Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce present Episode 4 – Hygge Henrik

‘Hygge’ is Danish for enjoy, describing a cozy, contented mood evoked by comfort and conviviality,

Our guest today is Dr. Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc. He is a professor of vascular disease at University of Copenhagen, and former chairman at the department of vascular surgery at Rigshospitalet, Denmark. During Dr Sillesens 23 years as chair, the dept. staff reached appr. 120 in total, incl. 37 MD’s of which 20 were board certified vascular surgeons.

Dr Sillesen was President of the European Society for Vascular surgery (ESVS) 2018-9, Secretary General of ESVS 2004-9, President of the Danish Heart Association (2006-8) and Secretary General Secretary General of the Scandinavian Association for Vascular Surgery 2000-2004. Henrik Sillesen was appointed member of the Danish Medical Research Council 2002.

Dr. Sillesens main research interest is prevention, treatment and non-invasive diagnosis of vascular disease. He has been the project-leader of an EU funded multicenter study 1992-5 and leader of the Danish research center CADUS, funded by the Danish Research Council 1995-2000. Dr. Sillesen has served as member of many scientific steering Committee’s for phase 2 and 3 drug trials.

Dr. Sillesen has published > 275 scientific articles in peer-review journals and presented more than 250 invited lectures worldwide (H-index is 62 and > 22.000 citations (Google Scholar)).

After having served as chair and professor for 23 years, Dr. Sillesen was recruited for the Novo Nordisk Foundation in 2021 to build up a Cardiovascular Research Portfolio within the foundation. Among these projects is the “REACT” study which is testing whether early detection of atherosclerosis can prevent MI, stroke and CVD death, funded by 100M$. In 2023, Dr. Sillesen joined Airfinity Ltd, a London based medical analytics company, to serve as Chief Medical Officer.

The aim of ‘The Missing Needle’ podcast is to discuss a variety of provoking, and at times uncomfortable, topics within healthcare. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital.

Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

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