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Stig B. S. Bengmark
Born in 1929 in Östervåla, Sweden

Education
1956MD at the Medical Faculty, Lund University
1958Ph.D. at the Medical Faculty, Lund University


Professional experience
1970 - 1991 Surgeon-in-Chief (Chief of Surgical Services), Lund University Hospital
1970 - 1992 Academic Head (Chairman) Department of Surgery, Lund UniversityAcademic Head (Chairman) Department of Surgery, Lund University
1970 - 1994 Professor of Surgery, Lund University
1986 - 1990 - Founder General Secretary World HPB Association
1999 - Honorary Visiting Professor, UCL, London University
   
Scientific activities:
Many honorary lectureships around the world
110 PhD students have been supervised

Member of:
Member or numerous international professional organisations

Publications
Produced app 1000 original papers, text- and handbook chapters
  • Wehkamp J, Harder J, Wehkamp K, Wehkamp-von Meissner B, Schlee M, Enders C, Sonnenborn U, Nuding S, Bengmark S, Fellermann K, Schröder JM, Stange EF
    3 NF-kB and AP-1 mediated induction of human beta defensin-2 in intestinal epithelial cells by E. coli Nissle 1917: a novel effect of a probiotic bacterium
    Infect Immun. 2004;72:5750-5758
  • Bengmark S, Martindale R
    Prebiotics and Synbiotics in clinical medicine
    Nutrition in Clinical Practise
  • Bengmark S
    Synbiotics to strenghten gut barrier function and reduce morbidity in critically ill patients
    Clin Nutr. 2004;23:441-445
  • Bengmark S
    Bioecological control of inflammation and infection in transplantation
    Transplantation Reviews, 2004;18:38-53
On editorial board for:
1987 - 1993Editor-in-Chief World Journal of HPB Surgery
Numerous medical journals

Committees:
  • Invited to several honorary travelling professorships, incl. British Journal of Surgery and Australian Surgical Research Society
  • Invited member Academia Europaea - the second surgeon to ever have been invited as member
  • Honorary fellow of two Surgical Colleges: FRCS Austral (hon) 1990, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow – FRPS Glasgow (hon) 1993
  • Honorary/Corresponding member of several national and international associations: Brazil, Catalania (Spain), Colombia, Germany (DDR), Italy, Norway and Poland
  • Honorary member, International Hepatopancreatobiliary Society
  • Honorary member Surgical Research Society of Australia
  • Honorary member European Society Surgical Research

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