Background
Biering-Sorensen, Fin was born on October 21, 1948 in Denmark. Son of Knud and Ellen (Carstensen) B.-S.
Biering-Sorensen, Fin was born on October 21, 1948 in Denmark. Son of Knud and Ellen (Carstensen) B.-S.
Doctor of Medicine, University Copenhagen, 1975.
Registrar department surgery Municipality Hospital, Copenhagen, 1975. Registrar department neurology Rigshospitalet, 1976. Registrar department internal medicine Sundby Hospital, 1976-1977.
Registrar department physiatry Orthopaedics Hospital, 1977. Research fellow Glostrup County Hospital and Rigshospital, 1977-1979. Registrar department orthopedic surgery Bispebjerg Hospital, 1981.
Registrar to senior registrar department physiatry Rigshospitalet, 1979-1980, senior registrar department physiatry and rheumatology, 1981-1986, chief physician department physical medicine and rehabilitation Copenhagen, Hornbaek, 1986—1997. Chief physician Clinic for Spinal Cord Injuries Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, since 1986, medical director, since 1992. Danish representative epidemiologic committee European League Against Rheumatism, 1983—1994, Section Monospécialisée Medicine Physique et Readaptation Union Europeene des Medicins Spécialites, 1988, International Federation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1989—2000, International Society Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, since 2000.
Danish deputy representative Rehabilitation International, 1996—2001. Assistant professor University Copenhagen, 1999—2002. Vice chairman Medical Commission, 2000—2001.
Member neurological standards committee American Spinal Injury Association, since 2001. Executive chairman committee international spinal cord injury data sets American Spinal Injury Association/International Spinal Cord Society, since 2002. Lars Sullivan Memorial lecturer Nordic Spinal Cord Society, Bergen, 2005.
Professor neuro rehabitation University Copenhagen, since 2008.
Chairman or member various committees Danish sports organizations for disabled, since 1978, International Sports Organization for Disabled, 1980-1992. International coordinator committee of World Sports Organizations for Disabled, 1985-1986, 88-89, Seoul Paralympics, 1988, International Paralympic Committee, 1992-2000. Fellow: International Medical Society Paraplegia (Iguassu, Brazil).
Member: Danish Society Neurorehab. (vice chair since 2005), Danish Society Rheumatology (executive committee, honorary secretary 1988-1991, vice president 1991-1992), Danish Society Rehabilitation (executive committee, honorary secretary 1988-1990, vice president 1991-1996, president 1996—2000, vice president since 2000), International Spinal Cord Society (council since 1992, vice president 1997—2003, president 38th science meeting Copenhagen 1999, chairman science committee 2002-2008, elect president since 2008, Silver medal 2007), Danish Paraplegic Association (honorary), Romanian Academy Medical Sciences (honorary), Scandinavian Medical Society Paraplegia (advisory council 1987, president 2d science meeting Copenhagen 1991, executive committee honorary secretary and treasurer 1991-1993, president 1993-1999, president 6th sci meeting Copenhagen 1999), European Association for Research into Adapted Physical Activities (Danish key person 1987-1992), Society for Back Pain Research (executive committee 1983-1985).
Married Maja Stellerova, January 6, 1973. Children: Bo, Jes, Tor, Idaho.