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Niklas Ekerstad

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

MD, PhD, Associate professor (Docent) in evaluation and health economics.

Presentation

I am MD, PhD, Associate professor (Docent) in evaluation and health economics. I have extensive experience in performing clinical evaluation studies of older adults, and I am supervisor of four PhD students.

Specialist in cardiology and internal medicine; senior consultant cardiologist. I am chairman of The Swedish Society of Medicine’s delegation for medical quality, and I am a member of the quality assurance group, Health Technology Assessment (HTA)-centrum, Region Västra Götaland. Areas of expertise: acute coronary syndromes, older adults, frailty, multimorbidity, risk prediction, quality assessment, priority setting.

Publications

2026

Maria Normann, Niklas Ekerstad, Mattias Prytz, Erika Björklund, Kristina Åhlund (2026) "Having surgery is necessary" - a qualitative analysis of the experiences of frail older adults treated with, and recovering from colorectal cancer surgery BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 26, Article 484 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Maria Normann, Niklas Ekerstad, Erika Bjoerklund, Mattias Prytz, Kristina Ahlund (2025) A qualitative analysis of the experiences of frail older adults treated and recovering from colorectal cancer surgery British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 112, p. xi20-xi20 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maria Normann, Niklas Ekerstad, Eva Angenete, Mattias Prytz (2025) Frailty Is an Independent Marker of Post-Operative Mortality Following Colorectal Cancer Resection Surgery in Older Adults Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 132, p. 198-204 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Kristina Ahlund, Lena G. Larsson, Niklas Ekerstad, Maria Normann, Mattias Prytz, Anette Johnsson (2025) Experiences of participating in a preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessment and care intervention among frail older adults before colorectal cancer resection surgery BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 25, Article 310 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Daniel Hunde, Niklas Ekerstad, Mihaela Asp, Paeivi Kannisto, Madelene Wedin, Charlotte Palmqvist, Pernilla Dahm-Kahle, Yvonne Brandberg, Mirna Abraham-Nordling, Kristina Ahlund, Vilhelm Morlin, Nina Groes-Kofoed, Sahar Salehi (2025) Determining the effect of frailty on survival in advanced ovarian cancer: study protocol for a prospective multicentre national cohort study (FOLERO) Acta Oncologica, Vol. 64, p. 208-213 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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