Department of Endocrine Surgery

The Department of Endocrine Surgery is a part of the Department of Surgery at the University Hospital in Uppsala. During the 1970 and 1980s the subspeciality of Endocrine Surgery developed, in the world after initiative taken from Nordic surgeons, and Uppsala has been active in this matter ever since. We have in close collaboration with the Department of Endocrine Oncology developed and pioneered treatment of different types of endocrine tumors. Our reputation concerning diagnostic procedures and surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism, thyroid cancer, midgut carcinoid tumors, endocrine pancreatic tumors and adrenal tumors are well recognized. We have an ongoing active research.

The Endocrine surgical ward 70B2 is situated at the 7th floor in building ”70” at The University Hospital / Akademiska Sjukhuset.
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Surgeons:

Göran Åkerström, Professor
Per Hellman, Professor
Ola Hessman, Consultant
Peter Stålberg, Consultant, Associate Professor
Fredrik Wärnberg, Consultant
Jaime Navia, Staff surgeon

Head nurses:

Sofia Bråthen
Ann-Christine Gedeborg