News Thoracic Surgery
New Associate Professor
Magnus Dalén has been appointed Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery as from November 22, 2019.
Three awards to the Thoracic Group at the SATS annual meeting
Awardees at the Swedish Thoracic Surgery Association's Annual Meeting on 4-5 September 2019:
Natalie Glaser was awarded The Viking Olov Björk Award for Best Academic Dissertation in Thoracic Surgery, thesis title: Prosthetic aortic heart valves
Janica Kallonen was awarded the Åke Senning Prize, and
Emelie Carlestål was awarded for best scientific oral presentation at the Annual Meeting.

Magnus Dalén awarded the Karolina Prize 2019
Magnus Dalén has been awarded the Karolinska University Hospital Prize for "Exemplary clinical research effort". News article in Swedish ki.se/mmk.
Ulrik Sartipy, Adjunct Professor
Ulrik Sartipy has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Thoracic Surgery as from February 1, 2019.
Veronica Jackson - publication in journal Chest
New study, led by Veronica Jackson, shows that the day of the week on which a patient has a lung cancer operation has no significance for their survival. News article at ki.se/mmk
Magnus Dalén awarded research scholarship
Magnus Dalén has received SEK 100.000 from Stiftelsen Kvinnor och Hälsa for the research project "Gender differences in young adults undergoing coronary artery surgery".
New Associate Professor
Christian Olsson has been appointed Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery as from February 15, 2018.
Ulrik Sartipy - Awared a grant from The Swedish Society of Medicine
Ulrik Sartipy has received 200 000 SEK from The Swedish Society of Medicine for project related to screening for depression associated with cardiac surgery.
Ulrik Sartipy - Awarded the grant of Ulf Stenstrand's memory of the year
Ulrik Sartipy at the group Thoracic Surgery group is awarded a research grant to Ulf Stenestrand's memory in 2016.
The grant is 100 000 SEK and the motivation: "excellent quality-based research in the cardiovascular area" of SWEDEHEART, Swedish Heart Association and the Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR).
KI Discovers with Ulrik Sartipy
On Wednesday 6 April Senior Lecturer Ulrik Sartipy will present the research behind his recent publications. Time and venue 12:00-13:00 Lecture Hall Novum, Huddinge. KI Calendar
Mechanical heart valve prosthesis superior to biological
A mechanical valve prosthesis has a better survival record than a biological valve prosthesis. The finding can be highly significant, since the use of biological valve prostheses has increased in all age groups in recent years.
See the link for more information: http://ki.se/en/mmk/mechanical-heart-valve-prosthesis-superior-to-biological
Transfusion with stored blood safe in heart surgery
Associate Professor Ulrik Sartipy is the lead study-author of the publication Red Blood Cell Concentrate Storage and Survival After Cardiac Surgery published in the journal JAMA.
Strong correlation between income and survival after cardiac surgery
Associate Professor Ulrik Sartipy and PhD student Magnus Dalén has written the publication Household Disposable Income and Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery published in JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
New Associate Professor
We congratulate Karl-Henrik Grinnemo that has been appointet Docent
Publication in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Associate Professor Ulrik Sartipy is one of the authors to the publication Glycemic control in type 1 diabetes and long-term risk of cardiovascular events or death after coronary artery bypass grafting published in JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Study: CABG in patients 50 years or younger
In the journal Circulation's the OpenHeart blog you can find an interview with PhD student Magnus Dalén and Associate Professor Ulrik Sartipy regarding their publication Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients 50 years or younger: a Swedish nationwide cohort study.