Tore K Kvien

Tore K Kvien is Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Oslo since 1997 and Head of the Department of Rheumatology at Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo since 1994. He has been specialist in rheumatology since 1985.

His major research activities include epidemiological and health service research, with a focus on frequently occurring diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. He is also the leader of the Norwegian NOR-DMARD registry, an observational study of prescriptions of synthetic and biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in Norway. His research group has over the last years had an increasing focus on very early arthritis, new imaging modalities as well as soluble biomarkers for prediction of disease course and outcome.

Professor Kvien was President of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2005-2007 and is the current Editor of the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. He has authored more than 250 original research articles in international peer-reviewed journals.