Introduction

Poul Torben Nielsen, PhD, has 28 years of experience as a specialist in orthopaedic surgery. He specializes in hip and knee and performs more than 250 alloplastic surgeries and 70 elective osteotomies annually.

He is the consultant responsible for hip and knee surgery at Aalborg University Hospital, where he performs difficult replacement surgeries and complicated first-time surgeries.

Poul Torben has been affiliated with Capio (formerly Privathospitalet Skørping) since 1999.

Education and training

• 2004: Professor appointment, Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University
• 1999-: Specialist in orthopedic surgery, Capio Aalborg (formerly Capio Skørping)
• 1992: Appointment as Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Copenhagen
• 1987: Specialist training, Orthopedic Surgery
• 1977: Medical degree, Cand.med., Aarhus University

Experience

• 2003: Consultant, Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Aarhus University Hospital
• 1992: Leading surgeon, Orthopaedic Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital

Other information

Member of

• Danish Orthopaedic Society
• Danish Hip Arthroplasty Register - Member of the steering committee since 1993

Poul Torben Nielsen has also supervised a number of PhD projects, taught Medical Technological Science at Aalborg University Hospital from 2000-2005 and published a large number of scientific articles.