Presenting from Aarhus Universitets Hospital FEMaLer Axel Forman.
A little about Axel through the years:
Professor Forman graduated in 1978 and defended his DMSci thesis in 1984 at Aarhus University, Denmark. He achieved his clinical training at Malmö General Hospital, Sweden, and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. He was appointed as consultant and associate professor in 1994 and full professor 2008 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital.
He founded the referral unit for advanced endometriosis therapy, Aarhus 1997, with appointment by the Danish National Board of Health 2001. He is World Endometriosis Society ambassador and member of the WES consensus group. Board memberships include(d) the Endometriose Faellesskabet, the Minimally Invasive Education Centre, the Educational Region North, Denmark and the International Society of Neuropelveology.
Professor Forman is co-editor and contributor to several textbooks in gynaecology. Scientific areas of interest include basic and clinical research on endometriosis, neuropelveology and neurorehabilitation, and clinical pharmacology of the urogenital tract.
A few of his (many) publications:
Riiskjaer M, Forman A, Kesmodel US, Andersen LM, Ljungmann K, Seyer-Hansen M. Diagnostic Value of Serial Measurement of C-Reactive Protein in the Detection of a Surgical Complication after Laparoscopic Bowel Resection for Endometriosis. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2017;82(4):410-6.
Is laparoscopic excision for superficial peritoneal endometriosis helpful or harmful? Protocol for a double-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled, three-armed surgical trial. / Marschall, Henrik; Forman, Axel; Lunde, Sigrid Juhl et al.
I: BMJ Open, Bind 12, Nr. 11, 062808, 11.2022.
We will have more for you with Axel in a few weeks in our interview with him representing Aarhus University Hospital, stay tuned!