Background
Pöyhiä, Reino Torsti Ilmari was born on April 18, 1958 in Joutseno, Finland.
Pöyhiä, Reino Torsti Ilmari was born on April 18, 1958 in Joutseno, Finland.
Doctor of Medicine, Kuopio University, Finland, 1985. Diploma in Piano Music, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy, Helsinki University, Finland, 1995.
Medical director Terhokoti Hospice, Helsinki, 1990—1992. Resident anesthesiology Helsinki University Central Hospital, 1994, consultant anaesthesia, 1995—2007, head department anesthesia, since 2007. Visiting assistant professor McGill University, Montréal, Canada, 1998—2000.
Special competence pain medicine Finnish Medical Association, Helsinki, since 1999, special competence cardiac anaesthesia, since 2003. Associate professor anesthesiology and intensive care medicine Kuopio University, Finland, since 2005, Helsinki University, 2008.
Board member parish Olari Lutheran Congregation, Espoo, Finland, 2002—2008. Member of International Association Study Pain (Sealttle).
Married Tiina Pyykönen.