Online TA Profiles
Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, MD
OTA ID#: 104963
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BMed, Medicine, Medical Faculty, Royal Karolinska Institute, 1966 MD, Medicine, Medical Faculty, Royal Karolinska Institute., 1971 |
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| Focus of Study: | Specialist in Medical Oncology, Radiation Therapy and Radiation Protection (1978).
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| Awards: | Royal Swedish Army Reward of Service (1996).
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| Publications: | Published works on radiation protection, military medicine and forensic medical subjects, all in Swedish.
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| Work Experience: | Doctor of Medicine (1971), specialist in Medical Oncology, Radiation Therapy & Radiation Protection (1978). Long clinical experience in medical oncology, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, radiation protection, internal medicine, hematology, general pathology, clinical cytology & gynecological oncology.
Medical Examiner & Police Surgeon, Stockholm, Sweden. Chief Medical Officer of the Royal Guards & The Royal Horse Guards & The Royal Household Brigade of The Royal Sweddish Army (Medical Corps.). Medical Consultant of The National Swedish Board of Radiation Protection. Private practice in oncology. Now retired. Teaching experience from Nursing Schools, from The Faculty of Medicine of the medical university of The Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, from Stockholm University and from The Royal Swedish Armed Forces School of Protection. Many years of experience of answering medical questions on AskMe.com (no longer existing) and AllExperts.com (cancer, still active there). |
| Skills & Achievements: | Doctor of Medicine, Physician-Surgeon. Specialist in Medical Oncology, Radiation Therapy & Radiation Protection. Long clinical experience as well as teaching experience - see above. |
| Career Interests: | Last seven years of professional life in private practice full time. Now retired after a stroke.
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| Outside Interests: | History, Military History, History of Science, Mathematics, Medicine & Technology. Science (Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy), Space, Physiology, Technology-Engineering & Mathematics.
Travel, Geography, good food. Classical music & opera. Art. Crime stories, thrillers & science fiction. And I'm writing a crime story now (in Swedish). Languages (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English - all fluent, German - very good, French - ok, Finnish - some, Hebrew - some, Icelandic - some and some rudiments of Spanish, Portuguese & Italian). |
| Additional Information: | Member of the Alumni of The Royal Karolinska Institute. During my student days I was also a research assistant in the Department of Physiology, Royal Karolinska Institute. In 1969 I was an exchange student at the Hadassah Medical School of The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel. |
| Message to Students and/or Parents: |
I think this activity should be one of mutual respect and I'm very aware tha I'm here to help the student and that the student is the reason for me to be here! |
| Postings Answered: | 173 |
| Cumulative OTA Rating: | 4.6/5 What is OTA Rating? |
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- Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine - Why are consumers increasingly interested in non-allopathic medicine and various CAM modalities? and Why are healthcare providers sometimes hesitant to support CAM or even discuss it with patie ...
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