Background
Westin, Steinar was born on June 21, 1944 in Oslo. Son of Sverre and Karen (Skjeseth) Westin.
Westin, Steinar was born on June 21, 1944 in Oslo. Son of Sverre and Karen (Skjeseth) Westin.
Student, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, 1967. Student, University Bergen, Norway, 1970. Doctor of Medicine, University Trondheim, Norway, 1990.
Junior registrar, Neevengaarden Psychiatric Hospital, 1971; research fellow department psychiatry, U. Bergen, 1972; intern, Haraldsplass Hospital, Bergen, 1972-1973; general practice, Asköy District, Norway, 1973-1978; assistant professor community medicine and general practice, U. Trondheim, 1979-1983; associate professor, U. Trondheim, 1983-1990; professor, department chairman, U. Trondheim, since 1990. Visiting professor Royal Australian College General Practitioners, 1995. Member organizing committee for postgraduate training in general practice Norwegian Medical Association,1986-1996.
Married Rigmor Austgulen, December 28, 1970 (divorced 1985). Kamilla, Johanna, Andreas. Married Lise Skjaak Braek, May 25, 1991.