Marianne Berg

Management

Secretary

Office: D6.3009

Started: 1996

Research interests:

• Inappropriate jokes

Narve Johannessen

Technology Section

Consultant

Office: D6.3911

Started: September 2006

Background:

• B.Sc. Telecommunication / electronics

Research interests:

• Telemedicine
• Multimedia Management

Airazat Kazaryan

Clinical Section

Ph.D. Student

Office: D6.3003

Started: Februrary 2007

Background:

• M.D. Gastrointestinal Surgery

Research interests:

• Laparoscopic Surgery
• High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Berit Marie Dahl

Anesthesiology Section

Anesthesiologist

Office:

Started:

Background:

• M.D. Anesthesiology

Research interests:

Bjørn Edwin

Clinical Section

Surgeon

Office:

Started:

Background:

• M.D. Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Ph.D. Advanced Laparoscopy

Research interests:

• Laparoscopic Surgery

Carmen Louwerens

Anesthesiology Section

Anesthesia Nurse

Office:

Started:

Background:

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Hilde S Korslund

Radiology Section

Radiographer

Office:

Started:

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Jennifer Thamson Alcoriza

Clinical Section

OR-nurse

Office:

Started:

Background:

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Juana Colon

Cleaner

Office:

Started:

Background:

June-Cathrine Berge

Radiology Section

Radiographer

Office:

Started: May 2007

Background:

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Kjersti Wendt

Anesthesiology Section

Anesthesia nurse

Office:

Started:

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Laura Slaughter

Technology Section

Researcher

Office:

Started: Februrary 2008

Background:

• Ph.D. Information Science

Research interests:

• Joint decision making
• Communication with patients

Andreas Espinoza

Anesthesiology Section

Anesthesist

Office: D6.5004

Started:

Background:

• M.D.

Research interests:

Margaret C. Reiermark

Clinical Section

OR-nurse

Office:

Started: January 2008

Background:

Research interests:

Nicholas Percy Barlow

Anesthesiology Section

Anesthesiologist

Office:

Started:

Background:

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Xuedong Liang

Technology Section

Ph.D. student

Office: D6.3003

Started: September 2006

Background:

• M.Sc. Communication technology

Research interests:

• Wireless networks
• Quality of Service provision in wireless sensor networks

Jacob Bergsland

Clinical Section

Thoracic Surgeon

Office: D6.3911

Started: August 2002

Background:

• M.D. General Surgery & Thoracic Surgery

Research interests:

• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Beating Heart Surgery
• Trans-catheter valve surgery

Dag Christensen

Technology Section

Project Manager

Office: D6.3911

Started: September 2000

Research interests:

• Telemedicine

Lars Erik Solberg

Technology Section

Research Assistant

Office: D6.3912

Started: March 2006

Background:

• M.Sc. Signal Processing

Research interests:

• Medical Radar

Ammar Iqbal

Technology Section

Research Assistant

Office: D6.3912

Started: November 2007

Background:

• M.Sc. Information Technology

Research interests:

• Computer Aided Surgery
• Image Processing
• Artificial Inteligence
• Robotics

Wajid Ali

Technology Section

Research Assistant

Office: D6.3912

Started: June 2007

Background:

• M.Sc. Computer Science

Research interests:

• Computer Aided Surgery
• Image Processing
• Computer Vision

Tangui Morvan

Technology Section

Ph.D. Student

Office: D6.3004

Started: June 2005

Background:

• M.Sc. Computer Science

Research interests:

• Computer Graphics
• Computer Vision
• Robotics
• Augmented Reality

Jordi Cornella

Technology Section

Post. Doc.

Office: D6.3004

Started: September 2006

Background:

• M.Sc. Industrial Engineering
• Ph.D. Advanced automated robotics

Research interests:

• Surgical Robotics
• Haptics
• Force Control

Per Kristian Hol

Radiology Section

Section Manager

Office: D6.3007

Started: September 1999

Background:

• M.D. Neuro Radiology
• Ph.D. Intra-operative heart angiography

Research interests:

• Intra-operative angiography
• Diagnostic and Interventional MRI

Andreas Nygaard

Technology Section

Master Student

Office: D6.3912

Started: September 2007

Background:

• Stud. Techn. NTNU

Research interests:

• Haptic feedback in robotic surgery

Ali Khaleghi

Technology Section

Post.Doc.

Office: D6.3911

Started: January 2008

Background:

• M.Sc. Electronics Engineering
• Ph.D. Wireless telecommunication

Research interests:

• Wireless sensor communication

Erik Fosse

Management

Head of Department

Office: D6.3008

Started: January 1996

Background:

• M.D. General Surgery & Thoracic Surgery
• Ph.D. Immunology & Surgery
• Master of Health Administration

Research interests:

• Image Guided Therapy
• War Surgery
• Immunology
• Information Systems for healthcare providers and patients
• Health Organization, Administration and Management

Eigil Samset

Technology Section

Section Manager

Professor in Visualization

Office: D6.3006

Started: September 1997

Background:

• M.Sc. Control Science
• Ph.D. MRI-guided Intervention

Research interests:

• MRI-guided Therapy
• Medical Image Computing

• Augmented Reality
• Robotics

Karl Øyri

Management

Head Nurse

Office: D6.4011

Started: August 2000

Background:

• Critical Care Registered Nurse
• Cand. Sanitarus

Research interests:

• Wireless sensors

Ilangko Balasingham

Technology Section

Group Leader; Sensor Network

Professor in Communication

Office: D6.3002

Started: September 2002

Background:

• M.Sc. Communication Theory
• Ph.D. Communication Theory

Research interests:

• Sensors
• Sensor Networks
• Electronic Patient Records

Ole Jakob Elle

Technology Section

Group Leader; Robotics

Office: D6.3002

Started: September 1998

Background:

• M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
• Ph.D. Robotics

Research interests:

• Robotics
• Force Control
• Sensor technology
• Micro technology

Kyrre Emblem

Technology Section

Researcher

Office: D6.3004

Started: 2005

Background:

• M.Sc. Bio Physics

Research interests:

• Perfusion
• fMRI

Milada Småstuen

Technology Section

Administrative Assistant

Office: D6.3004

• Hours: Wed 8am-12pm, Fri 8am-12pm

Started: December 2004

Background:

• M.Sc. Statistical Image Analysis

Research interests:

• Statistics

Petter Risholm

Technology Section

Ph.D. Student

Office: D6.3002

Started: September 2002

Background:

• M.Sc. Computer Science

Research interests:

• Image Registration
• Computer Aided Surgery