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Erik Fosse
Erik Torgeir Fosse (born 2 December 1950) is a Norwegian surgeon, lieutenant colonel, political activist, solidarity worker and musician. As professor of medicine he has headed the Intervention Centre at the National Hospital since 1995. He has been involved in international medical solidarity work since 1979 and co-founded the Norwegian Aid Committee NORWAC in 1983, of which he remains a leader. He is noted for his humanitarian work for NORWAC in the Gaza Strip with Mads Gilbert during the Gaza War.
Erik Fosse started his medical studies in Madrid, but the university was closed after a student uprising in 1972, so he completed his degree at the University of Oslo, which included a 7-month placement in the northern fishing village of Gryllefjord. He got his M.D. (Ph.D.) degree in 1987 for a study on immunological abnormalities connected to trauma. His conscription in 1978 provided his first contact with Lebanon and the Middle East.
Fosse is a specialist of general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. He has worked at the cardiothoracic departments of Ullevål University Hospital and the National Hospital. Since 1995, he has been the head of the intervention centre at the National Hospital, a research and development center for new technology in medical treatment. He was appointed Professor of Medicine (professor II, a part-time position) at the University of Oslo in 1999.
Fosse worked as advisor to the Surgeon General of Norway and as instructor in war surgery for the Norwegian Defence Joint Medical Services from 1991 to 2013. He obtained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He represented Norway in the Human Factors and Medicine panel of the Research and Technology Organization in NATO for fifteen years, chairing it from 2011 to 2013.
From 1995 to 2021 Fosse headed the Intervention Center at Rikshospitalet, a research and testing department for new medical technology in medical treatment, noted for its ground-breaking interdisciplinary approach.
Fosse worked as a surgeon for the Palestine Committee of Norway in Lebanon for the first time in 1979. After the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon he co-founded the Norwegian Aid Committee, NORWAC, in 1983.
He worked as a surgeon for the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee in Afghanistan for three months in 1986 during the Soviet occupation. In 1999, he worked in the Balkans where NORWAC set up a field hospital in Krumë, serving Albanian soldiers and civilians. The hospital was protected by the Kosovo Liberation Army which had their headquarter in Krumë.
During the 2008–2009 Gaza War, Fosse and Mads Gilbert worked at the Al-Shifa Hospital from January, and were in the initial week the only western observers of the Israeli attack who reported to the international media. In 2010 they published a book together on their experiences, Eyes in Gaza.
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Erik Fosse
Erik Torgeir Fosse (born 2 December 1950) is a Norwegian surgeon, lieutenant colonel, political activist, solidarity worker and musician. As professor of medicine he has headed the Intervention Centre at the National Hospital since 1995. He has been involved in international medical solidarity work since 1979 and co-founded the Norwegian Aid Committee NORWAC in 1983, of which he remains a leader. He is noted for his humanitarian work for NORWAC in the Gaza Strip with Mads Gilbert during the Gaza War.
Erik Fosse started his medical studies in Madrid, but the university was closed after a student uprising in 1972, so he completed his degree at the University of Oslo, which included a 7-month placement in the northern fishing village of Gryllefjord. He got his M.D. (Ph.D.) degree in 1987 for a study on immunological abnormalities connected to trauma. His conscription in 1978 provided his first contact with Lebanon and the Middle East.
Fosse is a specialist of general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. He has worked at the cardiothoracic departments of Ullevål University Hospital and the National Hospital. Since 1995, he has been the head of the intervention centre at the National Hospital, a research and development center for new technology in medical treatment. He was appointed Professor of Medicine (professor II, a part-time position) at the University of Oslo in 1999.
Fosse worked as advisor to the Surgeon General of Norway and as instructor in war surgery for the Norwegian Defence Joint Medical Services from 1991 to 2013. He obtained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He represented Norway in the Human Factors and Medicine panel of the Research and Technology Organization in NATO for fifteen years, chairing it from 2011 to 2013.
From 1995 to 2021 Fosse headed the Intervention Center at Rikshospitalet, a research and testing department for new medical technology in medical treatment, noted for its ground-breaking interdisciplinary approach.
Fosse worked as a surgeon for the Palestine Committee of Norway in Lebanon for the first time in 1979. After the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon he co-founded the Norwegian Aid Committee, NORWAC, in 1983.
He worked as a surgeon for the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee in Afghanistan for three months in 1986 during the Soviet occupation. In 1999, he worked in the Balkans where NORWAC set up a field hospital in Krumë, serving Albanian soldiers and civilians. The hospital was protected by the Kosovo Liberation Army which had their headquarter in Krumë.
During the 2008–2009 Gaza War, Fosse and Mads Gilbert worked at the Al-Shifa Hospital from January, and were in the initial week the only western observers of the Israeli attack who reported to the international media. In 2010 they published a book together on their experiences, Eyes in Gaza.
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