Background
Benediktsson, Rafn was born on August 10, 1961 in Akranes, Iceland. Son of Benedikt and Heidrun (Thorgeirsdottir) Sigurdsson. arrived in Scotland, 1990.
Benediktsson, Rafn was born on August 10, 1961 in Akranes, Iceland. Son of Benedikt and Heidrun (Thorgeirsdottir) Sigurdsson. arrived in Scotland, 1990.
Doctor of Medicine, University Iceland, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1995.
House officer Akranes Hospital, 1987-1988. Registrar Landspitalinn National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1988-1990. Senior house officer Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, 1990-1992.
Research fellow, honorary visiting registrar University Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, 1992-1994, Wellcome advanced training fellow, 1994-1996, lecturer medicine, endocrinology and diabetes, 1996-1998. Consultant physician Landspitali-U. Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, since 1998. Senior lecturer in medicine University Iceland, since 1999.
Fellow Royal College Physicians. Member Society Endocrinology (United Kingdom. Young endocrinologist of year 1995), British Diabetic Association, British Hypertension Society, The Endocrine Society (United States), Icelandic Endocrine Society (president since 2001), Icelandic Society Internal Medicine (chairman science board since 2001), Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes (board member since 2005).
Married Hildur Kristjansdottir, July 9, 1994. Children: Salvör, Thordis.