Tor Biering-Sørensen

Tor Biering-Sørensen

Associate Professor and the Director of Cardiac Imaging

MD MSc (Oxon) MPH PhD

Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Copenhagen, DK

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Biography

Dr Tor Biering-Sørensen is an Associate Professor and Director of Cardiac Imaging at the Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, with a focus on advancing cardiovascular imaging techniques for early diagnosis of cardiac impairment to prevent future morbidity and mortality. He is the Head of Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomised Trials and the Head of the Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging Research Laboratory, both renowned for their innovative research.

Holding a medical degree and a PhD from the University of Copenhagen, a Master of Public Health from Harvard, and a Master of Science in Clinical Trials from Oxford, Dr. Biering-Sørensen is a distinguished academic. He has published over 350 scientific articles and received several prestigious research awards internationally.

He actively mentors medical and PhD students, guiding them in cardiovascular imaging. His research also involves conducting large-scale pragmatic randomised trials using Danish registries, significantly contributing to the field of cardiovascular health and individualised risk prediction.