Director of the Endocrinological and Reproductive Unit
Dep. Ob/Gyn. Herlev Hospital, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Postdoctoral residency in Diabetology, Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine.
Founding member of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC) in 1988
President 2000-2004
President of the Scandinavian Menopause Society 1990-2002
President of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS).1994-2000
Board member of the International Menopause Society (IMS). 2004-2010
During the last 20 years organizer and chairman for a number of national and international congresses, workshops and consensus meetings on reproductive health care in general and sex steroid and metabolism in particular. President of the First Global Congress of the ESC. Former member of the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) expert advice group on Health Concerns in Relation to Sex Steroids.
Member of FIGO Expert Advisory Panel on Contraception and Menopause. Former National representative in ESHRE. Former Chairman of the gynecological guidelines Committee of the Danish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Member of the DSOG subspecialization committee.
Former coordinating Professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Official examiner or supervisor for more than 30 Ph. d theses and numerous bachelor projects
On a continuous basis reviewer on a series of European and International Journals
Special research interests:
Gynecological endocrinology and reproductive medicine. Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART) and translational medicine in relation to the molecular impact of sex steroids on metabolism and vascular function based upon clinical and experimental studies. Appr. 160 articles in peer reviewed journals and more than 600 lectures during international scientific meetings.
