Prof. Nils Wahlgren Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

Nils Wahlgren is Professor of Neurology at the Karolinska Institute and Director of the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases Programme at the Department of Neurology at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Wahlgren’s research activities are focused on acute treatment interventions in stroke, such as thrombolysis in stroke, other methods... read morefor recanalisation, neuroprotective therapy, stroke prevention and epidemiological studies. Dr Wahlgrens research also includes methods for safe and effective implementation of evidence based treatments in stroke. Dr. Wahlgren is the Chairman and Director of the SITS International Stroke Treatment Register (SITS-ISTR). Dr Wahlgren is also co-chair of the European Stroke Organisation. He is also on the editorial board of numerous scientific journals.