Background
Asplund, Kjell Sören was born on February 21, 1943 in Umeå, Sweden. Son of Harry and Ester (Emsing) Asplund.
Asplund, Kjell Sören was born on February 21, 1943 in Umeå, Sweden. Son of Harry and Ester (Emsing) Asplund.
Doctor of Philosophy, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1972. Doctor of Medicine, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1974.
Resident, Säffle (Sweden) Hospital, 1973-1974; research fellow, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1974-1975; resident, University Hospital, Umeå, 1976-1981; senior lecturer, University Hospital, Umeå, 1981-1994; professor medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, since 1994. Chairman European Stroke Council, 1994-1996, World Health Organization Monica Stroke Group, since 1994, Swedish Council for Technology Assessment in Health Care, since 1996. Vice dean faculty medicine Umeå U., since 1996.
Expert, Parliamental Committee on Priorities in Swedish Health Care, 1992-1995.
Married Britta Bergqvist, September 19, 1970. Children: Pär, Lotta, Jon, Hanna, Emma.