Dr. Ole Steen Nielsen

Dr. Ole Steen Nielsen Joins Our Board

Bruce Shriver

We are please to announce that Dr. Ole Steen Nielsen has joined our Medical Editorial Board. Dr. Nielsen is head of the Department of Oncology at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark. This department is one of the largest oncology centers in Denmark and includes medical oncology, radiotherapy, palliative oncology, medical physics, psykooncology, experimental clinical oncology as well as a subdivision of the pharmacy. In addition to heading the Department of Oncology, Dr. Nielsen has the major responsibility for the treatment of sarcoma patients at Aarhus University Hospital. The Sarcoma Center at Aarhus University Hospital is one of the leading centers in sarcoma treatment in Denmark. The center incorporates oncology, surgery, pathology and radiology. Sarcoma patients from the age of 15 and above are admitted to this centre. There is a special section for adolescent sarcoma patients (age 15-20) in the Department of Oncology in which all young patients with sarcomas are treated. Dr. Nielsen is trained in both radiotherapy and medical oncology. He has had his basic training in Denmark. In addition he has been working at Princes Margaret Hospital in Toronto. He is author on more than 150 international publications as well as more than 300 presentations at international meetings. He is associate professor at Aarhus University Hospital. Dr. Nielsen has been chairman of the European Sarcoma Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). He was president of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) in 2005. He is also chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Danish Cancer Society. He is presently a member of 15 scientific/patient grant boards (chairman of 10). We look forward to his contributions to ESUN.