Educational career

Akureyri High School 1974-1978 Washington & Lee University, USA, Chemistry 1978-1979 Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland 1979-1985. Postgraduate studies in general surgery and vascular surgery in Sweden 1989-1994. Doctoral studies, Lund University, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden, 1991-1994. Fellow, Arizona Heart Institute & Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 1994-5 Management and operations in healthcare, Continuing Education Institute, University of Iceland 2001-2003.

Exams and licenses

Medical degree 1985, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland General Medical License in Iceland 1987 General Medical License in Sweden 1989 Specialist License in General Surgery in Sweden 1991 Specialist License in General Surgery in Iceland 1992 Specialist License in Vascular Surgery in Iceland 1993 Specialist exam (specialistexamen) in Surgery in Sweden 1991, Specialist Diploma (board/specialistkompetensbevis) in Surgery in Sweden, The Swedish Society of Medicine and the Swedish Surgical Society, 1992. Doctorate in Surgery from Lund University in Sweden 1994 ATLS diploma (Advanced Trauma Life Support®) Sweden 1996. Diploma. Management and Operations in Health Services, Continuing Education Institute of the University of Iceland 2003.

Career

Various medical institutions in Iceland 1983-1988. Kärnsjukuset Skövde Sweden, Department of Surgery 1988-9 Lasaret Helsingborg Sweden, Department of Surgery 1989-91 Malmö University Hospital Sweden, Department of Surgery and Vascular Surgery 1991-5 Arizona Heart Institute & Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 1994-5 Lasaret Helsingborg Sweden, Chief Physician in the Department of Vascular Surgery 1995-6. Reykjavík Hospital, Specialist in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery 1996-9 Landspítali University Hospital Department of Vascular Surgery from 2000-2002 Landspítali University Hospital Department of Vascular Surgery, Chief Physician from 2002-2006. Specialist in General and Vascular Surgery at the Medical Center Glæsibær 1996-8. Specialist in general and vascular surgery at the Medical Center Lækninga ehf and the Surgery Center ehf. Lágmúli 5, Reykjavík 1998-2007.

Teaching

Part-time teaching at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland 1998-2000. Adjunct Professor in Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland 2000-2003. Associate Professor in Vascular Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland from 2003-8.

Social work

Student Council of the University of Iceland 1982-1985. Board of the Student Council of the University of Iceland 1982-1984 Board of the Icelandic Students' Loan Fund 1983-1984. Board of the Icelandic Youth Council 1981-1983. Board of the Young Physicians' Association 1983-1985. Chairman of the Icelandic Vascular Surgery Association from 1997. On the board of The Scandinavian Association for Vascular Surgery – SAVS from 1997-2002. On the grand council of the Reykjavík Medical Association 1998-2000. On the negotiating committee of the Reykjavík Medical Association with the National Social Security Administration from 1997-2004. On the board of the Vascular Surgery Research Fund from 2002. Chairman of the Research Group on Peripheral Vascular Diseases from 1998. Chairman of the Association of Health Companies from 2008.

Academic work

Author of numerous scientific articles in the fields of medicine, surgery and vascular surgery in national and international journals. Author of various educational publications for healthcare institutions and patients in the fields of surgery and vascular diseases. Conducts research on vascular diseases in collaboration with Icelandic Genetics ehf. Is a peer reviewer for international professional journals in the fields of surgery and vascular surgery.