Elna-marie Larsson MD, PhD

Elna-Marie Larsson, MD, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus of neuroradiology at Uppsala University, Sweden. She received her medical degree from the University of Lund (1977), Sweden, and her doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in diagnostic radiology from the same university (1989). This was followed by a post-doc for one year at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA. During 2006-2009, she had a position as a professor of radiology at Aarhus University, Denmark.

In 2009 she moved back to Sweden and became appointed a professor of neuroradiology at Uppsala University and from 2010 also visiting professor of neuroradiology at Linkoping University, both until retirement in 2018. She has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and 30 descriptive articles and textbook chapters. She has been the main supervisor of 14 Ph.D. students who has defended their doctoral theses and co-supervisor for 14 Ph.D. students.

Her research has been focused on advanced MR imaging of the brain with applications in dementia, brain tumors, and normal pressure hydrocephalus. Her clinical activity has included CT and MRI of the brain, spine, and ear, nose and throat (ENT) and she presently works for TMC as a clinical neuroradiologist reporting on these topics. She has been director of neuroradiology and of MRI at the department of radiology, Lund University Hospital, and at the department of radiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. She has a vast experience in teaching (national and international) with emphasis on MRI and neuroradiology and has been the organizer of several MRI and neuroradiology courses including ESMRMB courses.

She has been president of the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), the Swedish Society of Neuroradiology (SFNR), the Nordic Society of Neuroradiology (NSNR), and the Danish Society for Medical Magnetic Resonance (DSMMR).