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Rune Erichsen

Associate Professor

Curriculum Vitae


Present Employments

Physician, Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital Randers
External Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital

Education and Academic Degrees
2019Certified specialist in surgery (general gastrointestinal surgery)
2013PhD in Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University (Department of Clinical Epidemiology)
2009Permission to practice as independent physician
2008MD, Aarhus University
2006Research Year Student, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital
2001Reserve Officer, Danish Army (current rank: Captain)

Previous Employments
2020-2021Chief Physician, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital
2019-2020Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Randers Regional Hospital
2017-2019Surgical Fellow, Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital Horsens
2016-2019External lecturer, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital
2015-2017Surgical Fellow, Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital
2014-2015Surgical Fellow, Department of Surgery, Horsens Hospital and Aarhus University Hospital
2012-2014Surgical Fellow (introduction year), Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital Randers
2009-2012Ph.D. student, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital
2008-2009Intern/resident, Surgery (Regional Hospital Randers) and Family Medicine
2005Substitute for intern, Department of Lung Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital

Bibliometric Summary
Author/co-author of +100 peer-reviewed articles.
Abstracts at international meetings: 9 oral and 7 posters.

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-9185

Manuscript Reviews
Peer reviewer for 28 scientific journals, including Annals of Internal Medicine, British Journal of Cancer, Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, and Gut.

International Collaborations
2016-Danish primary investigator of the European Polyp Surveillance trial (EPoS)
2009-Coordinator of Danish/American colorectal cancer collaboration

Teaching Experience
- Surgical treatment of IBD and peptic ulcers, Medical School, Aarhus University
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 6th semester, Medical School, Aarhus University
- Screening and Diagnosis of Diseases, the PhD School, Aarhus University
- Acute Surgery, course for Interns, Aarhus University Hospital
- Completed educational programs in basic pedagogy, teaching principles, and group
psychology at both Sergeant School (group leader education) and later Lieutenant School
(platoon leader education) in the Danish army



Research Stays Abroad
2011Visiting scholar at Division of Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
2006Visiting scholar at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA