Björn Zoëga MD, PhD
Board member
Stockholm, Sweden
Current position
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Alvotech.
Chief Executive Officer of GHP Stockholm Spine Center
Chief Executive Officer of GHP Spine Center Göteborg
Chief Medical officer GHP Specialty Care
Board of Directors GHP International
Executive Committee GHP Specialty Care (Ticker GHP:SS)
Undergraduate education
Reykjavik College, Reykjavik, Iceland. Major in Science 5/84
Medical School
University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine. Cand. Med & chir. 6/90
Other Examinations and Tests
Ph.D. Gothenburg University, Faculty of Medicine 12/98
Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS) 7/91
Rotating Internship
General Practice and Rehab. Medicine, Reykjalundur Rehab. Center 6/90-9/90
Emergency Department Reykjavik City Hospital 10/90-1/91
Internal Medicine St.Josefs Hospital, Reykjavik 2/91-6/91
General Surgery St.Josefs Hospital, Reykjavik 7/91-9/91
Further Post-Graduate training in Iceland
Orthopaedics and Traumatology Reykjavik City Hospital 10/91-8/93
Residency training in Sweden
Orthopaedic Surgery Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden 9/93-9/96
Management Education
Courses in Clinical Hospital Management, 1999-2002, Gothenburg, Sweden
Harvard Business School, Prof. M. Porter, 2011
Clinical Positions
Staff physician, Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital 10/96-3/99
Clinical Chief, Spinal Surgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital 4/99-4/02
Director, Spinal Surgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital 8/01-4/02.
Director and Clinical Chief, Elective Orthopeadic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 4/02-9/02.
Clinical Chief, OR, Landspitali Haskolasjukrahus, Fossvogi, Reykjavik, Iceland 9/02-9/07
Medical Director, Orthopaedics, Landspitali Haskolasjukrahus, Fossvogi, Reykjavik, Iceland 7/03 -4/05
Medical Director of Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland 4/05 -9/07
Chief Medical Executive, Landspitali Haskolasjukrahus, Reykjavik, Iceland 9/07 – 9/09
Management Positions
Chief Excecutive Officer, Landspitali Haskolasjukrahus, Reykjavik, Iceland 3/08-11/08 and 08/09-10/13
Chief Executive Officer NextCode Health Iceland hf. 11/13-01/15
Chief Operating Officer NextCode Health LLC, Cambridge, MA, 11/13-01/15
Chairman of the Board, Icelandic Health Insurance. 10/13-03/16
Board of Directors, Alvotech. 02/14-06/16
CEO OrthoCenter Stockholm 10/16-05/17
Other Positions
Clinical Professor, University of Iceland 05/11-05/17
Customer Service Icelandair Summer job, Keflavik Airport 1979-1988
Certifications / Licenses
A full license to practice medicine in Iceland 2/92
A full license to practice medicine in Sweden 1/94
A full license to practice medicine in Norway 5/97
Certified as a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery in Sweden 9/96
Certified as a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery in Iceland 6/97
Awards
The Johannes Sigfusson Award (established 1924) for the highest final score in history, Reykjavik College, 1984.
Poster Award, European Spine Societies Annual Meeting, Kos 1997.
Gold Medal Valur FC
Voluntary work
Captain of Valur FC basketball 1988-1990
Vice president ValurFC basketball 1990-1993
President Valur FC 2014-2016
Membership
The Icelandic Medical Association
The Swedish Medical Association
The Icelandic Society of Orthopeadic Surgeons
The Swedish Orthopaedic Society
The Swedish Society of Spinal Surgeons
The Gothenburg Medical Society
Cervical Spine Research Society ; President
North American Spine Society
Thesis
Cervical discectomy and fusion with or without plate fixation. A randomized clinical and radiographic study on outcome and cost-utility. University of Gothenburg, Sweden 1998.
PhD Students
Klas Halldin, University of Gothenburg, May 20, 2005: Lumbar discectomy; radiostereometric analysis of segmental stability and a new radiological classification on LDH in a long-term outcome study.
Katarina Rönnberg/Silferplats: University of Gothenburg, May 7, 2010: Long-term outcome of lumbar disc herniation surgery. Studies on different influencing factors.
Jonas Hvannberg: University of Gothenburg Research is still ongoing, but the student passed away.
Opponent to PhD Thesis
2004. University of Iceland.
2012. University of Iceland.
2014. Karolinska Institutet: http://ki.se/mmk/kalender/disp...