Henrik Sillesen

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NAME Henrik Sillesen

DATE OF BIRTH 30th August 1956

NATIONALITY Danish

EDUCATION MD, University of Copenhagen 1983

SCIENTIFIC DEGREE Doctorate of Medical Sciences, Univ. of Copenhagen 1990

TRAINING

Internship Rigshospitalet 1983-1984

Residency in Surgery Rigshospitalet 1999-1992

Residency in Vascular Surgery Rigshospitalet 1992-1995

APPOINTMENTS apart from training

Consultant, vascular surgery Gentofte 1996-1998

Chair, vascular surgery Gentofte 1998-2004

Chair, vascular surgery Rigshospitalet 2004-2021

Director, Clinical Medicine Novo Nordisk Foundation 2021-2023

Chief Medical Officer Airfinity Ltd, London 2023-2025

Senior Advisor 2025-

ACADEMIC SUMMARY

Doctorate of Medical Science (DMSc), Univ. of Copenhagen, 1990

Professor of Vascular Surgery, Univ. of Copenhagen 2012.

277 peer-review, published papers (Pubmed)

35 book chapters and other publications

H-index: 53 (Web of Science), 64 (Google Scholar)

250 invited lectures at international meetings in 35 countries

CONDUCT OF MAJOR RESEARCH TRIALS

SPARCL member of international steering committee. Main paper i NEJM 2006.

AORTA trial, PI, Main paper in Br J Surg 2015

High Risk Plaque Study, steer. com. and PI of ultrasound studies, Main paper in JACC 2015

+ on several other steering committees

SUPERVISED ACADEMIC DEGREES

13 MDs, doctorial thesis (DMSc) or PhD degrees supervised/co-supervised by me, 11 in vascular surgery.

THESIS OPPOSITION

Official opponent for a total of 12 thesis; 6 for doctorates in medical science and 6 for the PhD degree: 4 international (Holland, Sweden, Norway and Finland) and 9 in Denmark.

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 1988-90

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1999-04

Guest Editor Journal of American College Cardiology 2015

THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Secretary General 2004-2009

President Elect and President 2016-2019

Board of Directors ESVS Conferences (owner of EJVES) 2016-2018

WORLD FEDERATION FOR VASCULAR SPECIALTIES

President and past president 2008-2010

SCANDINAVIAN ASSOCIATION OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Secretary General 1999-2004

DANISH SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY

Vice President and President 2001-2005

DANISH HEART FOUNDATION

President and Vice President 2004-2008

OTHER LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

National Board of Health Advisory Committee 2006-2012

Danish Medical Societies, board of directors 2011-2016

RESEARCH EVALUATION

Danish Research Council 2002-2004

Danish Foundation Research Council 2004-2008

Rigshospitalet, Research council 2004-2007

Swedish Heart-Lund Foundation 2014-2018

HONARARY MEMBERSHIPS

European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

Vascular Society for South Africa (VASSA)

Vascular Society for Great Britian and Ireland (GBVSI)

116 Journal article
10 Review
5 Editorial
3 Comment/debate
More
- 2 Letter
- 1 Book chapter

Stroke risk management in carotid atherosclerotic disease: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the ESC Council on Stroke and the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Musialek, P., Bonati, L. H., Bulbulia, R., Halliday, A., Bock, B., Capoccia, L., Eckstein, H.-H., Grunwald, I. Q., Lip, P. L., Monteiro, A., Paraskevas, K. I., Podlasek, A., Rantner, B., Rosenfield, K., Siddiqui, A. H., Sillesen, H., Van Herzeele, I., Guzik, T. J., Mazzolai, L. & Aboyans, V. & 1 others, Lip, G. Y. H., 2025, In: Cardiovascular Research. 121, 1, p. 13-43 31 p.
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18 Citations (Scopus)

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The “Woundosome” Concept and Its Impact on Procedural Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia
Patrone, L., Pasqui, E., Conte, M. S., Farber, A., Ferraresi, R., Menard, M., Mills, J. L., Rundback, J., Schneider, P., Ysa, A., Abhishek, K., Adams, G. L., Ahmad, N., Ahmed, I., Alexandrescu, V. A., Amor, M., Alper, D., Andrassy, M., Attinger, C. & Baadh, A. & 164 others, Barakat, H., Biasi, L., Bisdas, T., Bhatti, Z., Blessing, E., Bonaca, M. P., Bonvini, S., Bosiers, M., Bradbury, A. W., Beasley, R., Behrendt, C. A., Brodmann, M., Cabral, G., Cancellieri, R., Casini, A., Chandra, V., Chisci, E., Chohan, O., Choke, E. T. C., Chong, P. F. S., Clerici, G., Coscas, R., Costantino, M., Dalla Paola, L., Dand, S., Davies, R. S. M., D’Oria, M., Diamantopoulos, A., Debus, S., Deloose, K., Del Giudice, C., Donato, G. D., Rubertis, B. D., Paul De Vries, J., Dias, N. V., Diaz-Sandoval, L., Dick, F., Donas, K., Dua, A., Fanelli, F., Fazzini, S., Foteh, M., Gandini, R., Gargiulo, M., Garriboli, L., Genovese, E. A., Gifford, E., Goueffic, Y., Goverde, P., Chand Gupta, P., Hinchliffe, R., Holden, A., Houlind, K. C., Howard, D. P. J., Huasen, B., Isernia, G., Katsanos, K., Katzen, B., Kolh, P., Koncar, I., Korosoglou, G., Krishnan, P., Kroencke, T., Krokidis, M., Kumarasamy, A., Hayes, P., Iida, O., Alejandre Lafont, E., Langhoff, R., Lecis, A., Lessne, M., Lichaa, H., Lichtenberg, M., Lobato, M., Lopes, A., Loreni, G., Lucatelli, P., Madassery, S., Maene, L., Manzi, M., Maresch, M., Santhosh Mathews, J., McCaslin, J., Micari, A., Michelagnoli, S., Migliara, B., Morgan, R., Morelli, L., Morosetti, D., Mouawad, N., Moxey, P., Müller-Hülsbeck, S., Mustapha, J., Nakama, T., Nasr, B., N’dandu, Z., Neville, R., Noory, E., Nordanstig, J., Noronen, K., Mariano Palena, L., Parlani, G., Patel, A. S., Patel, P., Patel, R., Patel, S., Pena, C., Perkov, D., Portou, M., Pratesi, G., Rammos, C., Reekers, J., Riambau, V., Roy, T., Rosenfield, K., Antonella Ruffino, M., Saab, F., Saratzis, A., Sbarzaglia, P., Schmidt, A., Secemsky, E., Siah, M., Sillesen, H., Simonte, G., Sirvent, M., Sommerset, J., Steiner, S., Sakr, A., Scheinert, D., Shishebor, M., Spiliopoulos, S., Spinelli, A., Stravoulakis, K., Taneva, G., Teso, D., Tessarek, J., Theivacumar, S., Thomas, A., Thomas, S., Thulasidasan, N., Torsello, G., Tripathi, R., Troisi, N., Tummala, S., Tummala, V., Twine, C., Uberoi, R., Ucci, A., Valenti, D., van den Berg, J., van den Heuvel, D., Van Herzeele, I., Varcoe, R., Vega de Ceniga, M., Veith, F. J., Venermo, M., Vijaynagar, B., Virdee, S., Von Stempel, C., Voûte, M. T., Khee Yeung, K., Zeller, T., Zayed, H. & Montero Baker, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Endovascular Therapy.
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16 Citations (Scopus)
3-D Contrast-Enhanced Fusion Ultrasound for Accurate Volume Assessment of Vessel Lumen and Plaque in Carotid Artery Disease as Compared With Computed Tomography Angiography
Yeung, K., Eiberg, J. P., Collet-Billon, A., Sandholt, B. V., Jessen, M. L., Sillesen, H. H. & Eldrup, N., 2024, In: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 50, 3, p. 399-406 8 p.
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Aortic aneurysms in a general population cohort: prevalence and risk factors in men and women
Pham, M. H. C., Sigvardsen, P. E., Fuchs, A., Kühl, J. T., Sillesen, H., Afzal, S., Nordestgaard, B. G., Køber, L. V. & Kofoed, K. F., 2024, In: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. 25, 9, p. 1235-1243 9 p.
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21 Citations (Scopus)
Cancer should not contravene the revascularization of chronic limb-threatening ischaemia
Jessen, M. L., Eiberg, J., Sillesen, H. & Lawaetz, M., 2024, In: Vascular. 32, 2, p. 330-336
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1 Citation (Scopus)
Carotid plaque thickness predicts cardiovascular events and death in patients with chronic kidney disease
Bjergfelt, S. S., Sørensen, I. M. H., Urbak, L., Kofoed, K. F., Lange, T., Feldt-Rasmussen, B., Sillesen, H., Christoffersen, C. & Bro, S., 2024, In: BMC Nephrology. 25, 1, 10 p., 389.
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Determinants of thoracic aortic size in normotensive and hypertensive individuals
Pham, M. H. C., Kühl, J. T., Fuchs, A., Sigvardsen, P. E., Sillesen, H., Afzal, S., Nordestgaard, B. G., Køber, L. V. & Kofoed, K. F., 2024, In: Journal of Hypertension. 42, 10, p. 1736-1742 7 p.
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1 Citation (Scopus)
Editor's Choice – Exercise Therapy for Chronic Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: A Clinical Consensus Document of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases in Collaboration With the European Society of Vascular Medicine and the European Society for Vascular Surgery
Mazzolai, L., Belch, J., Venermo, M., Aboyans, V., Brodmann, M., Bura-Rivière, A., Debus, S., Espinola-Klein, C., Harwood, A. E., Hawley, J. A., Lanzi, S., Madarič, J., Mahé, G., Malatesta, D., Schlager, O., Schmidt-Trucksäss, A., Seenan, C., Sillesen, H., Tew, G. A. & Visonà, A., 2024, In: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 67, 3, p. 373-392 20 p.
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12 Citations (Scopus)

Henrik Sillesen

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Stroke risk management in carotid atherosclerotic disease: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the ESC Council on Stroke and the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases

The “Woundosome” Concept and Its Impact on Procedural Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

3-D Contrast-Enhanced Fusion Ultrasound for Accurate Volume Assessment of Vessel Lumen and Plaque in Carotid Artery Disease as Compared With Computed Tomography Angiography

Aortic aneurysms in a general population cohort: prevalence and risk factors in men and women

Cancer should not contravene the revascularization of chronic limb-threatening ischaemia

Carotid plaque thickness predicts cardiovascular events and death in patients with chronic kidney disease

Determinants of thoracic aortic size in normotensive and hypertensive individuals

Henrik Sillesen

Personal profile

Short presentation

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Research output