Stefan Kutzsche (born 15 April 1954)[1][2] is a Norwegian paediatrician, neonatologist and anaesthesiologist. His research fields include neonatology and neuroscience, medical ethics, education, and the history of medicine, especially child healthcare.

Stefan Kutzsche
Born15 April 1954
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine (pediatrics, neonatology, anesthesiology, medical ethics, education)
Institutions
ThesisEffects of hypoxemia and reoxygenation on cerebral microcirculation, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide and excitatory amino acid concentrations (2002)
Doctoral advisorOla Didrik Saugstad

Background and career

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He was born in Frankfurt to a Norwegian mother and a German father, a physician and bacteriologist, and is a grandson of the mathematician Theodor Haagaas and a great-grandson of the girls' education pioneers Bernhard and Henriette Pauss. He graduated as a medical doctor at the University of Hamburg in 1983 and obtained a PhD (dr.med.) degree in neonatology from the University of Oslo in 2002.[3][4][5] He is double board certified in paediatrics[6] and anaesthesiology.[7] He also holds an MHA in health administration and health economics from the University of Oslo (2006),[8] an MSc in health professions education from the University of Maastricht (2011),[9] and a certificate in paediatric bioethics from the Children's Mercy Bioethics Centre in Kansas City, MO (2013).[10]

He was a resident at Vestfold Hospital, Akershus University Hospital, and Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål (1985–1991). From 1994 to 2005 he was a senior consultant paediatric anaesthesiologist at Ullevål. He was an assistant professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Tromsø (1993) and a research fellow at the Pediatric Research Institute/the Institute for Surgical Research at the University of Oslo/The National Hospital (1994–1998).[5] From 2000 to 2005 he was a senior consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine at Ullevål, heading the department 2001–2002. From 2005 to 2014 he was a senior consultant neonatologist at Ullevål.[11][12] He also served with No. 330 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Banak on search and rescue (SAR) and air ambulance missions in northernmost Norway and the waters of the High North 1993–2005.[13] He was chief physician at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation 2008–2009.[1] From 2014 to 2018 he was an associate professor at the International Medical University (IMU) in Kuala Lumpur,[14][4] and from 2016 to 2018 the director of the IMU Centre for Education.[15] He has also taken part in voluntary work for the Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia.[16] In 2019 he became a special advisor at Oslo University Hospital.[17]

He has been a member and chairman of the Board for Licensing Matters and Foreign Medical Practitioners in Norway (1998–2007),[18] a board member of the Norwegian Society of Pediatricians and editor of its journal Paidos (2009–2014),[19] a member of the Norwegian specialty committee for pediatrics,[20] and a member of the clinical ethics committee at Oslo University Hospital (2012–2014).[21] He is an advisory member of the IMU Centre for Bioethics and Humanities.[22] He is a member of the editorial committee of Acta Paediatrica.[23]

Research

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He has published over thirty papers in medical journals, in the fields of neonatology and neuroscience, medical ethics, medical education, and the history of medicine, especially the history of child healthcare.[22][24][1][9][10] In particular, he has collaborated with Ola Didrik Saugstad in research on secondary brain injury in newborn infants as a result of perinatal asphyxia and resuscitation with 100% oxygen or normal air.[25][5] This research, which he and other members of Saugstad's research group conducted, contributed to the amendment of international guidelines for newborn resuscitation in 2010.[26] He has published papers in Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, Biology of the Neonate, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Thrombosis Research, Acta Paediatrica, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, and other journals.

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Stefan Kutzsche". Store Norske Leksikon. 2014-09-28.
  2. ^ Larsen, Øivind, ed. (1996). "Kutzsche, Stefan Paus". Norges leger [Physicians of Norway] (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Norwegian Medical Association. p. 452. ISBN 978-82-90921-43-4.
  3. ^ Larsen, Øivind, ed. (2014). Doktorskole og medisinstudium: Det medisinske fakultet ved Universitetet i Oslo gjennom 200 år (1814–2014). Oslo: Norwegian Medical Society. p. 640. ISBN 978-82-92871-92-8.
  4. ^ a b "60 år: Dr.med. Stefan Kutzsche". Dagsavisen. 15 April 2014. p. 33.
  5. ^ a b c Kutzsche, S (2003). "Oksygen ved fødselsasfyksi". Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. 123 (11): 1545.
  6. ^ "Godkjente spesialister i barnesykdommer". Norwegian Medical Association. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Godkjente spesialister i anestesiologi". Norwegian Medical Association. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. ^ "The Quality of Internationally Trained Medical Doctors". University of Oslo. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  9. ^ a b Kutzsche, S (2012). "Pedagogical training for health personnel". Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. 132 (6): 628. doi:10.4045/tidsskr.12.0112. PMID 22456137.
  10. ^ a b "Utdanning i etikk for barneleger". Dagens Medisin. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  11. ^ Pedersen, Natasha, ed. (2016). Barnepalliasjon: mer enn omsorg ved livets slutt [Pediatric Palliative Care: More Than End-of-Life Care]. Foreningen for barnepalliasjon. p. 59. Dr. med. Stefan Kutzsche (f. 1954) er barnelege og anestesilege med mangeårig erfaring i omsorg og behandling av pasienter med akutt alvorlig sykdom eller skade. Han er ansatt på Nyfødtintensivavdelingen ved Oslo universitetssykehus.
  12. ^ Kutzsche, S; Fugelseth, D (2013). "Trygg barseltid for nyfødte barn" (PDF). Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. 133 (3): 270–1. doi:10.4045/tidsskr.12.1222. PMID 23381161.
  13. ^ "Årsrapport 2005 Banak" (PDF). Finnmark Hospital Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2015.
  14. ^ "60 år: Dr.med. Stefan Kutzsche". Aftenposten. 15 April 2014. p. 35.
  15. ^ "Team to steer uni to greater heights". The Star. 7 February 2016.
  16. ^ "Et håndslag til barnehelse i Kambodsja". Paidos. 15 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Stefan Kutzsche". Archived from the original on 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  18. ^ Larsen, Øivind, ed. (2013). "Det medisinske fakultet i Oslo siden 1970-årene – et aktørseminar" (PDF). Michael. 10: 219–344. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-14.
  19. ^ Bjørkhaug, Anders (2014). "Redaktøren". Paidos. 32 (2): 34. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Medlemmer i spesialitetskomiteen for barnesykdommer". Norwegian Medical Association. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013.
  21. ^ "Klinisk etikk-komité Oslo universitetssykehus, Ullevål og Aker sykehus". University of Oslo. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014.
  22. ^ a b "Centre for Bioethics and Humanities". Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Editorial Board". Acta Paediatrica.
  24. ^ Gupta, Sanjay (9 October 2013). "Sad Times, Tough Calls on the Pediatric Service". The Gupta Guide. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  25. ^ Hofstad, Eivor (1998). "Gassforskning på Rikshospitalet" [Gas research at the National Hospital]. Legemidler og samfunn. No. 7. pp. 62–63. I Norge er det mellom 1200 og 1800 barn årlig som trenger gjenoppliving på grunn av oksygenmangel i forbindelse med fødselen (fødselsasfyksi). På Rikshospitalet pågår nå et prosjekt som vil evaluere dagens behandlingsformer [...] I prosjektet undersøker Kutzsche forskjellen på hvordan behandlingen fungerer med rent oksygen (dagens standardbehandling) i forhold til luft.
  26. ^ Fugelsnes, Elin (19 October 2010). "Kan redde 200 000 nyfødte". Forskning.no. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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