Professor. Senior Consultant. PhD
Haukeland University Hospital & University of Bergen, Norway
Thesis 2003 PhD, University of Bergen, Norway: Balance with increased and decreased ambient pressure. Affiliation in academic and professional committees: 1994: 2 national scholarships from the Norwegian Association of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery. 1998-9: Appointed by the Norwegian Ministry of Health & Care services as a member of the Committee for evaluation of long term Health effects of the North Sea saturation divers. 2000-1: Scholarship from the Norwegian Medical Association. 2001: Appointed leader for the National Center for Vestibular Disorders which was established by the Norwegian Ministry of Health & Care services. 1999 to 2007: Member of the board of the Norwegian Association of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, the last two years as elected president. 2005-8: Member of the board of the The Scandinavian Association of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery. 2010: Appointed leader of the scientific committee for the evaluation the doctoral thesis “Structural, Functional and subjective characteristics of Nasal airways – With special reference to nasal obstruction and cigarette smoking” by Thomas Kjærgaard, M.D. at the University of Bergen, Norway. Supervision of PhD students: Kjersti Wilhelmsen, Physiotherapist, PhD, ass. Professor, and Frederik Kragerud Goplen, M.D; PhD, ass. Professor, and Camilla Martens, MD, PhD, and Mari Knapstad, Physiotherapist, PhD, Jan Erik Berge, MD, PhD, Kathrin Skorpa Nilsen, M.D., Total number of publications: 50. Number of review articles and book chapters: 4