Background
Holmdahl, Svante Martin was born on June 10, 1923 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Son of Henrik and Ingrid (Dahlgren) Holmdahl.
university president anesthesiology educator
Holmdahl, Svante Martin was born on June 10, 1923 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Son of Henrik and Ingrid (Dahlgren) Holmdahl.
Doctor of Medicine, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Miami, Florida, 1972.
Assistant, Surgical Clinic/Uppsala U., 1950-1955;
assistant professor, Surgical Clinic/Uppsala U., 1956;
assistant lecturer department anesthesiology, Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1956-1957;
head department anesthesiology, Uppsala U., 1957-1980;
professor, Uppsala U., 1965-1989;
vice dean Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala U., 1966-1969;
dean Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala U., 1969-1970;
vice president, Uppsala U., 1970-1978;
president, Uppsala U., 1978-1989. Visiting professor Columbia University, New York City, 1960-1961. Advisor anesthesiology World Health Organization, 1963, 68, 70.
Science advisor anesthesiology national Board Health, Sweden, 1967-1986, Swedish National Board Universities and Colls., 1979.
Chairman committee on genetic engineering Swedish Parliament, 1990-1992. Fellow Royal College Anesthestists (London, honorary). Member American Society University Anesthesiologists (honorary), German Society Anesthesiologists (honorary), Scandinavian Society Anesthesiologists (honorary), Swedish Society Anesthesia and Intensive Care (honorary).
Married Karin Barbro Jehander, March 24, 1949. Children: Maria, Henrik, Rikard, Gundela, Joakim, Andreas.