Background
Åberg, Torkel Hampus Johan was born on March 31, 1939 in Mexico City. Son of Karin Singapore Huldt Åberg. arrived in Sweden, 1945.
Åberg, Torkel Hampus Johan was born on March 31, 1939 in Mexico City. Son of Karin Singapore Huldt Åberg. arrived in Sweden, 1945.
Bachelor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1959; licensed medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1965; Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1974; specialty degree in thoracic surgery, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1975.
Consultant department thoracic surgery, Upsala Akademiska sjukhus, 1988-1982; head department thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Umeå (Sweden) University Hospital, 1988, 95-; head department thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, 1994; director heart center, Umeå (Sweden) University Hospital, 1997.
Cons. Swedish Board Health and Welfare, 1983-1994, member of advisory board for cardiac and cardiovascular diseases. Served with Swedish military. Member American Association Thoracic Surgery, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Society Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (honorary), European Association Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (secretary general since 1992).
Married Gun Wallin.
