Biographical sketch
Johan Svartberg became MD in 1987 at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden and after specialization at Söder Hospital and Karolinska Hospital specialist in Internal Medicine 1995 and Endocrinology 1996. He moved to Tromsø, Norway in 1997 and defended his Thesis at the University of Tromsø in 2004. He is currently Head at the Section of Endocrinology, University Hospital of North Norway. He was president of the Norwegian Endocrine Society 2003-2005. He has written a number of papers in the field of endocrinology, but focusing on testosterone levels in men participating in the Tromsø study.
Employment and academic career
- 1977 Graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Pennsylvania, USA. AFS-scholarship.
- 1980 Graduated from Hvitfeldska gymnasiet, Göteborg, Sweden
- 1987 MD Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1995 Specialist in Internal Medicine
- 1996 Specialist in Endocrinology
- 2004 Doctor of Medical science (Thesis: Studies on endogenous testosterone levels in Tromsø men and testosterone supplementation in men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.)
- 1987-95 Residency in Internal medicine, Roslagstulls Hospital and Stockholm Söder Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1995 Instructor, Department of Medicine, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Stockholm
- 1996 Staff Physician, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1997 Staff Physician, Department of Medicine, Stockholm Söder Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1997-03 Senior Consultant, Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- 2003- Chief, Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
- 2002-2003 Sabbatical at Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. Invited by Professor Elizabeth Barrett-Connor.
Societies
- 1994- Swedish Society of Diabetology
- 1997- Norwegian Medical Association
- 1997- Norwegian Endocrine Society. 2000-2003 secretary, 2003-2005 president
- 1998- Norwegian Neuroendocrin society, member of the board.
- 2001- The Endocrine Society (USA)
Committees
- 2000-2005 Local organizing committee for European Congress of Endocrinology Göteborg September, 2005
Manuscript referee for
- American Journal of Hypertension
- Diabetes Care
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Journal of Endocrinological Investigations
- Journal of Endocrinology
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Scaninavian Cardiovascular Journal
- Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lægeforening
- Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift -- the Middle European Journal of Medicine
Areas of Research
- At the present I’m continuing my research in the field of male sex hormones, but I’m also taking part in different projects in the fields of endocrinology and diabetes.
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