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Niklas Ekerstad is an Adjunct Associate Professor (Docent) at Linköping University, affiliated with the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV) within the Division of Society and Health (SH). He holds dual clinical roles as a Senior Consultant Cardiologist and specialist in internal medicine. His primary affiliations include the Unit of Health Care Analysis, focusing on health economic assessment, decision-making in healthcare, and priority-setting in healthcare and social services.
Dr. Ekerstad's research expertise spans clinical evaluation studies of older adults, frailty assessment, and healthcare quality improvement. He actively supervises four PhD students and contributes to interdisciplinary research through his membership in the Swedish Society of Medicine’s medical quality delegation and the HTA-centrum in Region Västra Götaland. His clinical work emphasizes acute coronary syndromes, multimorbidity management, and risk prediction in geriatric populations.
Recent research trends reflect a focus on frailty’s impact on surgical and oncological outcomes, quality assessment in healthcare systems, and evidence-based priority setting. His articles address critical issues in geriatric surgery, emergency care prognosis, and standardized surgical management protocols.
- Awards: None explicitly listed in provided texts
- Grants/Advising: Leads the FOLERO ovarian cancer frailty study and SMASH emergency surgery outcomes project
- Labs/Teams: Unit of Health Care Analysis, Centre for Medical Technology Assessment (CMT)
