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Hjortdal is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, specializing in congenital heart diseases and related fields. She holds a PhD and is a Doctor of Medical Sciences, both from Aarhus University (AU). Professor Hjortdal has been knighted by the Queen of Denmark and is a member of the Order of the Dannebrog.
Her primary field of research is pathophysiology in congenital heart diseases with a special interest in the inter-relationship between cardiac and pulmonary function at rest and during exercise and long-term outcome, lymphatic function in univentricular hearts, and neurodevel-opmental outcome from fetus to adult. Hjortdal pursues a translational approach, where clini-cally relevant questions are studied through basic science, clinical projects and epidemiol-ogy.
With more than 400 peer reviewed publications and more than 10 textbook chapters Hjortdal is a widely renowned scientist in her field. She has been invited lecturer more than 90 times and has presented numerous times. Hjortdal is also reviewer at many high impact interna-tional journals.
She has always been invested in teaching and guiding aspiring scientists and has supervised many DMSc, PhDs and research year students.
Since 2009 she has regularly engaged in charitable work with the organisations Chain of Hope, London, where she is also a member of the Strategic Planning Board, and Gift of Life, New York. With these NGOs Hjortdal has performed surgeries on children and young adults with congenital heart diseases in developing countries all over the world.

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Authorization & degrees
1988, MD authorization, Aarhus University, Denmark.
1992, Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc), Aarhus University.
1993, PhD, Aarhus University.
2002, Specialized in Thoracic Surgery.

Employment
Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor of Congenital Heart Surgery (Novo Nordic Foundation) at Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
May 2019 - Present
Professor at Clinical Institute, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
May 2019 - 2022
Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon (congenital heart surgeon), Professor Chair at Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
April 2004 - May 2019

Publication
Co-author on more than 400 scientific publications, H-index: 49 and co-author of several hundred oral and poster
presentations at national and international scientific congresses. The dominating research activity is within the
cardiothoracic field with special focus on congenital heart diseases from fetal life to adulthood, the brain disease in heart disease and the lymphatic circulation.

Supervisor experience
Doctoral: 8 doctoral theses mentored and 1 under evaluation
PhD theses: more than 45 theses supervised and 5 ongoing
Research year students: more than 40

Evaluation
Evaluator for more than 25 Professorship positions across Norway, Sweden, Finland, UK, US, and Denmark and
More than 40 Medical Science and PhD students’ theses in Norway, Sweden and Denmark

Invited lectures
More than 90 invited lectures internationally.

Funding
More than 25 mio. DKK over the last 3 years.

Interdisciplinary co-operation
• CFIN, AU. Brain matters in Heart Matters.
• Institute of Public Health. Heart disease in the third world.
• Center for Health Education, AU.
• iPSYCH, A Lundbeck foundation initiative for integrative psychiatric research. A large-scale collaborative Danish project.

International research co-operation
• Canada, Toronto, Hospital of Sick Children. Fetal cardiac and cerebral diagnostic and treatment. Risk Stratification of Congenital Heart Disease.
• USA, Philadelphia. Neurodevelopmental outcome. Lymphatic circulation in Fontan.
• England, London, Great Ormond Street Hospital of Sick Children. Diagnostic and treatment.
• USA. Cincinnatti, Ohio. ASD and VSD long term outcome.
• Sao Paulo/ Riberao Brasil: Fontan lymphatic function.
• Ribeirao, Brasilien. ASD/VSD long term outcome. Quality of Life.
• Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lymphatic circulation in Fontan