Tor Ingebrigtsen

Tor Ingebrigtsen is a Professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and serves as a consultant at the Neurosurgical Department of UNN (University Hospital of North Norway). He is a professional associate in the National Quality Register for Spine Surgery and maintains active clinical and research roles in neurosurgery. His institutional affiliations include the Brain and Circulation Research Group at UiT, where he contributes to multiple significant research initiatives.

Professor Ingebrigtsen's research interests span neurosurgery with particular emphasis on spine surgery outcomes, intracranial aneurysms, stroke treatment, and the application of artificial intelligence in neurosurgical decision-making. His work demonstrates strong commitment to registry-based research, healthcare quality improvement, and clinical leadership in academic medicine. He has published extensively on surgical outcomes, patient decision-making processes, and healthcare system evaluations.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a clear research trajectory focused on registry-based studies of spine surgery outcomes through the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery (NORspine), neurovascular conditions particularly intracranial aneurysms, and increasingly sophisticated applications of AI in neurosurgical diagnostics and decision support. His work bridges clinical practice with health services research, producing actionable insights for improving patient care pathways and surgical outcomes across the Norwegian healthcare system.

As an active research leader, Ingebrigtsen is involved in multiple significant projects including the Tromsø intracranial aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage study, Acute stroke treatment (TWIST), AI-enabled decision support for spine surgery, Registry-based clinical research and quality improvement in spine surgery, BrainVent, Pre-hospital thrombolysis, AI in stroke care, and Stroke epidemiology research. His collaborative approach is evident through numerous multi-institutional publications across neurosurgery, orthopedics, and health services research domains.