Faglige interesser
- Akuttmedisin inklusive akutte forgiftninger
- Forskning relatert til hypertensjon; patofysiologi, epidemiologi og behandling
- Hypertensiv hjertesykdom (venstre ventrikkel hypertrofi)
- Evidence based medicine (randomized clinical trials)
- Veiledet/medforfattet ca. 50 doktorgrader ved Universitet i Oslo
CITATION STATUS – SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Web of Science H-index = 79 and Total Publications = 978
Sum of Times Cited = 51,183 by 34,476 Articles
Average Citations per Item = 52.33
PUB MED STATUS – April 2020: 710 publications
Undervisning
- Klinisk kardiologi modul 3 og 8, tidligere 5. semester, forelesninger om utredning og behandling av hypertensjon, hjertesvikt, hjerteklaffefeil, hjerteinfarkt, atrieflimmer
- Mangeårig leder for eksamenskommisjonen indremedisin og kirurgi
- 650 inviterte akademiske forelesninger internasjonale kongresser og foreninger
- European Society of Hypertension Summer School 20 år
- Visiting Faculty International Society of Hypertension and American College of Cardiology
Bakgrunn
- Cand. med Universitetet i Oslo 1979; Dr. med. UiO 1984; ECFMG 1986
- Spesialist indremedisin og kardiologi; utdannet ved Ullevål sykehus, Oslo og University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Overlege akuttmedisinsk avdeling, Ullevål sykehus, 1989-1993
- Seksjonsoverlege Hjertemedisinsk avdeling Ullevål sykehus 1993-2020
- Sjefslege Hjerte-Lunge senteret Ullevål sykehus 1999-2005
- Fellow American Heart Association (FAHA), European Society Cardiology (FESC) & American College Cardiology (FACC)
- Professor II hjertemedisin UiO 2003-2020; emeritus fra 1.10.2020
Priser
- International Society Hypertension Fellowship Award 1988
- Cardiovasc Grand Rounds, Harvard Medical School, Boston 1989
- Ullevaal University Hospital Research Award 1992
- Blood Pressure Young Author Award 1997
- Norwegian Society Cardiol (Ole Storstein’s) Scientific Award 2002
- Ullevaal University Hospital Research Award 2003
- Honorary Member Swedish Society of Hypertension 2004
- Honorary Member Hungarian Society of Hypertenson 2005
- Invited Lecturer, BHS Annual Scientific Meeting, Cambridge, UK 2007
- Honorary Member Bulgarian Society of Hypertension 2007
- Lennart Hansson Memorial Award and Lecture, ESH/ISH Berlin 2008
- Honorary Member Polish Society of Hypertension 2008
- Honorary Member Danish Society of Hypertension 2011
- Harry Boström Memorial Lecture, Stockholm 2012
- Hjerteprisen, Norwegian Council for Cardiovascular Diseases 2013
- Robert Tigerstedt Award, Finish Society of Hypertension, Helsinki 2013
- Thomson Reuter – most Highly Cited Researchers 2002-2012
- Lecturer of the year, Belgisch Hypertensie Comité 2016
- Thomson Reuter – most Highly Cited Researchers 2014-2016
- Orkidépris (Orchid Prize), Norwegian Medical Association 2018
- Alberto Zanchetti (European Society Hypertension) Life Time Achievement Award 2018
- Oslo University Hospital Research Award (co-shared) 2018, 2019
- Honorary Member of 1st Academic China National Health Com 2019
Verv
- Coordinator, Associate Chair, Executive Committee or Steering Committe member in RCT mega-trials (HOT, NORDIL, INSIGHT, LIFE, VALUE, ASCOT, ACCOMPLISH, SCAST)
- Chair/Co-Chair BEAUTY, DISTINCT, OSLO-RDN, ENCOReD, Oslo Ischemia Study, IDA
- Norwegian Society of Hypertension 1987-
- Council European Society of Hypertension 1999-2009
- President European Society of Hypertension 2005-07
- Chair, 20th. Scientific Meeting European Society of Hypertension, Oslo 2010
- Member 2003, 2007, 2013 og 2018 ESC/ESH Hypertension Guidelines Committes
- Sekretær Hjertekirurgiutvalget Ullevål sykehus 1997
- Medlem Helsedirektoratets ekspertgruppe for retningslinjer i forebyggende kardiologi
- Editor in Chief, Blood Pressure 2016-
- Editorial Board, HYPERTENSION.AHA
- Clinical Trialist Reviewer Lancet
Samarbeid
- Assistent Prof. of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987-1989
- Visiting Prof. of Medicine, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1989-2002
- Adjunct Prof. of Cardiovasc Medicine, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2002-
- Nasjonalt forskningssamarbeid Haukeland, St. Olav og Tromsø
- Internasjonalt forskningssamarbeid med spesielt Imperial College, London; Oxford, UK; Sahlgrenska, Gøteborg; Karolinska, Stockholm; Glostrup, København; Helsinki, Finland; Pompidou, Paris; Milan-Bicocca, Milano; Padova, Italia; Lausanne, Sveits; Gdansk, Polen; Barcelona, Spania; Leuven og Brussel, Belgia; Shanghai og Beijing, Kina; Baker, Melbourne; University of Birmingham, Alabama; Weill Medical College of Cornell, New York; Northwestern University, Chicago; foruten University of Michigan, Ann Arbor