Bjornsson Einar S

Einar S. Björnsson was born in Iceland 1958. He studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Iceland for three years. He finished medical school 1989 at the same University and then moved to Sweden. He spent almost 20 years in Gothenburg Sweden. Defended his PhD in 1994. Spent a post-doc in Ann Arbor Michigan 1996-1997. Became a Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Gothenburg in 2006. Senior registrar at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford in 2001. Sabbatical at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 2006 and 2008-2009. He became the chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Professor of Medicine at the National University of Iceland in Reykjavik in 2009. He went to NIH Bethesda for a sabbatical 2014-2015 and since 2016, he is a Professor and Chief of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Landspitali hospital and the University of Iceland. He was on a sabbatical in Malaga Spain August 2021-June 2022. He is author of more than 370 publications, that is original articles, editorials and book chapters and has been supervisor of 11 individuals who have finished their PhD degree.