Prof. Knut-Arne Wensaas (Norway)

Biography

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Prof. Knut-Arne Wensaas

Knut-Arne Wensaas is a general practitioner and specialist in family medicine working in Bergen on the western coast of Norway. He is senior researcher at the Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, and an associate professor at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen.

He defended his Ph.D.-thesis in November 2011: “Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue following infection with Giardia lamblia. Premorbid factors and long-term consequences.”  Professor Wensaas is a former president of the ESPCG, and is the leader of the Network Group for Gastroenterology of the Norwegian College of General Practice, the national group of ESPCG.

Contact: awensaas@online.no