EUROPEAN PRESSURE ULCER ADVISORY PANEL

Professor Finn Gottrup, MD, PhD
History Medical Examination MD University of Aarhus, 1971
Speciality of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, 1980
Associated Professor of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, 1980
Speciality of General Surgery, 1985
Speciality of Surgical Gastroenterology, 1990
Professor, Danish Medical Research Council, 1991
Head of Copenhagen Wound Healing Center, Copenhagen, 1996

Medical Science Thesis: ‘Healing of incisional wounds in stomach and duodenum’, an experimental study, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 1983. Scientific Publications: 230 articles, 90 abstracts on clinical and experimental wound healing, wound infections, tissue perfusion and oxygenation, neuroregulation of gastric secretion. Editor/associate editor of five books and nine journals, mostly international. 340 Congress and Symposia Presentations. Invited Lecturer for 85 lectures in various continents. Membership of 15 boards or committees of primary international societies. President of the Danish Wound Healing Society since 1992, of European Wound Management Association 1997–99 and of European Tissue Repair Society 1998–99. Chairman of the Expm. Session of Scandinavian Surgical Society since 1991. Best paper awards at two national and three international congresses. NC Nielsen’s award, Danish Surgical Society, 1992.

• Senior Public Health Advisor, Public Health Institute, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County, Hungary
• President Hungarian Wound Healing Society (HWH); Vice-President, Hungarian Association for Professionals in Infection Control (HAPIC);
• Vice-President, Hungarian Assocation for Technology Assessment in Health Care (HTHC)
• MSc Health Economics, University of York, Department of Economics and Related Studies.
• Specialist in Public Health (Qualification)
• University of Economics, Budapest degrees in mathematical economy and sociology
• Kossuth University of Arts and Sciences, Debrecen degree on mathematical programming. Medical University of Debrecen (MD)
• Publications - 63 publications and book chapters in the field of quality assurance and technology assessment