Kristina Fahnehjelm

Kristina Fahnehjelm

Adjunct Professor | Docent
Visiting address: Eye Center of Excellence Avd Ögon & Syn, Eugeniavägen 12, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Ögon och Syn Pansell, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • My name is Kristina Teär Fahnehjelm and I am a paediatric ophthalmologist at
    St Erik Eye Hospital in Stockholm. I am also Adjunct Professor of
    Ophthalmology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska
    Institutet.
    Marianne Bernadottes Price Pediatric Ophthalmology 2020
    1985 Graduation Medical School Karolinska Institutet (KI) Stockholm
    1985-1987 Internship (AT) Bollnäs/Södertälje/Salem
    1987 Legitimerad läkare
    1987-1993 Re*s*idency in Ophthalmology
    1993 Specialist in Ophthalmology including specialist examination.
    2003 PhD. Thesis “Posterior ocular malformations in children. Teratological
    aspects” KI.
    2009 Appointed Associate Professor KI, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
    2011-2013 European Leadership Development Programme
    2015 Adjunct Professor Gothenburg University
    2018 Adjunt Lecturer KI
    2020 Adjunct Lecturer KI

Research

  • Main research areas are children with ocular malformations mainly optic disc
    hypoplasia and optic disc coloboma and microphthalmia/anophthalmia. Also
    children with inheredited metabolic disorders.

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Employments

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2027

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2009
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2003

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