Health Consultant
Specialist in General Medicine
Vejle, Denmark
Telephone: +45 7582 9599
Email: cavaha@radiodoktoren.dk
Address:
Carsten Vagn-Hansen, M.D.
Knabberupvej 40
DK-7100 Vejle
Denmark
EDUCATION
| 1965 | M.D. Final medical university examination |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| 1965–70 | Hospital registrar, primarily in internal medicine. |
| 1970–88 | General practitioner (family physician) in Aabenraa, Denmark. |
| 1988–97 | Summer locum on the Faroe Islands in general practice |
| 1976–87 | Lecturer and course leader in continuing medical education of family physicians. |
ORGANIZATIONS
| 1975-82 | Member of the board of The Danish College of General Practitioners. |
| 1979-82 | President of the SIMG (international college of general practitioners). |
PRESENTATIONS
| 1988-Present | Health consultant, author, TV- and radiodoctor on Denmark’s Radio, medical journalist in magazines and newspapers.Lecturer on health and health related topics at all levels. Often as “edutainment” together with wife Joan, singing and lecturing on the basis of health. |
PUBLICATIONS
Recent Popular Scientific Books (in Danish)
Spørg om Sundhed. (1999, Munksgaard’s Forlag).
Opfordringer fra radiodoktoren. (2000, Thaning & Appel).
Sider af sundhed – om det gode i dit liv. (2001. Thaning & Appel).
Type 2 diabetes og naturen. (2004. Klitrose).
Maven – din bedste ven. Sundhed fra mund til bund. (Gads Forlag).
Depressioner – naturlig behandling. (Forlaget Hovedland 2006).
Når det gør rigtig ondt. Om smerter og naturlig smertebehandling. (Mediegruppen 2009).
Hvad fejler du i grunden? Om naturlig sundhed og hvad man selv kan gøre. (Hovedland 2011).
Sådan bli’r du (måske) 100 år. Bevar livslysten, vær positiv og undgå livets mange landminer. (Hovedland 2014).
Co-author on the Following Books (in Danish):
Håndbog om ikke-insulinkrævende diabetes. 1980 og 1986.
Politikens store lægebog. (1994. 3. Udgave 1996).
Lægekunst i det 21. århundrede. Danske læger om alternativ behandling. (2003 Forlaget Hovedland).
Hvad fylder vi i børnene? Jonna Deibjerg m.fl. (Høst & Søn 2004).
Om sorg og omsorg. Sammen med Skipper Mogens Frohn-Nielsen. (2004 Holkenfeldt).
Sund Skepsis. Danske læger sætter spørgsmålstegn. (Hovedland 2006 og 2009).
Sundhedsvæsen eller Medicinindustri. (Forlaget Klitrosen 2010).
HONOURS
| 1979-82 | Hippokratesmedaille für Verdienste um die Allgemeinmedizin |
| 1979-82 | Pharmacia-award |
| 1991 | Dandy-award |
| 1992 | Sundhed for Alle-prisen (Health for All-award) by the Danish Committee for Health Education |
| 2001 | Radio-favorite of the year (Denmark’s Radio) |
| 2002 | The International Nature Medicine Honorary Price |