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Andreas Wladis

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.

 

Andreas WladisPresenting at the seminar 'Framtidens skadeplats', the accident site of tomorrow, as newly appointed professor in disaster medicine. Photo credit: Susanna Lönnqvist

 

Publications

2024

Oliver von Olnhausen, Andreas Wladis, Denise Bäckström (2024) Incidence and characteristics of prehospital fatalities from haemorrhage in Sweden: a nationwide observational study Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Vol. 32, Article 96 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
A. Matovu, J. Loefgren, Andreas Wladis, P. Nordin, G. Sandblom, H. J. Pettersson (2024) Incidence of groin hernia repairs in women and parity: a population-based cohort study among women born in Sweden between 1956 and 1983 Hernia (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Thomas Ashley, Hannah F. Ashley, Andreas Wladis, Par Nordin, Michael Ohene-Yeboah, Rimantas Rukas, Vytautas Lipnickas, Isaac O. Smalle, Kristina Holm, Herta Kalsi, Juuli Palmu, Foday Sahr, Jessica H. Beard, Jenny Loefgren, Hakon A. Bolkan, Alex J. van Duinen (2023) Standardised Competency-Based Training of Medical Doctors and Associate Clinicians in Inguinal Repair with Mesh in Sierra Leone World Journal of Surgery, Vol. 47, p. 2330-2337 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Cornelia Anne Barth, Andreas Wladis, Nobhojit Roy, Catherine Blake, Sanda Muhammad Kolo, Cliona O'Sullivan (2022) Ways to improve surgical outcomes in low- and middle-income countries Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 100, p. 726-732 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Denise Bäckström, Andreas Wladis (2022) A cohort study of trauma patients in Sweden during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a small reduction in trauma admissions Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Vol. 30, Article 12 (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.
Professor Andreas Wladis

Disaster medicine for a changing world

For Andreas Wladis, professor of disaster medicine and traumatology at Linköping University, disaster medicine combines his interest in surgery with his desire to discover the world around him.

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

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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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