Positions and official commitments

Permanent clinical positions
Resident, Department of Surgery, Karolinska Hospital (Stockholm) 1967 – 1968
Resident, Department of Surgery, Danderyd Hospital (Stockholm) 1968 – 1973
PhD (Surgery) Karolinska Institute 1972
Associate Professor of Surgery, Karolinska Hospital 1974 – 1977
Associate Professor/ Lecturer in Surgery, Linköping University Hospital 1977 – 1984
Consultant, Department of Surgery, Linköping University Hospital 1985 – 1991
Professor and Head, Department of Surgical & Medical Endocrinology, Linköping University Hospital 1991- 1995
Professor and Head of Surgery, Linköping University Hospital 1996 – 2002
Professor and Head, International Center for Education & Research in Traumatology & Disaster Medicine, Linköping 2001 – 2003

Scientific organisations
Secretary, Scandinavian Surgical Society 1974 – 1980
Secretary General, Scandinavian Surgical Society 1981 – 1987
Chairman, Scandinavian Surgical Societie´s Section for Trauma 1985 – 1991
Chairman, Swedish Society for Disaster Medicine 1988 – 2000
Vice President, International Society for Disaster Medicine 1991 – 2006
Vice President, European Association for Trauma & Emergency Surgery 2000 – 2006
Congress President, European Congress for Trauma & Emergency Surgery 2006
President, European Association for Trauma & Emergency Surgery (EATES) 2006 – 2007
President, European Society for Trauma & Emergency Surgery (ESTES) 2007 – 2008
President, International Association for promotion of training of the medical response to major incidents and disasters (MRMID) 2009 –

Scientific journals
Associate Editor, Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica 1976 – 1982
Associate Editor, Scandinavian Journal of Surgery 1982 – 1988
Editor in Chief, European Journal of Surgery 1989 – 2001
Editor in Chief, International Journal of Disaster Medicine 2002 – 2008

Official commitments
Consultant, Division of Crisis Management, Swedish Board of Health & Welfare 1974 – 1978
Scientific Clinical Advisor, Swedish Board of Health & Welfare 1994 – 2001
Medical Expert, Governmental Commission for Review of the Swedish Management of the Tsunami Disaster 2005 – 2006
Member of Scientific Committee for Research Grants, Karolinska Hospital, 2006 – 2012