Göran Hellers Tallinn, Estonia M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Hellers obtained his MD, Ph.D. from the world renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, which every year decides the Nobel Prize of Medicine.  After completing his residency training in surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in the U.S., he returned to Sweden and became Chairman, Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital in Stockholm.  He was a pioneer in Adjustable Gastric Banding in the 1980's. Today he specializes in special cases, including conversions of failed previous surgeries into Gastric Bypass. He performs surgery in Tallinn, Estonia. Specialties Gastric Bypass

Curriculum Vitae

Personal:
Born:   February 6, 1944

Citizenship:
Swedish

Present position:
Medical Director of SC Scandinavian Care Consultants AB

Education:
M.D. in Medicine (1970)
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Ph.D. in General Surgery (1979)
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Professional Employment Record:

1989-1995   Huddinge University Hospital (Karolinska Insitutet), Stockholm,
Sweden:
Chairman, Department of Surgery

1988
Huddinge University Hospital (Karolinska Insitutet), Stockholm, Sweden:
Deputy Chairman, Department of Surgery

1987-1996
Huddinge University Hospital (Karolinska Insitutet), Stockholm, Sweden:
Senior Consultant Surgeon

1984-1987
Jönköping Central Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden
Chairman, Department of Surgery

1982-1983
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA:
Residency, Department of Surgery

1980-1982
Huddinge University Hospital (Karolinska Insitutet), Stockholm, Sweden:
Junior Consultants in General Surgery

1975-1980
Serafimer Hospital (Karolinska Insitutet), Stockholm, Sweden:
Reader in General Surgery

1970-1975
Serafimer Hospital (Karolinska Insitutet), Stockholm, Sweden:
Residency in General Surgery


Memberships of Professional Societies:

Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee, IOIBD (International
Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease).

Board Member of the International Organization for Ambulatory Surgery.

1980-1985   Secretary, Swedish Surgical Society

1982-1997
Board Member, OMGE (World Society of Gastroenterology)

1982-1990
Secretary, Education Committee, OMGE

1990-1997
Chairman, Education Committee, OMGE

1990-1997
Governing Council, OMGE

1985-1992
Member, SPRI (Swedish Institute for Planning and Rationalising of Health
Care) Medical Advisory Council

1989-1994
Member, Spri DRG Policy Group


Key Qualifications:

Chairman, Swedish National Commission on Day Surgery.
Published in 1992 as Spri-report No. 336.

Chairman, Swedish National Commission on DRG in Surgery/Urology/Orthopedic
Surgery.
Published in 1993 as Spri-report No. 346.

Chairman, 2nd Swedish National Commission on Day and Short-stay Surgery.
Published in 1994 as Medicinsk Faktadatabas No. 2/94.

1991-1994   Chairman, Stockholm County Council, Commission on introduction
of DRG's in surgical specialities.

1990-1995
Board Member, AB Dialog/Celsius Information Systems
(IT Company specialisin in medical IT - on the Swedish Stock Exchange)

Medical Advisor to Stockholm County Council regarding structural changes in
Stockholm.

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