Icelandic doctor becomes CMO of Sweden's Karolinska University Hospital

Dr. Björn Zoëga.

Dr. Björn Zoëga. mbl.is/Ómar Óskarsson

The Stockholm health authorities have appointed Björn Zoëga as chief medical officer of the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. 

"I am proud and honoured to have received this opportunity to lead the Karolinska hospital and its knowledge of world class standard."

Zoëga was head of Iceland's National University Hospital from 2008 to 2013 and was also head of GHP Stockholms Spine Centre. 

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