CV

Short summary CV

Education

• Danish Certified Paediatric Surgeon, 2019
• Danish Certified Colorectal Surgeon, 2018
• PhD degree, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, 2015
• Medical School: University of Southern Denmark, 2008

Current position

•  Professor, University of Southern Denmark, 2024-Present
• Head of Paediatric and IBD surgery, Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, 2022-Present

Pregraduate teaching

• > 75 lectures and class room teaching (2002-Present)
• Supervised: 50 master's theses

Postgraduate teaching

• > 50 lectures and class room teaching (2012-Present)
• PhD Supervisor: 1 PhD finished and 10 ongoing
• PhD Co-supervisor: 1 PhD finished and 2 ongoing

Scientific activity

• H-index: Google scholar 20 (08.08.2025)
• Citations: 1819
• Author/co-author: 108 publications
• Textbook chapters: 4

Assessment work

• Opponent PhD thesis: 5
• Chair of PhD assessment committee: 3

Member of steering group/board

• The Medical Council's specialist committee regarding inflammatory bowel diseases and short bowel syndrome (2021 – Present)
• The European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) National Representative for Denmark (2021-2024 )

• Surgical Chair of the "Gastroenterological diseases" working group under ERNICA (2024 – Present)

National lead

• National chair of Paediatric Surgery, Danish Surgical Society, (2024 – Present)

Research prizes: 

Best Poster (DSS 2006 & 2011, ECC 2022), Nyhus/Grassi Prize finalist (ISW 2009), and 2nd Best Oral Presentation (Kirurgveckan 2022).

Links:

orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-7505

Personally

Age: 45 years, Civil status: Married to Signe Bremholm Ellebæk. We have 3 children aged 13, 19 and 24.