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Einar Stefán Björnsson (Iceland)
Einar S. Bjornsson MD PhD (Iceland)
Education.
Psychology (30 points) and Philosophy (55 points) 1979-1982 (University of Iceland). Completed Medical School 1989. MD July 1990. Specialist diploma Internal Medicine 1994,
Ph. D. 1994, Specialist diploma Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1995,
Post Doc Research Fellow University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 1996-1997.
Present position.
Professor and Chief of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Landspitali University hospital Reykjavik Iceland, since June 16, 2016
Sabbatical Malaga Spain, September 1st 2021-June 15 2022.
Sabbatical at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) September 1st 2014-May 31st 2015.
pubSeptember1st 2009-June15th 2016.
Sabbatical Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota September 1st 2008-August 31st 2009.
Visiting Professor Mayo Clinic College of Medicine June-August 2006.
Appointed Professor Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg Sweden June 1st 2006.
Publications.
446 publications: original articles, review papers, book chapters, case reports and editorials and more than 500 abstracts presented at International meetings. >49000 citations in google scholar, h-index 110 (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=einar+bjornsson&oq=e)
Research field. Studies in hepatology mainly on drug-induced liver injury and cholestatic liver disease. Clinical aspects of the use of proton pump inhibitors. Gastrointestinal bleeding.
Clinical work.
Working at the Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and Hepatology Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg Sweden 1990-2008.
Senior Registrar, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Jan-March 2001.
Working in Landspitali University Hospital September 1 2009-
Research supervising experience.
Supervisor of 12 doctors with a PhD degree.
Magnus Simren (2001) University of Gothenburg, Hans Strid (2003) University of Gothenburg, Evangelos Kalaitzakis (2005), University of Gothenburg, Anna Gunnarsdottir (2008) University of Gothenburg, Anna Niklasson (2008), University of Gothenburg, Linda B. Olafsdottir (2011) University of Iceland, Jóhann Páll Hreinsson (2014) University of Iceland, Orri Thor Ormarsson (2016) University of Iceland, Holmfridur Helgadottir (2019) University of Iceland, Helgi Kristinn Björnsson (2021) University of Iceland, Arnar B. Ingason (2022) University of Iceland, Arnar Snær Agustsson (2025).
Other things: Associate Editor of the Journal of Hepatology 2019-2024. Executive Editor Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2013-2019. Member of the Editorial board of Drug Safety and Scandinavian J Gastroenterology. Part of the UMC (Uppsala Monitoring Centre) Clinical Expert Group from September 2021.