About the SSAI
Officers
President
Professor Klaus Olkkola
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
Email: klaus.olkkola@helsinki.fi
Secretary General
Gunnar Bentsen
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Email: gunnarbentsen@hotmail.com / gbentsen@ous-hf.no
Treasurer
Steffen Kløve Albæk Pedersen
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
Email: steffen@ssai.info
Editor in Chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Professor Michael Haney
University Hospital of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
Email: michael.haney@anestesi.umu.se
Director Acta Foundation
Søren Pischke
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Email: s.e.pischke@medisin.uio.no
Board members elected by the national societies
Denmark
Christian Wamberg, (Danish Society President)
Bispebjerg Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Email: christian.aage.wamberg.02@regionh.dk
Lone Fuhrmann (member elected)
Denmark
Email: lone.fuhrmann@regionh.dk
Finland
Matti Reinikainen (Finnish Society President)
Kuopio University Hospital
Kuopio, Finland
Email: matti.reinikainen@kuh.fi
Professor Teijo Saari (member elected)
Email: teisaa@utu.fi
Iceland
Katrin Thormar (Icelandic Society President)
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
Email: katrinthormar@gmail.com
Gunnar Thorarensen (member elected)
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
Email: gunnithor@gmail.com
Norway
Jon Henrik Laake (Norwegian Society President)
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Email: jhlaake@me.com
Kristian Strand (member elected)
Stavanger University Hospital
Stavanger, Norway
Email: Kristian.strand@sus.no
Sweden
Maja Ewert (Swedish Society President)
Sweden
Email: maja.ewert@regionhalland.se
Karin Löwhagen, MD PhD
Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Mölndal
Göteborg, Sweden
Email: karin.lowhagen@vgregion.se
Congress President (SSAI congress 2022)
Professor Tor Inge Tønnessen
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Oslo, Norway
Email: t.i.tonnessen@medisin.uio.no
Future Congress President (SSAI congress 2024)
Professor Janne Liisanantti
Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland
Email: janne.liisanantti@oulu.fi
Educational Committee
Cecilia Escher
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Email: cecilia.escher@ki.se
Clinical Practice Committee
Ass. Professor Morten Hylander Møller
Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
Email: morten.hylander.moeller@regionh.dk
Research Committee
Current Editor-in-chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Nordic Young Anaesthesiologists Committee
Christopher Blacker (Sweden)
Email: nya@ssai.info
Webmaster
Mads Astvad
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
Email: mads@astvad.dk (private) & webmaster@ssai.info (webmaster business)