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Andreas Wladis

Adjunct Professor

Disaster Medicine and Traumatology

My goal is to strengthen disaster medicine as an academic discipline and to develop traumatology as a clinical research area within the Swedish context.

My commitment as professor in disaster medicine and traumatology at BKV is to study disastrous events on both individual and societal levels to better understand how they occur, how they can be prevented, and how best to act once such events have occurred. We are an interdisciplinary research group with a unique diversity in expertise, and much of our research is focused on how to respond quicker and better after disasters and traumatic events.

Publications

2025

Thomas Ashley, Hannah F. Ashley, Andreas Wladis, Par Nordin, Michael Ohene-Yeboah, Isaac O. Smalle, Jessica H. Beard, Jenny Lofgren, Hakon A. Bolkan, Alex J. Van Duinen (2025) Outcomes after elective inguinal hernia repair with mesh performed by associate clinicians versus medical doctors in Sierra Leone: 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial BJS, Vol. 112, p. xv50-xv57 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Lotta Velin, Menelas Nkeshimana, Eric Twizeyimana, Didier Nsanzimfura, Andreas Wladis, Laura Pompermaier (2025) Quantitative Assessment of Surge Capacity in Rwandan Trauma Hospitals: A Survey Using the 4S Framework International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 22 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Filippa Sennersten, Safora Frogh, Sebastian Pahlsson, Andreas Wladis, Aida Alvinius, Denise Bäckström (2025) The Russo-Ukrainian War's toll on paediatric health during the first two years and future research directions: a scoping review Communications Medicine, Vol. 5, Article 431 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Frederike J C Haverkamp, Ravi Naidoo, Måns Muhrbeck, Laura Pompermaier, Andreas Wladis, Cornelis J H M van Laarhoven, Edward C T H Tan (2025) DISTRACT study: evaluating kaleidoscope distraction as part of multimodal pain management in paediatric dressing changes - study protocol of a single centre randomised trial BMJ Open, Vol. 15, Article e093761 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Alphonsus Matovu, Par Nordin, Andreas Wladis, Gabriel Sandblom, Moses Elaju, Fredrik Lindmark, Olof Bladin, Jenny Lofgren (2025) Open Anterior Mesh Repair vs Modified Open Anterior Mesh Repair for Groin Hernia in Women A Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Surgery, Vol. 160, p. 946-953 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

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SEK 49 million from Swedish Research Council

Six LiU researchers will receive almost SEK 49 million from the Swedish Research Council’s latest round of funding. The projects concern areas such as epigenetics, mega coal-fired power plants, rehabilitation in conflict zones and tuberculosis.
Professor Andreas Wladis

Better equipped for the next pandemic

Sometimes Andreas Wladis and his colleagues at the Centre for Teaching and Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology feel like annoying alarmists. Getting the responsible parties to listen in time, that’s not easy.

CV

  • Senior lecturer, Surgery
  • Senior consultant, Surgery 
  • 2017-2019
    Chief Surgeon of The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • 2022-2023
    Medical Expert for the European Union (CPCC)
  • 2008-2020
    Subject specialist in disaster medicine for The National Board of Health and Welfare

Organisation

Teaser image for the division KOO at BKV.

Division of Surgery, Orthopedics and Oncology (KOO)

We carry out research in the fields of experimental orthopedics, surgery and oncology.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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