SMC Medical Advisory Board
Our Medical Advisory Board is our guarantee of quality. It is composed of independent physicians and professors of medicine with many years of experience in both medical practice and the teaching of medicine. Its members are involved in our selection of partners by verifying that they meet our strict medical criteria, quality standards and business criteria; once a collaboration has been initiated, they perform regular follow-up. We are confident that this review by independent specialists is both a quality driver and the best way to ensure quality of treatment and a result with which you will be satisfied.
MAGNUS ANNERSTEDT
M.D. Urologic surgeon. Specialized in minimal invasive surgery, especially robot assisted surgery. Prostate, kidney and bladder. Performed over 300 RARC with intracorporeal reconstruction. In total towards 2000 major robotic procedures. Dr.Annerstedt has trained Ireland’s urology specialists in robot surgery techniques. Consultant at the UroClinic, Stockholm.M.D. Urologic surgeon. Specialized in minimal invasive surgery, especially robot assisted surgery. Prostate, kidney and bladder. Performed over 300 RARC with intracorporeal reconstruction. In total towards 2000 major robotic procedures. Dr.Annerstedt has trained Ireland’s urology specialists in robot surgery techniques. Consultant at the UroClinic, Stockholm.Magnus Annerstedt educated at Gothenburg University and received his medical degree in 1995, a specialist in urology in 2001 at the county hospital in Halmstad. Author of scientific articles and textbook chapters in urology. He is hired by scientific journals as a branch expert. Magnus Annerstedt has trained a large number of colleagues in Sweden and Europe in the field of robotic surgery. He has conducted more than 1,200 cancer surgeries with the surgical robot. Member of the Swedish Medical Association, Swedish Society of Medicine, Swedish Urological Association, European Association of Urology (EAU), the European Robotic Urology Society (ERUs) - board member.
JONAS HUGOSSON
Professor and Chairman of Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Consultant Urologist at Carlanderska Hospital, Gothenburg. Have a broad clinical experience in Urological Surgery, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery. Was one of those who introduced radical prostatectomy in the 80 thies in Scandinavia and is the one who has performed most prostatectomies in Scandinavia (2438 surgeries until June 2016). At the moment annually performed between 130 and 150 prostatectomies and since April 2014 the majority as robot assisted prostatectomies (Da Vinci). Large experiences in bladder cancer surgery and urinary diversions. Board Member in ESOU (European Society of Oncological Urology). Board Member of ESMO (European Society of Medical Oncology) Guide line Group. Nordic Medical Award in 2016 (the second most prestigious prize in Medicine in the Nordic countries after the Nobel Prize). Bard prize for best presentation at Svenska Riksstämman (Urologi) in 1992. Elected as author of one of the 5 best Urological papers in 1994 by Journal of Urology. Author (first author) of paper awarded by EAU with “Best urooncological Paper Award 2011 ESOU”.
MATTI ANNIKO
Professor at Department of Surgical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Uppsala University. Ph.D. degree in 1978 at Karolinska Hospital/Karolinska Institute. From 1990 (appointed by the Swedish Government) Professor and Head at Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. Professor at Department of Surgical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Uppsala University. Ph.D. degree in 1978 at Karolinska Hospital/Karolinska Institute. From 1990 (appointed by the Swedish Government) Professor and Head at Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. Honorary Professor of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery at the Tianjin Medical Uni-versity, China (1999) and the Beijing Hospital (Ministry of Public Health), China (2000). Honorary Head of Tianjin Institute of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology of the First Central Hospital (2002), China. Guest Professor at Xi´an Jiatong University (2006-2008), China. Karnik award (2000; Nepal). Joshi orden (2003; India). SPIO (Society for Promotion of Inter-national Oto-Rhino-Laryngology; Japanese Society of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery) award and special prize (2006). Ortho-McNeil Professorship awarded 2003 by Uni-versity of Miami Medical School, Miami, Florida, USA. The Mångberg Prize, Medical Faculty University of Umeå, Sweden (2007). Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (2005). Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Medical Association in Sweden (2009). Advisor to Medical Research Councils in Germany and France. Member of the medical board of the international company Bionorica. Member of committees (by invitation from different universities) for appointing professors and department heads both in Sweden and internation-ally (Denmark, Finland, England, Norway, USA). Editor-in-Chief for the Swedish textbook of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery (1991, 2001; 2006), the European textbook (2009, in press) and Handbook on Advanced Head and Neck Surgery (China, 2009, in press, by invitation). Board member of the international Collegium ORLAS (Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum). Editor/associate editor of the international journals ORL (Switzerland), Oto-Rhino-Laryngologia Nova (Switzerland) (6 years) and ENT Journal (USA). Board member of the international journal Medical Molecular Morphology (Japan) (from 2000 and forwards). Founder member of the European Academy of Otology & Neuro-Otology (EAONO). Member of the Royal Academy of Medical Sciences (elected 1996) Sweden; the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf is patron for the Society. Only one person from each medical field is elected and for lifetime.