Martin Rudnicki MD, PhD, DM Sci

Dr. Martin Rudnicki graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1984. He became a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1993 and defended his thesis in Copenhagen in 1995. His clinical expertise is in Minimal Invasive Surgery including robot surgery. Furthermore, he has been responsible for a gynecological referral center in gynecology/oncology and urogynecology and has achieved expert function in both areas. He is now an associate professor at Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, and responsible for Minimal Invasive Surgery but still has a great interest in urogynecology. As a part of his role as a urogynecologist, Martin Rudnicki has been connected to fistula projects in Ethiopia and has later been connected to projects in Tanzania and Uganda as well. Martin Rudnicki has published a large number of manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and has supervised several Ph.D. students. He has a major interest is in Minimal Invasive Surgery and he is currently responsible for several Nordic studies in this area. Furthermore, he is responsible for a large EU study involving centers in Germany and Denmark. Teaching has mainly been related to transferring skills from laboratory training to the clinical setting, and he was one of the first to start this sort of training in a skills laparatorium (Center for Evaluation of Clinical Education) at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.