Dr Arne Sunde

PhD in molecular endocrinology

Personal Statement

He has an MSc in biophysics and a PhD in molecular endocrinology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He worked in cancer research for many years before going into ART in full time. He was part of the team responsible for the first IVF-children in Norway and for the first child born after cryopreservation of embryos in the Nordic countries

He was appointed Professor- II in cell biology in 1994 and teaches reproductive biology at the Faculty of medicine in Trondheim. He is an ESHRE certified senior clinical embryologist.

He served as a laboratory director of the ART-laboratory at St. Olav’s University hospital in Trondheim since 1984 and was appointed Head of the Fertility Clinic in 2006.

He is formally one of the founders of ESHRE and served as its chairman 2003 to 2005. He served as chairman of the Norwegian Association of Assisted Reproduction (NOFAB) from 2006 – 2008. He is an associate editor of Human Reproduction Update.

• Specilization Embryologist