Other affiliation
Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
Academic interests
- Cardiovascular and sympathetic reactivity to stress
- The significance of adherence in the treatment of cardiovascular disease with special emphasis on hypertension
- The effect of hypobaric hypoxia on cardiac structure and function
- The significance of serotonin in intensive care medicine
- Hear rate variability as a predictor of prognosis in various medical disorders
- Global aspects of methanol poisoning
- Humanitary medicine
- International emergency and disaster medicine
Teaching
Teach various subjects throughout the whole curriculum at Faculty of Medicine wth emphasis on clinical communication and behavioural sciences, but also international humanitary medicine and clinical subjects.
Higher education and employment history
- Board-certified specialist in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine from Norway
- Senior physician at Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
- Former International President of Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders