Ulf J Jensen,   MD, PhD student


Medical Speciality: Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology
Subspeciality: Invasive Cardiology

Work address:

Department of Cardiology
Karolinska University Hospital
171 76 Stockholm 
Sweden

1985 Graduated from Nicolai High School, Helsingborg, Sweden
1985-1986 Military service in Sweden (LV4, Ystad)
1986-1988 Guide and ski instructor in Chamonix, France
1989-1994 Medical School at University of Lund, Sweden
1994 Graduation from Medical School 1994-06-10
1994 Work as general physician at Skurup Health Station, Sweden
1995-1996 General Internship at Ystad General Hospital
1996 Licensed physician
1996-1997 Wok as general physician in Norway
1997 Fellowship Orthopaedic surgery, SÖS, Stockholm
1998-2003 Residency/Fellowship at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
2001-2005 Director of Karolinska Homograft Bank
2003 Board certified cardiothoracic surgeon 2003-05-30
2003-present Assistant director of The Center for Advanced Medical Simulation
2003-2005 Permanent position 50 % on staff at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgey at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
2003-2005 Permanent position 50 % on staff at the PCI section at the Department of Thoracic Radiology at Karolinska University Hospital,
2004 Registration at Karolinska Institute as PhD student
2005-2007 Residency/Fellowship at the Department of Cardiology at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
2005 Senior position at the PCI section at the Department of Cardiology at Karolinska University Hospital
2005 Originator of the National certification course in coronary angiography in Sweden
2005-present Course director of the National certification course in coronary angiography in Sweden
2006 Trainer at "Practical PCI training course", Aesculap Academy, Berlin, Germany
2007 Board certified cardiologist 2007-10-22
2007-present Permanent position on staff at the Department of Cardiology at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
2008 Trainer at "Practical PCI training course", Aesculap Academy, Berlin, Germany
2009-present Course director of "Practical PCI training course", Aesculap Academy, Berlin, Germany
2009-present Member of Swedish Working Group of PCI, (Swedish Association of Cardiology)

Professional Experience

Number of ECC operations (CABG, AVR, ASD)          >100
Number of PCI´s performed                                        ~1000
Number of Angiographies performed                         ~2000
Number of CTO`s perfomed                                        ~100
Number of alcohol septal ablations performed       ~30

Original articles


1. The inflammatory response to femoral arterial closure devices: a randomized comparison among FemoStop, AngioSeal, and Perclose.
Jensen J, Saleh N, Jensen U, Svane B, Jönsson A, Tornvall P.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008 Jul-Aug;31(4):751-5. Epub 2008 Apr 9.

2. Pulmonary hemodynamics and gas exchange in off pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
Vedin J, Jensen U, Ericsson A, Samuelsson S, Vaage J.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2005 Oct;4(5):493-7. Epub 2005 Jul 29.

3. Cardiovascular function during the first 24 hours after off pump coronary artery bypass grafting--a prospective, randomized study.
Vedin J, Jensen U, Ericsson A, Bitkover C, Samuelsson S, Bredin F, Vaage J.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2003 Dec;2(4):489-94.

4. Neurologic injury in cardiac surgery: aortic atherosclerosis emerges as the single most important risk factor.
Vaage J, Jensen U, Ericsson A.
Scand Cardiovasc J. 2000 Dec;34(6):550-7.

Abstracts

1. There is a difference in perfomance level in diagnostic coronary angiography in the VIST simulator between experienced PCI surgeons and cardiologists in training.
U Jensen, G Ahlberg, J Jensen, D Arvidsson
Abstract presented as oral presentation at the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, Jun 18, 2004

2. Improved cardiovascular function in the immediate postoperative period after off pump coronary artery bypass grafting. 
Bäcklund, U Jensen, C Bitkover, P Holm, A Ericsson, S Samuelsson, F Bredin, J Vaage.
Abstract presented as oral presentation at Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery (SATS), Oslo, Norway, Jun 15, 2001

3. Emboli extraction by a filter in the ascending aorta during cardiac surgery.
Jensen u, Runsiö M, Ericsson A, Vaage J.
Abstract presented as oral presentation at Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery (SATS), Linköping, Sweden, Aug 26, 2000