Prof Michael Bretthauer

Michael Bretthauer is Professor of Medicine at the University of Oslo and Gastroenterologist at Oslo University Hospital. He is an Associate Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Bretthauer is head of the Clinical Research Center, Department of Transplantation Medicine at Oslo University Hospital. Michael Bretthauer received his MD in 1996 from the University of Göttingen, Germany, and his PhD from the University of Oslo in 2004. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. His main clinical activities are in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Dr. Bretthauer’s main research interests include clinical trials and clinical epidemiology. He is chairing several large-scale international trials in colorectal cancer screening and surveillance, such as the Nordic-European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer and the European Polyp Surveillance trials. Dr. Bretthauer has served as an associate editor at the Norwegian Medical Journal and as editorial fellow and CME editor at The New England Journal of Medicine.