Background
Andersen, Leif Percival was born on April 27, 1951 in Copenhagen. Son of John Eivin Percival and Inger Viola Andrea (Wiberg) Andersen.
Andersen, Leif Percival was born on April 27, 1951 in Copenhagen. Son of John Eivin Percival and Inger Viola Andrea (Wiberg) Andersen.
Doctor of Medicine, University Copenhagen, 1982.
Medical registrar organ surgery Center Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark, 1983. Medical registar internal medicine Sundby Hospital, Copenhagen, 1984-1986. Medical registrar infectious diseases department medicine Rigshospitalet, 1985-1986.
Medical registrar clinical microbiolgoy Center Hospital, Hillerød, 1985. Medical physician department virology Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, 1986-1988. Medical registrar and senior registrar department clinical microbiology Rigshopitalet, 1988-1991.
Medical registrar department clinical microbiology Statens Seruminstitut, 1992-1993. Medical senior registrar department clinical microbiology Hillerød Hospital, 1994-1995. Senior registrar and staff physician department clinical microbiology National University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, 1995-2000, consultant, head department infectious control, since 2000.
Coordinator European Study Group on Cellular Immunology in Helicobacter Infections. Organizer Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter Infections, Elsinore, 1994, IXth International Workshop on Gastroduodenal Pathology and Helicobacter Pylori, Copenhagen, 1996, 3d International Workshop on Pathogenesis and Host Resoponse in Helicobacter Infections, Elsinore, 1998, International Workshops, 2000-2006.
Second lieutenant Medical Corps, Royal Danish Navy, 1982-1984, research officer, 1984-1993. Member Danish Medical Society, Danish Helicobacter Study Group, Danish Society for Clinical Microbiology, Scandinavian Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Helicobacter Study Group (organizing committee, president 1995, 2005, president 2004-2007), American Society Microbiology, Danish Society Gastroenterology.
Married Annemarie Skovshoved Petersen, July 23, 1977. Children: Tine Skovshoved, Henrik Percival, Karsten Wiberg.