Education
MD 1989 University of Kuopio Finland
Surgeon 1995
Plastic Surgeon 1998
PhD 2005
Thesis title “Experimental burn injury: new methods in assessing tissue damage”
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon of Canada, 2007
Employment
Burn Director in Finland for 10 years
Medical Director, BC Professional Firefighters’ Burn Unit, VGH 2007-
Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia
Visiting Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 2010
Department of Plastic Surgery, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2011.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
Other
Reviewer/ Editorial board member in 15 different scientific journals
Publications
50 international peer reviewed publications
22 Book chapters
100 abstracts in international conferences
