I graduated in November 2019 and have been employed as a Ph.D. student at Center for Surgical Science since February 2020. I am currently working full-time as a medical doctor at the surgical dep. whilst spending the remaining time on my research. All through my studies, I have been interested in the surgical specialties and the interest has only increased through my clinical work and previous research. Specifically, I have a profound interest for epidemiology, statistics and optimization of clinical outcomes through optimum selection of the right treatment for the right patient at the right time.
2012 – 2015: Master of Medicine, University of Copenhagen
2015 – 2019: Bachelor of Medicine, University of Copenhagen
My research is focused on clinical outcomes after bariatric surgery, specifically laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. I am especially interested in long-term postoperative complications and the relation of these with chronic pain, quality of life, socioeconomic status and health-related costs. The research is primarily based upon large scaled registers and is supplemented with information from medical records and questionnaires.
In order to prevent development of long-term complications and to ensure better patient selection, we aim to characterize the long-term complications and patient-related risk factors after respectively laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy.
2019 –
Medical doctor (unclassified position), Dep. of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital
2019 –
Substitute medical doctor, Dep. of Surgery, Slagelse Hospital
2020 –
Clinical assistant, Ph.D. student, Center for Surgical Science, Dep. of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital
2018 –2019
Substitute medical doctor (pre-graduate), Dep. of Surgery, Slagelse Hospital
2017 – 2018:
Scolary student, Center for Surgical Science, Dep. of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital
2017:
Teaching assistant, Dep. of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rigshospitalet
2016 – 2017:
Substitute medical doctor (pre-graduate), Dep. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rigshospitalet
2016-2018:
Substitute medical doctor (pre-graduate) and team leader, Gastrounit, Hvidovre Hospital
- Gormsen J, Burcharth J, Gögenur I, Helgstrand F. Prevalence and risk factors for chronic abdominal pain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Annals of Surgery 2019.
- Gormsen J, Hjørne F, Helgstrand F. Cotinine test in evaluating smoking cessation at the day of bariatric surgery. Scandinavian Journal of Surgery 2019.
- Gormsen J, Gögenur I, Helgstrand F. Quality of life and occupational outcomes after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. SURGERY 2020.
2020: Abdominal ultrasound incl. FAST, Dep. of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, DK-Koege
2019: Center for Surgical Science Research Retreat, TR-Kusadasi
2018: Center for Surgical Science Research Retreat, TR-Kusadasi
2018: Programming and statistical analyses in SAS, SAS institute, DK-Copenhagen
2020: Presentation at National Interdisciplinary Bariatric symposium, DK-Koege: Chronic pain and quality of life after gastric bypass.
2019: Presentation at International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) webinar: Prevalence and risk factors for chronic abdominal pain after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
2018: Presentation at Danish Surgical Society Annual meeting, DK-Copenhagen: Prevalence and risk factors for development of chronic pain after gastric bypass surgery.
2018: Poster at Danish Surgical Society Annual meeting, DK-Copenhagen: Quality of life and occupational outcomes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
2018: Poster at Ammerical College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, US-Boston: Preoperative testing for smoking among candidates for bariatric surgery.
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LAST UPDATE: SEP 2020