Medical Gastrointestinal Diseases


Ledende overlæge
Tel.: +45 6541 2760
Email: karsten.lauritsen@rsyd.dk

Oversygeplejerske
Tel.: +45 2157 2646
Email: louise.vestring@rsyd.dk

Ove B. Schaffalitzky de Muckadell
Tel.: +45 6541 2750
Email: SDM16@rsyd.dk

Aleksander Krag
Tel.: +45 6541 2755
Email: aleksander.krag@rsyd.dk

Jens Kjeldsen
Tel.: +45 6541 2755
Email: jens.kjeldsen@rsyd.dk
Core Tasks
The Department treats medical disorders in the oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, pancreas and abdominal cavity at specialist level. These may include oesophagitis, stomach ulcer, inflammatory bowel disease, complications in cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis and pancreatitis.
Moreover, the Department performs a large number of diagnostic and treatment procedures with a gastroscope on the oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, large intestine, biliary tract and pancreas.
Research Areas
Dyspepsia
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Eosinophilic oesophagitis
Peptic ulcer
Helicobacter pylori
Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (treatment; epidemiology; inflammatory markers and mediators)
Liver fibrosis
Portal hypertension
Ascites and hepatorenal syndrome
Hereditary pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
Gastrointestinal endoscopy (management of common bile duct stenosis; management of chronic pancreatitis; cholangioscopy; post-ERCP complications)
Evidence based medicine: meta-analyses and research.