Background
Sundnes, Knut Ole was born on October 18, 1946 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Jon Sigurd and Marte (Westre) Sundnes.
Sundnes, Knut Ole was born on October 18, 1946 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Jon Sigurd and Marte (Westre) Sundnes.
Student, University Basel, Switzerland, 1972. Student, Educational Council Foreign Medical Graduates, 1972. Student, National Defense College, Norway, 1986.
Student, Staff Officers Course, United Nations, Sweden, 1994.
Medical registrar Akershus Center Hospital, Norway, 1972-1973. Surgical registrar Oslo City Hospital, Norway, 1974-1976. Anesthesiology registrar Baerum County Hospital, Norway, 1976-1978, Akershus Center Hospital, Norway, 1978-1979, senior registrar anesthesiology Norway, 1979-1982, National Hospital, Oslo, 1982-1987.
Consultant Department Anesthesiology Baerum County Hospital, Norway, 1987-1996. Head Anaesthetic Services Norway Defense Forces, since 1996, director Center for War Surgery and Emergency Medicine, 1999—2005. Medical officer United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, South Lebanon, 1979.
Medical delegate International Committee Red Cross, Thailand, 1983-1984, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1990, 92, medical coordinator, Mekele, Ethiopia, 1991. Force medical operations and planning officer UNPF, Zagreb, 1994-1995. Guest lecturer University Bergen, Norway, since 1991, University Oslo, since 1992, European Center Disaster Medicine.
Chairman Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management, since 1994, head civilian mil.capacity building on anaethesia for civilian Afghan hospital, since 2006.
Union representative Akershus Center Hospital, Norway Medical Association, 1981-1982, National Hospital, 1985-1986. Chairman Physicians Advisory Board, Baerum County Hospital, 1993-1996. Lieutenant colonel UNPF, Zagreb, 1994-1995.
Member Norwegian Association for Disaster Medicine (president 1993-1994), Nordic Society for Disaster Medicine (member board directors since 1993, president 1998-2002), Rotary International, Norwegian Medical Association, World Association Disaster and Emergency Medicine (board directors 1995-2001, president-elect World Association Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1999-2001, president 2001-2005).
Married Sissel Koller, April 19, 1969. Children: Ane Kristin, Jon Erlend.