Michael Bretthauer, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Oslo and Gastroenterologist at Oslo University Hospital. He is also an Associate Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine and chair of the Clinical Research Center, Department of Transplantation Medicine at Oslo University Hospital.
Colorectal cancer and colonoscopy
Michael Bretthauer’s main clinical activities are in gastrointestinal endoscopy, especially in colonoscopy and colorectal cancer and polyps. His main research interests include clinical trials and clinical epidemiology in gastroenterology. He is a lead investigator for several large-scale international clinical trials in colorectal cancer screening and surveillance, such as the Nordic-European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer and the European Polyp Surveillance trials. Michael Bretthauer has published more than 300 scientific articles and his current H-index for citation is 52.
Acknowledged Research Group
Together with his wife Mette Kalager, an internationally recognized expert in medical decision making and clinical epidemiology, Michael Bretthauer has since 2012 built up an internationally competitive clinical research environment in Oslo, the Clinical Effectiveness Group. The group has today around 35 active members of academic faculty, PhD and post doc level scientists, clinicians, study nurses and support staff. The group and its partners are running clinical trials and epidemiology studies in gastroenterology across Scandinavia and Europe with altogether more than 400,000 enrolled patients.
Michael Bretthauer received his award during the UEG Week on Sunday, October 15.