Ola Didrik Saugstad

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Ola Didrik Saugstad (born March 5, 1947 ) is a Norwegian pediatrician.

Life

Saugstad has been Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oslo since 1991 and Director of the Pediatric Research Institute of Rikshospitalet . Saugstad is considered one of Norway's leading medical researchers and has published more than 250 scientific articles. He was a board member of the European Society of Pediatric Research (1987–1990), the International Pediatric Foundation (2001–2004) and President of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (2002–2004).

family

His grandfather Didrik Arup Seip was director of the University of Oslo .