Background
Eklund, Anders Gerhard was born on February 22, 1946 in Stockholm. Son of Sigvard Arne and Anna Greta Eklund.
Eklund, Anders Gerhard was born on February 22, 1946 in Stockholm. Son of Sigvard Arne and Anna Greta Eklund.
Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1986.
Intern and resident Sundsvall and Boden General Hospital, Umeå University Hospital, 1972-1979. Associate professor pulmonary medicine Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, since 1987. Visiting researcher Gesellschaft für Strahlen-und Umveltforschung, Munich, 1979-1980, University Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 1993, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1993-1994.
Consultant Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, since 1988. Deputy chairman department medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, since 1993.
Member American College of Chest Physicians (governor 1988-1996, regent since 1996), Scandinavian Sarcoidosis Association (secretary since 1992), World Association on Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (Board of Governors since 1991).
Married Lena Birgitta Wahlström, July 13, 1968. Children: Mattias, Cecilia, Bjorn.