Dr. Jacob Bergsland

Biography

 Dr. Bergsland graduated from the University of Oslo Medical Faculty in 1972 and completed his residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at SUNYAB in 1983. He is currently Medical Director at the BH Heart Center, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to this, he held the position of Cardiac Surgeon, at the Interventional Center, Rikshospitalet and was Director Center for Less Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, New York from 1997 to 2001. He has received certification from the American Board of Surgery in 1992 and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in 1993. He has undertaken many consultancies, including: Cardiothoracic Systems Inc, Cupertino CA (Consultant for Off pump coronary bypass surgery product line); Guidant Corporation Inc , Minneapolis, Minn. (Consultant for Off pump coronary bypass surgery product line and Medtronic Inc , Minneapolis, Minn. (Consultant for Off pump coronary bypass surgery product line). Dr. Bergsland has 123 publications in peer reviewed journals and more than 50 published abstracts and numerous international and domestic presentations. 

Research Interest

  pump coronary, ventricles, Laproscopic Surgery