Mats Blennow
perinatal neurosciences
EFCNI
Denmark
Biography
Mats Blennow is professor of perinatal neurosciences at the Karolinska Institutet and a senior consultant in neonatology at the Karolinska University Hospital. He became a board certified in pediatrics in 1990 and in neonatal medicine in 1995. In 1995 he also defended his PhD thesis on ”Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy”. He was promoted to professor in 2010. Mats Blennow is the past president of the European Society for Neonatology (ESN). ESN is the official representative for neonatology within the European Commission, and the Union of European Medical Specialities. ESN has the obligation to work for better education of neonatologists in Europé and also to accredit training facilities. One of the initiatives taken in this regard, is the NOTE project (Neonatal Online Training and Education) that ESN runs in partnership with the University of Southampton.
Research Interest
Mats Blennow's current research is mainly focused on the consequences on the brain of extreme prematurity, birth asphyxia and maternal depression.
