Professor Otto Smiseth

Present Positions • Professor Emeritus Institute of Surgical Research, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo Norway • Senior Associate Editor European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging Previous positions: • Immediate past Head, Division of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway • Past-Chairman Education Committee of the European Society of Cardiology • 2007 – 2020 Physician to King Harald V of Norway Training and Education • Training in medical physiology: 1978-84, at the University of Tromsø, University of California, San Francisco and University of Calgary. • Training in cardiology in Calgary, Vancouver and Oslo. • MD, PhD and MHA. Specialist in Cardiology. European Society of Cardiology Activities • Chairman ESC Education Committee (2008-2012) • Secretary and Treasurer of the ESC Board (2004-2006) • Councillor of the ESC Board (2002-2004) • Chairman of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function