Li Felländer-Tsai
Professor/Senior Physician
E-mail: li.fellander-tsai@ki.se
Visiting address: Hälsovägen, Enheten för ortopedi och teknologi K54, 14186 Stockholm
Postal address: H9 Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, H9 CLINTEC Ortopedi och bioteknologi, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Li Felländer-Tsai, MD, Dr Med Sc, was appointed full professor and senior consultant in orthopaedic surgery at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in 2006.
Between May 1 2001 - March 31 2017 she was chairman at the Department KARO, later the Center for Surgical Sciences followed by the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology which is a merger between the Center for Surgical Sciences and the Department of Clinical Science.
Li Felländer-Tsai is director of the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Training (CAMST). As an orthopaedic surgeon she is active in orthopaedic research, education and training as well as advanced surgical technology. She is past president of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (efort.org) and Deputy Editor of Acta Orthopaedica. Li Felländer-Tsai is past president of the Swedish Orthopaedic Association (2012-2016) and past president of the Nordic Orthopaedic Federation (2016-2018). She is past registrar and chairman of the Swedish ACL Register (National quality registry for cruciate ligament injuries). She chaired the process of Accreditation of the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Training as an American College of Surgeons Level I (Comprehensive) Educational Institute. In 2001 she was awarded Karolinska Institutets annual Pedagogical Prize. In 2017 she was appointed honorary member of the Swedish Orthopaedic Association and in 2023 she was appointed honorary member of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT). Li Felländer-Tsai has served as expert reviewer for e.g. The Swiss National Science Foundation, The Norwegian Research Council, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen Health Science Partners and Tartu University. She has been scientific advisor for Malin and Lennart Philipson Foundation. Li Felländer-Tsai has previously been consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the Cullberg Ballet Company.
Education
MD Karolinska Institutet 1991
Dr Med Sc Karolinska Institutet 1992
Appointed associate professor at Karolinska Institutet 1996
Internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery 1992-1999
Board certified orthopaedic surgeon 1999
Fellow with professor Lyle Micheli, Childrens Hospital Harvard University, during spring 1996
Consultant in Orthopaedic surgery 1999-2006
Appointed full professor and senior consultant in orthopaedic surgery at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital 2006
Research
- Muscoloskeletal disease and trauma:
Li Felländer-Tsais research focuses on recovery after injury and surgery of the musculoskeletal system, rehabilitation and also tissue metbolism. She has developed and implemented a technique for monitoring of synovial tissue metabolism and inflammation with intraoperative and postoperative microdialysis. Other fields of her research include trauma and tissue regeneration.
Her research includes epidemiological aspects of trauma and surgery.
The goal is optimal pain relief and healing with good joint function, minimizing adverse long term effects including osteoarthritis.
Advanced medical simulation and training:
The vision of this research field is to create a new de-facto standard for training technical and non technical skills (team behaviour) in high stakes healthcare with advanced medical simulators, where ergonomic principles are followed, and thus optimize patient safety. The aim is also to develop valid and reliable training and assessment instruments for technical skills so that individual training programs can be developed in which individual factors such as working memory and visuospatial ability can be targeted. When valid measures of team behavior and surgical skills are established, these can be translated into evidence-based training and education with both theory and practice. The ultimate goal is advanced state-of-the-art courses for trainers ( "train the trainer" course) with modern principles of both team training and advanced skills training. By training instructors and teachers the next generation of healthcare professionals will improve skills and attitudes in favour of patient safety.
Teaching
- She has supervised 15 completed PhD theses at Karolinska Institutet and served as external examiner (opponent) for numerous PhD theses both in Sweden and internationally.
Selected publications
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):21787
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Journal article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2023;20(11):e1004308
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Article: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2023;34(2):349-356
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Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2023;94:26-31
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Letter: INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED. 2022;53(12):4165-4168
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(4):e057504
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Article: TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE. 2022;34(2):135-144
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Article: EFORT OPEN REVIEWS. 2022;7(2):122-128
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Article: BIOMATERIALS. 2021;273:120836
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Article: BONE. 2021;147:115909
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Article: PATIENT SAFETY IN SURGERY. 2021;15(1):2
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Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2020;35(12):2372-2380
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Article: JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME. 2020;45(11):1022-1028
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Article: BONE. 2020;140:115554
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Article: BONE. 2020;133:115242
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2019;16(7):e1002855
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Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2019;27(2):471-477
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2018;9:86-92
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Article: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2018;32(1):87-95
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2017;45(3):535-540
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Article: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2017;28(3):901-907
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Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2017;17(1):37
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Article: JMIR SERIOUS GAMES. 2016;4(2):e22
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Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME. 2016;98(21):1837-1842
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;74:177-186
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2016;7:56-61
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Article: KNEE. 2015;22(6):559-564
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Journal article: ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS. 2015;25(42):6692
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Article: ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS. 2015;25(42):6596-6605
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2014;42(10):2419-2423
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Article: JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY. 2014;76(3):715-719
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(3):e90064
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Article: JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND RESEARCH. 2013;8:30
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Article: BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY. 2013;22(6):459-467
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Article: BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY. 2013;22(6):485-494
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Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2013;15(1):e9
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 2012;40(8):1808-1813
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Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME. 2011;93(21):1961-1968
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Article: WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2011;35(4):710-715
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Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2010;12(3):e38
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Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2010;18(1):106-114
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Article: WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2009;33(11):2360-2367
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Article: REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE. 2009;34(6):557-564
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Article: ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY. 2008;24(5):579-584
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Article: FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL. 2008;29(3):298-304
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Article: IMMUNOLOGY. 2007;122(2):291-301
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Article: MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2007;41(2):173-180
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Article: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2006;20(9):1383-1388
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Article: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2006;20(8):1275-1280
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Article: KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY. 2006;14(2):133-140
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Article: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2004;18(1):115-120
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Article: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2003;17(2):227-231
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Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY - SERIES B. 2002;84(8):1194-1198
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Journal article: BONE & JOINT JOURNAL. 2002;84-B(8):1194-1198
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Article: CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH. 2000;(378):148-154
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Article: CLINICAL JOURNAL OF SPORT MEDICINE. 1998;8(3):232-234
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS. 1998;8(3):172-176
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Articles
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Journal article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2023;94:625
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Journal article: ADVANCES IN SIMULATION. 2023;8(1):18
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Journal article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2023;94:257-259
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Journal article: ORTHOPÄDIE UND UNFALLCHIRURGIE. 2022;12(2):19
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2022;111(1):14574969221083133-145749692210831
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Article: INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED. 2021;52(6):1410-1417
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Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2021;92(3):323-328
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Article: EFORT OPEN REVIEWS. 2020;5(10):743-752
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Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2020;91(5):520-522
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Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35(Supplement_3):gfaa142.p1409
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Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35(Supplement_3):gfaa142.p1389
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Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35(Supplement_3):gfaa142.p0887
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Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35(Supplement_3):gfaa139.so072
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2019;116:FRHW
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Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2019;90(4):318-323
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Article: KNEE. 2019;26(3):603-611
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY. 2018;27(10):1756-1761
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Journal article: BMJ SIMULATION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING. 2017;3(Suppl 1):s23-S32
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Article: ADVANCES IN SIMULATION. 2017;2:25
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Article: BMC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 2016;16:15
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Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2016;87(1):5-11
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2015;6:93-100
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2014;103(4):232-236
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Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2014;14:221
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Article: INFORMATICS FOR HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE. 2014;39(1):33-46
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2014;196:290-293
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2014;196:83-85
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2013;48(11):1354-1358
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE GYNECOLOGY. 2013;20(6):s25
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2013;92(10):1194-1201
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS. 2013;23(4):431-442
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(17-18):875
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2013;47(1):38-42
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2013;184:189-194
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2013;184:96-102
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF TRAUMA RESUSCITATION & EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 2012;20:79
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Journal article: GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY. 2012;9(4):415-420
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE GYNECOLOGY. 2012;19(6):s22-s23
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2012;173:171-174
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. 2011;157(1):73-77
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Journal article: CLINICAL ETHICS. 2011;6(1):27-31
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2011;163:144-146
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Article: JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE. 2011;17(3):137-141
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2009;142:59-61
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Journal article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2008;81(3):459-465
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2008;132:210-215
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2008;132:89-94
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Article: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2007;21(11):2044-2050
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE. 2007;21(4):413-423
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Article: FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL. 2007;28(7):778-787
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Article: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 2007;16(5):731-738
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Journal article: FOOT. 2007;17(2):84-93
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2007;125:515-519
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2007;125:82-84
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Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2006;77(4):657-661
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Article: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES. 2006;20(6):895-899
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Article: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 2006;10(4):593-599
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Article: STUDIES IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS. 2006;119:188-193
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Journal article: SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE-JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE. 2006;1(3):187
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Journal article: SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE-JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE. 2006;1(3):193
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Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2005;46(8):843-851
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Journal article: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS SERIES. 2005;1281:1367
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Article: JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2003;30(11):2338-2343
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Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, SUPPLEMENT. 2003;20(10):842
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Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, SUPPLEMENT. 2003;20(10):838
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2001;98(36):3772-3776
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS. 2001;11(2):87-95
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY AND RELATED RESEARCH. 2001;23(4):156-158
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Article: FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL. 1998;19(7):479-484
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Article: JOURNAL OF FOOT & ANKLE SURGERY. 1997;36(6):452-456
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Article: FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL. 1996;17(8):477-482
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Article: CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH. 1995;(320):110-114
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS. 1995;5(3):160-164
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Article: CLINICAL JOURNAL OF SPORT MEDICINE. 1995;5(1):48-52
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Article: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY. 1995;114(6):344-346
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Journal article: SPINE. 1993;18(7):872-875
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Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY AND OCCUPATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY. 1993;66(4):304-308
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Journal article: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY. 1993;112(3):136-138
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Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATION, SUPPLEMENT. 1993;213:9-17
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Journal article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 1992;71(7):502-505
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Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS. 1992;2(1):10-15
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Journal article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 1991;19(5):469-473
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Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY AND OCCUPATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY. 1991;63(3-4):308-311
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Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 1990;11(3):204-207
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Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 1989;44(4):669-674
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Journal article: CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGY. 1989;118(1):10-21
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All other publications
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Conference publication: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;67(4):543-544
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Conference publication: SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY. 2022;152:11S
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Editorial comment: EFORT OPEN REVIEWS. 2020;5(8):519-521
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Editorial comment: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2020;91(3):221
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Editorial comment: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2020;91(1):1-2
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Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35:1729
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Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35:1210
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Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35:1708
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Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2020;35:78
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Editorial comment: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ORTHOPADIE UND UNFALLCHIRURGIE. 2019;157(5):480-482
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Book chapter: PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING. 2019;p. 59-89
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Book chapter: PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING. 2019;p. 197-211
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Book chapter: PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING. 2019;p. 3-8
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Editorial comment: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2017;88(6):575
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Editorial comment: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2017;88(5):465
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Book chapter: 2017;p. 129-150
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Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRANSLATION. 2015;3(4):160-165
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Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2015;66(3):218-220
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Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(12):e0144886
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Editorial comment: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2013;84(4):329-330
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Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION. 2010;67(5):344-347
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Editorial comment: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME. 2008;90(2):450
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Conference publication: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2007;51:46
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Conference publication: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2007;51:18
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Published paper: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 2004;8(7):876-882
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Editorial comment: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2004;75(5):511-515
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Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2004;39(5-6):594
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Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2002;99(3):207
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Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY AND RELATED RESEARCH. 2001;23(4):183-184
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Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 1988;28(2):254
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Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 1987;26(3):310
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Grants
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2027
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Swedish Research Council1 December 2020 - 31 December 2022
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2017 - 31 December 2020
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2013 - 31 December 2016
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013
Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2006-
Degrees and Education
- Dr Med Sc, Karolinska Institutet, 1992
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1991
Distinction and awards
- Appointed honorary member, The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), 2023
- Appointed honorary member, The Swedish Orthopaedic Association, 2017
- The Pedagogical Prize, Karolinska Institute, 2001
- The outstanding young persons of the world (TOYP), In the category academic leadership and research, Sweden., 1998