About Us

This is a network of experts involved in clinical and research work related to fetal maternal medicine. We are located in 8 Nordic and Baltic countries, namely Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

 

Steering Committee

Denmark

  • Olav Bjørn Petersen, Copenhagen
  • Puk Sandager, Århus
  • Finn Stener Jørgensen, Hvidovre
  • Karin Sundberg, Copenhagen
  • Ann Tabor, Copenhagen
  • Ida Vogel, Århus
  • Helle Zingenberg, Herlev
  • Lene Sperling, Odense

8 Members

Finland

  • Kaarin Mäkikallio, Turku
  • Seppo Heinonen, Helsinki
  • Riina Jernman, Helsinki
  • Juha Räsänen, Helsinki
  • Susanna Sainio, Helsinki
  • Vedran Stefanovic, Helsinki
  • Aydin Tekay, Helsinki

7 Members

Sweden

  • Ganesh Acharya, Stockholm
  • Jana Brodszki, Lund
  • Ylva Carlsson, Gothenburg
  • Sverker Ek, Stockholm
  • Erik Iwarsson, Stockholm
  • Bo Jacobsson, Gothenburg
  • Marius Kublickas, Stockholm
  • Peter Lindgren, Stockholm
  • Göran Lingman, Lund
  • Ajlana Mulic-Lutvica, Uppsala
  • Nikos Papadogiannakis, Stockholm
  • Eleonor Tiblad, Stockholm

12 Members

Estonia

  • Eva-Liina Ustav, Tartu
  • Ferenc Szirko, Tallinn

2 Members

Iceland

  • Hildur Harðardóttir, Reykjavik

1 Member

Latvia

  • Natalija Vedmedovska

1 Member

Lithuania

  • Egle Machtejeviene

1 Member

Norway

  • Øivind Braaten, Oslo
  • Cathrine Ebbing, Bergen
  • Kjell Salvesen, Trondheim
  • Madeleine Fannemel
  • Ragnhild Glad, Tromsø
  • Guttorm Haugen, Oslo
  • Synnøve Johnsen, Bergen
  • Katarina Hilde, Oslo
  • Ashi S Ahmad, Oslo

9 Members

Why

Major problem in dealing with rare diseases is the difficulty in achieving sufficient expertise within a reasonable timeframe. The collective learning by sharing others’ experiences speeds up the learning curve substantially.

How

Only some minor differences occur in patient care among the Nordic countries, hence the collaboration is often straight forward and easy. The thorough reporting, follow-up and available audit tools support the scientific research.