Introduction

Education and training

• 1995: Specialist in Diagnostic Radiology
• 1986: Medical degree, Odense University

Experience

• 2017: Freelance radiologist
• 2017-2019: Consultant, X-ray and Scanning, Randers Regional Hospital
• 2004-2017: Consultant, Department of Imaging, MR Center, Skejby Hospital / X-ray and Scanning, AUH
• 2003-2004: Temporary doctor, Department of Imaging, MR Center, Skejby Hospital
• 1999-2000: Acting Consultant, X-ray R, Aarhus Municipal Hospital
• 1997-2003: Department physician, X-ray R, Aarhus Municipal Hospital
• 1996-1997: 1st resident physician, Department of Imaging, MR Center, Skejby Hospital
• 1994-1996: 1st resident physician, X-ray R, Aarhus Municipal Hospital
• 1994: 1st resident physician, Department of Neuroradiology, Aarhus Municipal Hospital
• 1993-1994: Substitute for 1st resident physician, Department of Neuroradiology, Aarhus Municipal Hospital
• 1993: Substitute for 1st resident physician, X-ray diagnostic department, Odense Hospital
• 1991-1993: Course reserve physician, X-ray diagnostic department, Odense Hospital (promoted to rear guard for 17 months)
• 1990-1991: Resident physician, X-ray diagnostic department, Vejle Hospital
• 1989: Substitute for resident physician, X-ray diagnostic department, Vejle Hospital
• 1989: Substitute for resident physician, Department of Parenchymal Surgery, Odense Hospital
• 1988-1989: Junior doctor, X-ray diagnostic department, Odense Hospital (promoted to middle shift for 7 months)
• 1988: Substitute for resident physician, X-ray diagnostic department, Odense Hospital
• 1987-1988: Resident physician, Department of Surgery, Faaborg Hospital
• 1987: Resident physician (internship), Department of Medicine, Svendborg Hospital
• 1986-1987: Resident physician, Department of Surgery, Faaborg Hospital

Other information

Peer-reviewed articles in journals

• "Internal Richter's hernia due to congenital peritoneal defect", Bente Fiirgaard and Arne Agertoft, Acta Chir Scand 154: 537, 1988
• "A Case of Recidivating Pneumocephalus with Two Different Aetiological Factors", B.Fiirgaard, D.Knudsen, V.Brøndum, Roentgen-Bl. 43 (1990) 163-165
• "Renal Artery Aneurysm Detected by Pulsed Doppler Ultrasound", V.Brøndum, B.Fiirgaard, Roentgen-Bl. 43 (1990) 510-511
• "Scheuermann's disease", Bente Fiirgaard & Arne Agertoft, Ugeskr Læger 1990; 152: 2843-2846
• "Muscular hamartoma of the breast", B. Fiirgaard and S. Kristensen, Acta Radiologica 33 (1992) 115-116
• "Intracranial iotrolan distribution following cervical myelography. Postmyelographic registration of adverse effects, psychometric assessment and electroencephalographic recording", B. Fiirgaard, H. H. T. Madsen, U. Svare, F. B. Eriksen, T. Skjødt and I. Zeeberg, Acta Radiologica 36 (1995) 77-81 and Advances in x-ray contrast 2 (1995) 63-64
• "Intracranial distribution of iohexol and iotrolan after cervical myelography", Bente Fiirgaard, Hans Henrik Torp Madsen, Ulla Svare, Thomas Skjødt & Ib Zeeberg, Ugeskr Læger 1995; 157: 3901-4
• "The size of acustic neuromas determined by CT and magnetic resonance imaging", Bente Fiirgaard, Christian Brahe Pedersen & Erik Lundorf, Ugeskr Læger 1995; 157: 6855-9
• "Indication for X-ray examination in acute ankle sprain", Claus Wendtland Henriksen, Morten Schultz Larsen & Bente Fiirgaard, Ugeskr Læger 1996; 158: 1981-3
• "Width of the medial tibiotalar joint", B. Fiirgaard, J.K. Iversen and A. de Carvalho, Acta Radiologica 38 (1997) 520-522
• "Acoustic neuroma: CT and MRI", B. Fiirgaard, C. B. Pedersen, E. Lundorf, Neuroradiology (1997) 39: 599-601
• "Spinal epidural lipomatosis. Case report and review of the literature", B. Fiirgaard, F.H.Madsen, Scand J Med Sci Sports 1997: 7: 354-357
• "Investigations into the natural history of vestibular schwannomas", F. Mirz, B. Jørgensen, B. Fiirgaard, E. Lundorf & C.B. Pedersen, Clin. Otolaryngol. 1999, 24, 13-18
• "Incidence and growth pattern of vestibular schwannomas in a Danish County 1977-1998", F. Mirz, C. B. Pedersen, B. Fiirgaard, E. Lundorf, Acta Otolaryngol 2000; Suppl 543:30-33
• "The prevalence and significance of incidental paranasal sinus abnormalities on MRI", B. Tarp, B. Fiirgaard, T. Christensen, J. J. Jensen, F. T. Black, Rhinology, 38, 33-38, 2000
• "Structural brain abnormalities in unselected in-patients with major Depression", P. Videbech, B. Ravnkilde, B. Fiirgaard, K. Clemmensen, A. Egander, N. A. Rasmussen, T. Christensen, R. Sangill, R. Rosenberg, Acta Psychiatr Scand 2001: 103: 282-286
• "The occurrence of sinusitis in HIV-infected patients with fever", B. Tarp, B. Fiirgaard, J. Møller, O. Hilberg, T. Christensen, J. Møller, F. Black, Rhinology, 39, 136-141, 2001
• "Quality control and optimization of scoliosis examinations in children", J. Hansen, A.G. Jurik, B. Fiirgaard, N. Egund, Pediatr Radiol (2003) 33: 752-765
• "MRI and pathology in persistent postherniotomy pain", Aasvang EK, Jensen KE, Fiirgaard B, Kehlet H, J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Jun; 208(6):1023-8
• "Ultrasound and MRI measurements of joint cartilage in healthy children: a validation study", Spannow AH, Stenboeg E, Pfeiffer-Jensen M, Fiirgaard B, Haislund M, Ostergaard M, Andersen NT, Herlin T., Ultraschall Med. 2011 Jan; 32 Suppl 1:S110-6
• "Efficacy of anti-IL-1 treatment in Majeed syndrome", Herlin T, Fiirgaard B, Bjerre M, Kerndrup G, Hasle H, Bing X, Ferguson PJ, Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Mar;72(3):410-3
• "Ten-year review of Danish children with chronic non-bacterial osteitis", Ziobrowska-Bech A, Fiirgaard B, Heuck C, Ramsgaard Hansen O, Herlin T., Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013 Nov-Dec; 31(6):974-9
• "Cartilage thickness of the knee joint in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: comparative assessment by ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging", Pradsgaard DØ, Fiirgaard B, Spannow AH, Heuck C, Herlin T., J Rheumatol. 2015 Mar;42(3):534-40
• "Successful change of treatment strategy in elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma by de-escalating induction and introducing temozolomide maintenance: results from a phase II study by the Nordic Lymphoma Group", Pulczynski EJ, Kuittinen O, Erlanson M, Hagberg H, Fosså A, Eriksson M, Nordstrøm M, Østenstad B, Fluge Ø, Leppä S, Fiirgaard B, Bersvendsen H, Fagerli UM, Haematologica. 2015 Apr; 100(4):534-40
• "Healed or non-healed? Computed Tomography (CT) visualization of morphology of bite trace ichnotaxa on a dinosaur bone", Jacobsen A.R., Lauridsen H, Fiirgaard B, Boel L.W.T. & Hansen K., Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 2015, 85: 457-464

Other professional publications

• "Fysik i røntgen", textbook for physics teaching in high school, Jan Møller, Bente Fiirgaard, Forlaget Systime, February 1991, 88 pages
• "100 years of X-ray", Bente Fiirgaard and Jan Møller, Samvirke, no. 12, December 1994, 80-83

Others

• 2014: Member of working group on working environment under FAS
• 2009-2013: Member of the SST working group for the preparation of "Guidelines for the examination of patients with kidney disease with contrast agents - with special focus on gadolinium-containing contrast agents in MRI scans", 2009, and "Guidelines for the examination of patients with kidney disease with gadolinium-containing contrast agents in MRI scans", 2013
• 2011: Course organizer, Advanced Clinical MRI course, Skejby
• 2003: Course organizer, "The shoulder - diagnostics and treatment", Skejby
• 2003: Member of the Organizing Committee at the 10th ESSR Congress in Aarhus, Denmark
• 2000: Co-organizer of the course "Information search for radiologists", Victor Albeck Bygningen, Aarhus
• 1999-2003: Clinical supervisor and education coordinator, Ortho group, X-ray R, Aarhus Municipal Hospital
• 1997-2006: External examiner for the Danish Dentistry program in the subject Oral Radiology
• 1994-1996: Vice chairman of FYR (Association of Younger Radiologists), including course organizer