The Board of the SSAI

Board members of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
2018 – 2019

Officers

President
Professor Klaus Olkkola
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: klaus.olkkola [at] helsinki.fi

Secretary General
Docent Tom Silfvast
Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: tom.silfvast [at] fimnet.fi

Treasurer
Per Nellgård
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gøteborg, Sweden
E-mail: per.nellgard [at] vgregion.se

Editor in Chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Professor Michael Haney
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
University Hospital of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
E-mail: michael.haney [at] anestesi.umu.se

Director Acta Foundation
Søren Pischke
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
E-mail: s.e.pischke [at] medisin.uio.no

Board members elected by the national societies

Denmark
Joachim Hoffmann-Petersen (Danish Society President)
Department of Anaesthesia
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
E-mail: Joachim.hoffmann-petersen [at] rsyd.dk

Mette Hyllested (member elected)
Department of Anaesthesia
Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet/Glostrup
Denmark
E-mail: mette.hyllested [at] regionh.dk

Finland
Merja Vakkala (Finnish Society President)
Department of Anaesthesiology
Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland
E-mail: merja.vakkala [at] fimnet.fi

Lasse Raatiniemi (member elected)
Centre for Prehospital Emergency Care
Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland
E-mail: lasse.raatiniemi [at] gmail.com

Iceland
Kári Hreinsson (Icelandic Society President)
Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
E-mail: karih [at] landspitali.is

Ivar Gunnarsson (member elected)
Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
E-mail: ivargunn [at] landspitali.is

Norway
Siri Tau Ursin (Norwegian Society President)
Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Stavanger University Hospital
Stavanger, Norway
E-mail: leder [at] nafweb.no

Gunnar Bentsen (member elected)
Division for Emergencies and Critical Care
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
E-mail: gbentsen [at] ous-hf.no

Sweden
Martin Holmer (Swedish Society President)
Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Ryhov Hospital
Jönköping, Sweden
Martin.holmer [at] rjl.se

Lill Blomqwist (member elected)
Intensive and Perioperative Care Medicine
Skånes Universitetssjukhus, SUS
Malmö/Lund, Sweden
E-mail: lill.blomqwist [at] med.lu.se

Ex officio board members

Congress President (SSAI congress 2019)
Professor Lars S Rasmussen
Department of Anaesthesiology
Copenhagen University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
E-mail: lars.simon.rasmussen.01 [at] regionh.dk

Past Congress President (SSAI congress 2017)
Professor Mikael Bodelsson
Department of Anaesthesiology
Lund University Hospital
Lund, Sweden
E-mail: Mikael.bodelsson [at] med.lu.se

Future Congress President (SSAI congress 2021)
Professor Tor Inge Tønnessen
Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Oslo, Norway
E-mail: t.i.tonnessen [at] medisin.uio.no

Educational Committee
Annukka Vahtera
Tampere University Hospital
Tampere, Finland
E-mail: vahteraa [at] gmail.com

Clinical Practice Committee
Ass. Professor Morten Hylander Møller
Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
E-Mail: morten.hylander.moeller [at] regionh.dk

Research Committee
Current Editor-in-chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Webmaster
Mads Astvad
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
E-mail: webmaster [at] ssai.info