Organization
The care provided at Karolinska University Hospital is organized based on medical theme areas and a number of functions. Thematic care puts the patient's collective medical needs into even greater focus.
Photo: Fredrik Möller Eklund
Theme areas
- Cancer
- Children /Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital
- Emergency and Reparative Medicine
- Heart & Vascular and Neuro
- Inflammation and Aging
- Women's Health and Allied Health Professionals
Functions
- Medical Diagnostics Karolinska
- Perioperative Medicine & Intensive Care
- Children Perioperative Medicine & Intensive Care
The hospital’s themes and functions have significant freedom to structure their organizations according to their respective needs. Several have opted for a so-called two-legged structure, with one Head of Department, often a physician, and one Head of Care Unit, often a nurse, responsible for nursing
operations, instead of the traditional model with one Head, often a physician.
Board of Directors
The board of directors for Karolinska University Hospital is responsible for the hospital’s organization and management of its affairs, and it supports hospital administration efforts to develop operations. At the same time, the varied professional backgrounds of the directors provide important expertise to the board.
Board members
- Göran Stiernstedt, Chairman
- Eva Fernvall, vice Chairman
- Gunnar Björkman
- Agneta Jöhnk
- Sari Säisä-Ponzer
Karolinska management team representatives
- Christophe Pedroletti, Chief Executive Officer, CEO
- Håkan Nilsson, Acting Director of Finance
- Helena Sundén, Secretary of the Board