Asle Wilhelm Medhus

Asle Wilhelm Medhus is a Professor at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Institute of Clinical Medicine's Gastroenterology Research Group. His work focuses on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), therapeutic drug monitoring, and gastrointestinal motility disorders, with extensive publications in high-impact journals like Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

• Research Themes: IBD management, gut microbiota, bariatric surgery outcomes, and endoscopic interventions.
• Collaborations: Regularly co-authors with teams from Oslo University Hospital and international institutions.

His recent studies (2025–2024) emphasize risk prediction models for severe IBD, dietary interventions, and frailty assessment in elderly IBD patients. Earlier work (2023–2022) explores surgical techniques for achalasia, vaccine responses in IBD patients, and microbiota alterations in chronic diseases.

Key subfields include therapeutic drug monitoring, HIV-related gut immunity, and metabolic outcomes of bariatric procedures. He has contributed to real-world data on biologics and biosimilars in IBD treatment.