EDUCATION
2002 Specialist in Gastroenterology
2001 Specialist in Internal Medicine
1997 PhD: Functional dyspepsia studied by two- and three-dimensional ultrasonography. Significance of gastric meal accommodation.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
1997 Post- graduate Program in Pedagogical Development
University of Bergen, Norway
1990 Authorisation as M.D.
1988 Master Stud.med., Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2021- Full Professor, Dept. of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen
2012- Director; National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital (HUH), Norway
2003- Senior Consultant; Dept. of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, HUH, Norway
2002- Professor; Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
1997- Director; Gilja Medisin & Multimedia, Bergen, Norway
2007-2016 Director; MedViz, an R&D cluster in medical imaging and visualization at Haukeland University Hospital/University of Bergen/CMR, Norway
2003-2012 Senior Consultant; National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, HUH, Norway
2002-2014 Executive Coordinator, 25% position; MD’s post-graduate education, Helseregion Vest, Norwegian Medical Association
2001-2003 Consultant; Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, HUH, Norway
2001-2002 Associate Professor; Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
1999-2000 Web consultant; NettDoktor.no A/S, Norway
1991-2001 Resident at Department of Medicine, HUH, Norway
FELLOWSHIPS
1993-1997 Research fellow, Department of Medicine A, University of Bergen, Norway
1993 Research fellow, Christian Michelsens Research (CMR) A/S, Norway
AWARDS
2021 Official Bergen Ambassador. Appointed by The Lord Mayor of Bergen 25/11-2021.
2015 The Gheorge Badea Medal for outstanding achievements in the development and promotion of ultrasonography in Romania.
2013 Dirk Bartz Prize 2013. Awarded at Eurographics 2013, Girona, Spain, the 34th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics.
2011 Guest professorship at University of Craiova, Romania. 2011.
2006 Elected to present the Euroson Lecture of EFSUMB 2006 in Bologna.
2002 Presidential Poster. World Congress of Gastroenterology, Bangkok, Thailand 2002.
1997 Karla and Arne Oddmars Prize in Gastroenterology. 1997.
1996 Young Investigators Award – 1.prize. Euroson-96 in Budapest.
CONGRESS CENTRE “STAZIONE MARITTIMA”, NAPLES,
9th Nov – 11th Nov
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