Per Svensson

Per Svensson

Senior Lecturer/Senior Physician | Docent
Visiting address: Institutionen för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset, 11883 Stockholm
Postal address: S1 Klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset, S1 KI SÖS Forskning Kardiologi Svensson, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Senior Lecturer at the Department of KI-Sös, Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Consultant at the Department of Cardiology, Södersjukhuset.

    Research group leader: Coronary Heart Disease/Per Svensson

    Supervised 5 Ph. D. students to dissertation, 3 as main supervisor.

    Currently supervisor to 7 Ph. D. students, 4 as main supervisor.

    Supervised 42 degree projects on the Study Programme in Medicine.

Research

  • Clinical scientist with a broad interest in coronary heart disease, hypertension and cardiovascular medicine. A special interestis to study the importance of socioeconomy and family history for cardiovascular disase in different settings, from the emergency department to the secondary preventive setting.

Teaching

  • Research school director: KI/Region Stockholm research school in Clinical Therapy Research 2021-24

    Research school director. KI-SÖS clinical research school/Research School in General Science for Clinicians from 2019-21

    Supervised 42 degree projects on the Study program in Medicine most of which have presented results at international meetings and/or published papers and 4 of which have been awarded best degree projects.

    Coordinator and examiner in the course Degree project in Medicine, Study program in Medicine since 2011-
    Director of studies. Medical diagnostics KS Solna 2017-18

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Employments

  • Senior Lecturer/Senior Physician, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, 2018-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2016
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, 2004
  • University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1995

Leadership and responsibility assignments

  • Research team leader, Research group Cardiology/Ischemia/Per Svensson, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institute, 2024-
  • Director of studies, Research School in Clinical Therapy Research (KI-Region Stockholm
  • Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institute, 2021-

Committee work

  • Member, RPO hjart- och karlsjukdomar, 2023
  • Member, Research internship ("Forskar-AT") steering group, 2020

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