Prof. Holger Pettersson (1942 – 3 November 2010) was a Swedish radiologist and educator. He was born in Ödsmål near
Uddevalla
Uddevalla (old no, Oddevold) is a town and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 2015, it had a population of 34 781.
It is located at a bay of the south-eastern part of Skagerrak. The beaches of Uddevalla are ...
, Sweden. He received his MD from
University of Lund
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion Malmö General Hospital, Sweden and received his qualification as a specialist in diagnostic radiology. After three years, he got his specialization in pediatric radiology.
His research was on pediatric and skeletal radiology, focusing on
hemophilia
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. He worked as the professor and chair of the department of radiology at the University Hospital in Lund for several years. He also worked as the director of the
World Health Organization
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collaborating centre for education in radiology. He was also the scientific director of
NICER Institute
Nycomed Amersham Intercontinental Continuing Education in Radiology Institute or NICER Institute was an educational institute for training in radiology headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It was founded by Professor Holger Pettersson, president of the ...
at Oslo, Norway. He presided over the European Congress of Radiology in 2001. He was a member of the editorial board of ''
Acta Radiologica
''Acta Radiologica'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the field of radiology, including diagnostic and interventional radiology, clinical radiology, experimental investigations in animals, and all other research related to imaging p ...
Pediatric Radiology
Paediatric radiology (or pediatric radiology) is a subspecialty of radiology involving the imaging of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Many paediatric radiologists practice at children's hospitals.
Although some diseases ...
''. He served as the adjunct professor of radiology at the University of Florida and at
Sun Yat-Sen University
Sun Yat-sen University (, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda), also known as Zhongshan University, is a national key public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and nam ...
in
Guangzhou
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, China. He has co-authored 200 journal articles and dozens of book chapters. He has authored the ''Encyclopedia of Medical Imaging''. He died in 2010 at 68 years of age.