
Ole Mathiesen
Research leader, Professor, Consultant, MD, Ph.d.As a research leader, I see it as an essential priority to:
Set an ambitious and realistic strategy within the department’s research areas.
To work strategically and promote cooperation locally, nationally, and internationally.
Together with the research team, define the right research areas and projects, and set goals for implementing these.
To ensure guidance and support to contribute to the professional development of the individual researcher.
To put together the right research teams that promote synergy.
To guide, facilitate and support the research and researchers within the various research tracks in the department.
To treat employees in the research unit properly and ensure good well-being.
To promote continued connection to research for the individual researcher after project implementation.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4544-0619
Tel.:+ 45 23462485

Jens Dupont Børglum Neimann
MD, P.hd, Clinical Research Associate Professor, Consultant
Ulf Gøttrup Pedersen
ConsultantResearch area:Intensive care

Lars Nebrich
ConsultantResearch area:Intensive care

Rikke Malene Jepsen
Senior registrar, Ph.dhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-0356
Research area:Clinical anaesthesia

Thomas Hildebrandt
Consultanthttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7845-9899
Research area:Intensive care

Jakob Hessel Andersen
Consultant, ph.d., Associate professorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-8162
Research area:Regional blockade

Kasper Thybo
Medical Doctor, Ph.d., Post doc.https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4727-3132
Research area:Postoperative pain

Stine Estrup
Medical Doctor, Ph.d., Post doc.https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-7085
Research area:Intensive care

Josephine Zachodnik
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ph.d. studentEngaged in research in perioperative pain treatment and optimization of patient outcomes.
Coordinator concerning research activities in the anaesthesiology research unit CAR.

Lone Musaeus Poulsen
Consultant, head of ICU, Ph.d studentResponsible for research within intensive therapy at SUH Koege.
Intensive delirium, late effects after intensive therapy, the prognosis of intensive therapy.
Responsible for the follow-up studies on the participants in the AID-ICU, focusing on functional outcomes, 1-year mortality, quality of life, and cognitive function.

Nina Christine Andersen-Ranberg
Junior Doctor, Post. Doc., Ph.d.Engaged in research in intensive care with a focus on prevention and treatment of delirium and its sequelae. Co-investigator in all clinical intervention trials at the intensive care department. Our department is part of the international research network CRIC, that seek to create evidence for some of the most frequent interventions we practice in the intensive care unit.

Caroline Anna Sofia Humble
Junior Doctor, ph.d. studentEngaged in research in shock-induced endothelial cell damage (SHINE) and its interaction with the inflammatory response in critically ill intensive care patients. Actively participate in all clinical intervention trials in intensive care, where we, as part of a national collaboration (CRIC), seek to create evidence for some of the most frequent interventions we practice in the intensive care unit.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7919-2946
Research area:Intensive care

Mathias Maagaard
Medical Doctor, ph.dMy primary focus is to investigate interventions to prolong the duration of peripheral nerve blockages as part of the peri- and postoperative treatment of orthopedic surgical patients. In addition, I am involved in various systematic reviews of interventions.
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9037-7295
Research area:Regional blockade

Camilla Bekker Mortensen
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ph.D., Post DocResearch within intensive therapy and after intensive therapy (focusing on the quality of life, physically and cognitively).
The focus area within intensive therapy is delirium.
Both research within the quantitative and the qualitative design.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-3552
Research area:Intensive care

Joakim Steiness
Junior Doctor, ph.dPostoperative pain and multimodal pain management.
Primary investigator at “RECIPE” – a large randomized clinical trial is focusing on optimizing the immediate pain treatment for patients with an artificial hip inserted.
Co-supervisor on “Paracetamol, NSAIDs, and glucocorticoids for postoperative pain” – a systematic review with meta-analysis and sequential trial analysis to uncover available evidence to use the combination of the three-drug groups for postoperative pain treatment. In addition, local investigator at DEXRAR – a randomized clinical trial
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4023-0391
Research area:Postoperative pain

Kasper Smidt Gasbjerg
Junior Doctor, Ph.DEngaged in research within postoperative pain with particular focus on treating these with adrenal cortex hormone, and as a subfield of this, the body’s biochemical reactions to surgery.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1484-483X
Research area:Postoperative pain

Martin Vedel Nielsen
Junior Doctor, ph.d. studentIn my Ph.D. study, we have developed a completely new ultrasound-guided blockade type (the costotransverse block) specifically for (peri) postoperative analgesic treatment for significant breast cancer surgeries. The blockade exploits the positive effects of the thoracic paravertebral blockade but with a much smaller risk profile. Our opinion is that our new blocking is faster, safer, and easier to learn – and we hope that the technique can be quickly adapted in everyday life nationally and internationally.

Katrine Bayer Tanggaard
Junior Doctor, ph.d. studentImproving postoperative pain management using ultrasound-guided nerve blockages. I work primarily with the Transmuscular Quadratus Lumborum (TQL) blockade, which is connected with abdominal surgery. Through various clinical trials, we investigate the effect of the TQL blockade on different types of surgery with an expectation that we can reduce postoperative morphine consumption with minimal side effects for patients.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8086-5757
Research area:Regional blockade

Anne Sofie Nautrup Therkelsen
Junior Doctor, ph.d studentMy primary focus is to optimise postoperative pain management for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery. By a multimodal approach consisting of systemic analgesics and nerve blockades, we aim to establish the foundation for an early rehabilitative period with minimal pain and minimise the dependence on postoperative opioid treatment.
Research area:Postoperative pain

Jens Laigaard
Junior Doctor, ph.d studentResearches in treatments that can reduce the pain of the planned orthopedic surgical patients, both immediately after the operation and in the longer term.
A Ph.D. course is currently being planned in collaboration with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bispebjerg Hospital, which will investigate how to prevent the development of chronic pain after insertion of an artificial knee or hip.
Research area:Postoperative pain

Kirstine la Cour
Junior DoctorResearch within delirium in the intensive care unit, including the distribution of the three delirium motor subtypes and how patients remember / experience delirium. Contributes to international clinical intervention studies in intensive care; AID-ICU, Classic, COVID-STEROID II, and HOT-COVID.
Research area:Intensive care

Sarah Weihe
Junior doctorThe primary project has dealt with the follow-up of COVID-19 patients admitted to a Danish ITA during the first wave of COVID. In addition, has been co-responsible for updating the national COVID-ITA database for the entire Region Zealand. Has actively participated in all CRIC projects with inclusions, consents, and databases. Is co-responsible, together with Lone M. Poulsen, in the introduction of fragility scoring of all ITA patients at Koege, among other things, to see if there is a connection between fragility and respirator time and mortality.
Research area:Intensive care

Louise Stenbryggen Herløv
Project nurseEngaged in research within intensive therapy, as well as after intensive therapy.
Daily management of clinical intervention trials in intensive care, including patients, information and consent management according to relatives and patients, data collection and registration, and execution of interventions.
In addition, part of the outreach team that focuses on quality of life – both physically and cognitively, after admission to intensive care.
Currently involved in the following studies: Classic, AID-ICU, After-AID, HOT-Covid and Endo-Omic.

Asger Krog Mølgaard
Junior Doctor, ph.d StudentInvestigates glucocorticoids’ short-term effect on the immunological response the body mounts after total knee arthroplasty and the long-term impact on chronic knee pain.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5781-488X
Research area:Postoperative pain

Christina Cleveland Westerdahl Laursen
Junior Doctor, ph.d StudentEngaged in research in postoperative and multimodal pain management. Primary investigator at “PERISAFE,” a randomized multicenter clinical trial focusing on the safety of short-term use of Ibuprofen for postoperative pain management following major orthopedic surgery.
Mail:chlaur@regionsjaelland.dk
Research area:Postoperative pain

Shaheer Haider Bukhari
Junior DocterEngaged in research within pain treatment with a focus on postoperative pain treatment and nerve blockages and in studies examining evidence of frequently used standards of care. Currently NSAID-related SAEs following gastrointestinal surgery.
Research area:Postoperative pain

Nikolaj Kaack Schou
Stud. med. scolarEngaged in research within postoperative pain management focusing on peripheral nerve blockades and regional anaesthesia in general as a part of the analgesic treatment following orthopaedic surgery.
In addition, I am a sub-investigator in the two clinical trials ADJUNCT1 and ADJUNCT 2. Both trials investigate interventions to prolong the duration of peripheral nerve blockades.
Research area:Postoperative pain

Anne Lindhardt
ConsultantMail:alindh@regionsjaelland.dk
Research area:Intensive care

Vibeke Eriksen
ConsultantMail::verik@regionsjaelland.dk
Research area:Postoperative pain

Sandra Sorenson
Stud. med. scolarEngaged in research within postoperative pain management, focusing on peripheral nerve blockades. Furthermore, I am involved in the clinical trial PERISAFE, which aims to assess the safety of ibuprofen after major orthopedic surgeries.
Mail:sandso@regionsjaelland.dk
Research area:Regional blockade

Sarah Sofie Bitsch Flyger
Stud. med. scolarEngaged in research within peripheral nerve blocks and adjuvants for postoperative pain treatment. In addition, an active part of the central follow-up group in a multicenter clinical trial, PERISAFE, assessing the safety of postoperative ibuprofen on patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries.
Research area:Regional blockade

Lasse Stehr-Pingel
Stud. med. scolarInterested in research regarding the safety and efficacy of sedative agents used for general anaesthesia and procedural sedation. Currently that interest lies in short-acting benzodiazepines. I am also involved in the central follow-up group of PERISAFE, a multicentre clinical trial, which assess the safety of ibuprofen in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery.
Reasearch area:Clinical anaesthesia

Karsten Lomholt Lassen
Nurse Anesthetist(CRNA), Ph.D. studentEngaged in the research of Virtual Reality (VR) for perioperative applications. As part of an international project, we develop and test VR with both qualitative and quantitative studies to determine a better understanding of the use of VR in the hospital environment.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-0772
Mail: karlas@regionsjaelland.dk
Research area:Anaesthesiology and high technological environments
Tel:+45 26131350

Nanna Wagner Christiansen
Engineer in Healthcare Technology, research assistantEngaged in the research of Virtual Reality (VR) for perioperative applications. As part of an international project, we aim to develop and test VR. To determine a better understanding of using VR in a hospital setting, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative studies.
Furthermore, I am engaged in different research according the area of anaesthesiology, e.g., I am currently researching the impact of perioperative patient expectations on clinical outcomes. I am currently examining how these expectations, whether positive or negative, can influence clinical outcome.
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1224-9260
Mail:nanchr@regionsjaelland.dk
Research area:Anaesthesiology and technological environments
Tlf:+45 40306799

Lisbeth Christiansen
Project nurseEngaged in research within intensive therapy and anaesthesiology.
Management of clinical intervention trials in intensive care, including patients, information and consent management according to relatives and patients, data collection and registration, and execution of interventions.
Research area:Intensive care

Anne Wikkelsø
Consultant MD. Ph.D.Areas of research: Postoperative pain management following caesarean section and postpartum haemorrhage including blood product management and haemostatic treatment.
Project manager of CEPRA Obstetric Anaesthesia Research Cluster. Member of the Obstetric Anaesthesia Subcomitee at Danish Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6848-8143

Katrine Tækker Krohn
Research Coordinator, PA for professor, Post Doc., Ph.D, Cand.scient in biomedicineTlf:+45 47323156
“Nursing research must focus on evidence-based development of clinical practice with the patient-centered perspective. This is of crucial importance to provide high-quality nursing and treatment in the anaesthesiology department in the future.”