Eirik Solheim

Eirik Johan Solheim
Born (1960-08-20) 20 August 1960 (age 64)
OccupationProfessor in orthopaedic surgery

Eirik Johan Solheim (born August 20, 1960) is a Norwegian professor in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Bergen in Norway. Eirik Johan Solheim defended his doctoral thesis Effects of Bioerodible Polyorthoester on Heterotopic and Orthotopic Bone Induction in Rats [1] at the University of Oslo in 1993. He did his specialist training for orthopedic surgery at Hagavik Hospital, Haukeland Universitetssykehus og Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital.[2][3]

Dr. Solheim has authored or co-authored three books and about 90 scholarly articles and monographs on various orthopedic topics.[4] Much of his scientific work relates to osteogenesis,[5] articular cartilage lesions [6] and articular cartilage repair surgery.[7][8]

  1. ^ Solheim, E. Effects of Bioerodible Polyorthoester on Heterotopic and Orthotopic Bone Induction in Rats. Thesis. Institute for Surgical Research, University of Oslo and Hagavik Orthopaedic Hospital, University of Oslo. Oslo and Hagavik 1992. ISBN 82-992717-8-9
  2. ^ Ortopedisk kirurgi som universitetsfag i Bergen 1946-2006. Leiv M. Hove (ed.). Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, 2006. ISBN 82-996871-4-4
  3. ^ Norsk ortopedisk forening 60 år. Ketil J. Holen (ed.). Tidsskrift for Den norske lægeforening, Oslo, 2007. ISBN 978-82-8070-062-9
  4. ^ Institutt for kirurgiske fag 60 år. Leiv M. Hove (ed.). Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen,2007. ISBN 978-82-996871-6-4
  5. ^ Marra KG, Mooney MP, Hollinger JO. Tissue engineering of craniofacial structure. In: Scaffolding in tissue engineering. Ma PX, Elisseeff J (eds.) CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2006. ISBN 1-57444-521-9
  6. ^ Minas T, Gomoll AH. Chapter 96. What is the best treatment for chondral defects in the knee? In: Evidence-Based Orthopaedics: The best answers to clinical questions. (Ed. Wright JG). Saunders Elsevier 2008. ISBN 978-1-4160-4444-4
  7. ^ Willis RB. Chapter 32. Sports medicine in the growing child. In: Lovell and Winter's pediatric orthopaedics 6th ed. Lovell WW, Morrissy RT, Winter RB, Weinstein SL (Eds.) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2005. ISBN 978-0-7817-5358-6
  8. ^ Ng kee Kwong F, Spector M. Chapter 45. Articular Cartilage. In: Principles of regenerative medicine. Atala A, Lanza R, Nerem R, Thomson JA (Eds.) Elsevier Science & Technology Books 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-369410-2