Endometriosis Zone editorial advisor

Agneta Bergqvist, MD, PhD

Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Karolinska Institute and Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Education 
MD 1974, University of Uppsala
PhD 1985, University of Lund 
Associate professor 1987, University of Lund
Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer 1991, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

Present appointments 
Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet and 
Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden since 1991

Previous appointments
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Falu Hospital, Falun, Sweden, 1972
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kärnsjukhuset, Skövde 1973-78 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden 1978-1991

Appointments as examiner 
Associate Professor, University of Lund, Lund 1987-91
Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden since 1991
Since 1994 Main Examination in Obstetrics and Gynaecology of foreign physicians who apply for a position as physician in Sweden. 
Since 2002 Main Examinator in Clinical Sciences of foreign physicians who apply for a position as physician in Sweden.

Special appointments
Professional secretary at the Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1989-92
Responsible for organising the education of medical students in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Malmö University Hospital 1983-1991 and at Huddinge University Hospital, 1993-96 
Appointment to better integrate education at all different levels at Huddinge University Hospital 1997.
Since 1994 member of the Executive Board for Individual Medical Study Planning needed for social causes, the chairman since 1998.
Since 1994 member of the Examination Board for foreign physicians who apply for a position as physician in Sweden, the chairman since 2002. 

Advisory boards
Member of the advisory board in several pharmaceutical companies nationally and internationally since 1985.
The Swedish Endometriosis Patient Society
The International Endometriosis Association

Major positions in medical societies
Council member of the Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1983-85, 1989-92
Council member of the World Endometriosis Society since 1996
Chairman of the Swedish Special Interest Group of Endometriosis since 1994
Depute chairman in the Special Interest Group of Endometrium and Endometriosis in ESHRE since 1997

Membership of societies 
Swedish Medical Society
Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Nordic Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
American Society of Reproductive Medicine
American Society of Reproductive Immunology
World Endometriosis Society
The Society of Reproductive Biology

Examiner
For medical students in basic and clinical sciences, Licentiate Examination, PhD and foreign MDs who apply for a Swedish MD

Teacher
Mainly in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ethics, leadership, personal development

Organiser of congresses, courses, work shops and seminars
The Nordic Congress in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stockholm, Sweden 1996
1st Nordic Congress on Endometriosis 2000
Pre congress Course in endometriosis before the ESHRE yearly meeting in Bologna 2000 Courses at least once yearly since 1991 in Reproductive Endocrinology and Female and male infertility for gynaecological specialist physicians.
Cross-scientific courses, work shops and seminars in Pelvic Pain, Pelvic Surgery and Evidence Based Medicine, respectively, nationally and internationally
Courses for medical students at different levels in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a cross scientific course called “From conception to the new born baby”

Editor 
The Journal of the Swedish Medical Association 1994-2001.

Chairman
Creator and chairman for the Swedish Special Interest Group in Endometriosis for physicians since 1994
Chairman of the executive board for Individual Medical Study Planning needed for social causes since 1998.
President at the 1st Nordic Congress on Endometriosis 2000
Session chairman at several congresses

Referee
Human Reproduction 
Molecular Human Reproduction
Fertility and Sterility
Gynaecological and Obstetric Investigation 
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavia
Pain

Producer of equipment for education
Books, papers, videos, CD-Room for interactive education mainly in endometriosis for students, doctors, medical and paramedical staff, patients

Lectures 
Several lectures, mainly in endometriosis, nationally and internationally at congresses, seminars, workshops, meetings

Publications 
80 original publications published in highly ranked medical journals
29 review articles 
one monograph (Extragenital Endometriosis, Organon, 1990)

Clinical experience
Have focused on diagnosis and treatment of women with endometriosis since 1978, both endocrinologically and surgically. By time have turned to be the referral specialist in endometriosis in Sweden for severe cases offering advanced pharmacological or surgical treatment. Performed several clinical studies in endometriosis to develop better pharmacological treatment of endometriosis.