Bio

Dr. Per Hedén is an Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Sweden. He was the pioneer in establishing microsurgical procedures in the Stockholm region in the beginning of the 1980´s and has still a profound interest in reconstructive surgery and a special interest in facial paralysis reanimations. Dr Hedén is also the Founder and Head of Akademikliniken, which is now Europe’s largest private hospital exclusively for plastic surgery: The main hospital in Stockholm has 9 operating theatres and thirty-four overnight beds. Akademikliniken also have several smaller hospitals in Copenhagen, Malmoe , Gothenburg and Oslo. In addition to this a number of “ Walk in Clinics” are scattered throughout the Nordic countries. In total Akademikliniken today has 25 different units staffed by twenty-two plastic surgeons, along with anesthesiologists and nurses. Skin therapy department, with skin therapists and dermatologist, are also part of the hospital group. More than 5000 surgical procedures are performed at Akademikliniken in Stockholm alone every year.. In addition to this more than 50.000 non-surgical procedures are performed each year.