surgery and Extracorporeal Circulation, especially the "total body inflammatory response", Patient safety. Databases for long-time follow-up.
Introduction of Surgical Procedures in Norway:
1983: Arterial switch procedure for TGA
1989: Koncz-Konno procedure for LVOTO
1991: Pediatric Heart transplantation
1998: Ross procedure for aortic valve disease
2003: Ross2 procedure for mitral valve disease
2007: Nikaidoh for TGA and LVOTO
International appointments.
Visiting fellow University of California, San Fransisco, (dr.Paul Ebert), 1983 and 1984
Visiting fellow University of California, Stanford,(dr. Norman Shumway), 1983
Assistant Professor in Thoracic Transplantation Surgery at Sahlgrens Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, initiating a Heart Transplantation Program, January – September 1988.
Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, University of Hawaii, 1991, "Heart transplantation in Norway"
Opponent at Dissertation, The Faculty of medicine, University of Uppsala, 1994
Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, University of New York, Buffalo, 1997, "Lung transplantation in Norway"
Post-doc clinical and research stay at King Feisal Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1998
Awarded The Lemonosov Price, University of Arkhangels 1999 for starting Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in City Hospital no.1, Arkhangels
Post-doc clinical and research stay at Nemours Cardiac Center, (dr. William I. Norwood), 1999
Post-doc clinical and research stay at University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, 2002 and 2003.
Visiting Professor, Grand Rounds, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, 2003, "Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in Norway
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, 2005 – 2006.
Committees
1981-1985: Boardmember, Surgical Department, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
1984-1986: Chairman, The Norwegian Association for Thoracic&Vascular Surgery (NFTVK).
1993-1996: Chairman, the Medical Council, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
1993-1998: Chairman, Advisory Board for Congenital Cardiac Diseases, The Royal Department of Health
2000-2004: Member of The Congenital Cardiac Domain, EACTS
2003-2010: Council Member of the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association
International meeting arrangements
2000: ECHSA Annual Spring Meeting in Oslo
2012: ECHSA Annual Spring Meeting in Tromsø
2012: International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, Oslo
Charity Missions
1998-2006: Barents Cooperation, initiated by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair by Thorvald Stoltenberg at City Hospital no1 in Archangels, Russia, starting new program for surgery for congenital heart disease.
2012-on Bustamante Hospital in Jamaica, led by professor Jeffrey P. Jacobs, USA
Memberships
The Norwegian Medical Association
The Norwegian Surgical Association
The Norwegian Association for Cardiology
The Norwegian Association for Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
The Scandinavian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
The Scandinavian Association for Extracorporeal Technology
European Association for Heart and Lung Transplantation
European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association
Congenital Heart Surgeons Society
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
