Anders Jeppsson praised by the Swedish Heart Association

Anders Jeppsson, professor of thoracic surgery at the Institute of Medicine and chief physician at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, receives this year’s award in memory of Ulf Stenestrand from the Swedish Heart Association and SWEDEHEART. He receives the award for his research on heart surgery patients. The prize is SEK 100,000. The Swedish Heart Association gathers specialist associations in cardiovascular care (cardiology, clinical physiology, thoracic radiology, thoracic anesthesia and intensive care, and thoracic surgery) and interest associations for, for example, hypertension, diabetes and angiology. SWEDEHEART is the Swedish quality register for cardiac care. Ulf Stenestrand was one of the initiators of SWEDEHEART and its first chairman. He passed away in 2010.