Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

Associate professor (title of Docent) in surgery
2019

Specialist (board certification) in gastrointestinal surgery                                          
2018

Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD), University of Eastern Finland
2012

Licentiate of Medicine (MD), University of Eastern Finland
2010

CURRENT POSITIONS

GI surgeon - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital  
2018 

Principal investigator - University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine
2017

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Research fellow - Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Surgical Oncology
2019–2021

Postdoc - Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki                 
2017–2018

Resident - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, HUS                            
2016–2018

Resident - Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä                                
2012–2015                                                            

RESEARCH AWARDS AND HONOURS

Young Scientist of the Year                                                                                       
2016, Gastropäivät, Finnish Digestive Surgeons

REFEREE TASKS AND EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

In scientific journals: 42 reviews listed @ publons.com                                              
2012–2021

Reviewer for the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF)                                                          
2018–2020

Reviewer for 1 PhD thesis
2021

Associate Editor, Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
2020–

Assistant Editor, Journal of Alzheimer’s disease                                                        
2012–2013

PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Total number of peer-reviewed publications: 53                                              

Number of citations: 2025 (Google Scholar 7/6/2021)

H-index: 20

M-index: 1.82 

i10-index: 27

Terkko Rankings: Terkko Scholar Chart 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Finnish Society of Surgery, Board of directors
2020–

European Hereditary Tumour Group (EHTG)                                                            
2018–

Member of the board of directors, Secretary                                                
2019–

Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database (PLSD)
Member of the Scientific Steering committee                                              
2017–

The International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours                            
2017–

European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)                                                            
2017–

Finnish Digestive Surgeons                                                                                    
2014–

Finnish Society of Surgeons                                                                                  
2014–

The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim
Member 2006–
Board of directors 2009–2011

MEDICAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Finnish Junior Doctors’ Association
Board of directors, treasurer 2011–2014
Chairman of the Council 2015–2018

Finnish Medical Association
Member of the Council 2010–2012
5 other committees 2006–2014

National Institute for Health and Welfare 
Member of the Expert Working Group on developing nursing and multiprofessional documentation practices 2011–2012 

Finnish Medical Students’ Association
Vice president, board of directors 2006–2007

Medical Students’ Association of Kuopio
Chairman of the board of directors 2006–2007

GRANTS AND RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Research Grant, Relander Foundation (45,000 €)
2021–2024

State Research Funding, HUS VTR (500,000 €)
2021–2025

Research Grant, Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation (1,173,000 €)
2021–2025 (Together with co-PIs P. Peltomäki, M. Nyström and J-P Mecklin)

iCAN Flagship (Academy of Finland) subproject funding (280,000 €)
2021–2022

Research Grant, Sigrid Juselius Foundation (150,000 €)
2021–2024

Research Grant, Cancer Society Finland (150,000 €)
2021-2022

State Research Funding, HUS VTR (20,000 €)
2021

Fellowship Grant, Sigrid Juselius Foundation (140,000 €)
2019–2021 Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Fellowship Grant, Instrumentarium Science Foundation (40,000 €) 
2019–2021 Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Research Grant, Emil Aaltonen’s Foundation (210,000 €)                                          
2019–2021

Research Grant, Finnish Medical Foundation (150,000 €) 
2019–2021

Postdoctoral 12 months funded position (50% during 2 years)
Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, about 100,000 € 
2017–2018

Research Grant, Finnish Medical Foundation (9,000 €, 4 months) 
2015 

Research Grant, Research Fund in Gastrointestinal Diseases      
Grant for advanced researcher (10,000 €, 4 months) 2014                             

Six minor grants (several foundations, less than 10,000 €)    
2008–2012

Supervisor of PhD and bachelor theses                           
2018–

Pedagogical training: 10 credits /University of Helsinki                       
2018

PRESENTATIONS 2018-2021

Invited oral presentation: SMB2021, Virtual Meeting
2021

Invited oral presentation: Royal Society of Genetics, 2021, Virtual Meeting
2021

Invited panel discussant: CGA 2020, Virtual Meeting               
2020

Invited oral presentation: EHTG 2020, Virtual Meeting               
2020

Invited oral presentation: Highlights 2019, CGA 2019, Salt Lake City, UT   
2019

Invited oral presentation: Missing the target: over and underdiagnosis in LS
EHTG 2019, Barcelona, Spain

Invited oral presentation: Clinical Guidance in LS, EHTG 2019, Barcelona, Spain
2019

Invited oral presentation: Incident cancers during colonoscopy surveillance for LS are usually not preceded by compromised quality of colonoscopy
EHTG 2019, Barcelona, Spain

Invited oral presentation: Finnish LS-research meeting
2019

Invited oral presentation: Insight 2019, Auckland, New Zealand 
2019

Invited oral presentation: Clinical Aspects: from phenotype to genotype and back
ESCP 2018, Nice, France

Invited oral presentation: EHTG 2018, Nice, France                
2018

Invited oral presentation: EHTG 2018, Nice, France
2018

Invited oral presentation: Finnish LS-research meeting 
2018

Invited oral presentation: Finnish Medical Genetics Annual Meeting  
2018