To whom it may concern,
I am 54 years old, Swedish national, and have 28 years of clinical experience as a surgeon. I am a specialist in General Surgery since 2004. I am board certified in General, Abdominal Transplant and HPB surgery. I am a registered specialist in Germany (Fachartz), Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Dubai. I have been working 11 years after I became a specialist in tertiary referral units with more than 1000 beds and anywhere from 6500 to 17 000 employees (I did 4 years of my residency at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and 3.5 years in larger county hospitals (Borås and Varberg) with 700-1000 beds). I have been working both in private practice thereafter as in the public healthcare system. The last 19 months I work in a larger 500 bed county hospital in Karlstad, Region of Värmland, Sweden. We have 300 000 inhabitants in the direct catchment area and 8-900 000 for some oncological surgery. I am familiar with all aspects of abdominal surgery. I also have some experience from vascular access surgery and thoracic surgical experience from organ donation and experimental cardiovascular transplant surgery (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA). I hold a PhD degree and have continuously been active in teaching of mainly medical students, residents, but also off other medical staff. I have been a senior lecturer/Associate Professor of Surgery connected to Aarhus, Aalborg University and lately Copenhagen University in Denmark. I am also involved in teaching of medical students from Örebro University during their surgical rotation in Karlstad.
My main focus after becoming a specialist has been abdominal transplant and HPB surgery, mainly cancer surgery and complicated bile duct problems. I am also proficient with laparoscopic surgery (cholecystectomies, appendectomies, gastrointestinal perforations, drain placements, staging, laparoscopic ultrasounds, laparoscopic hernia surgery, colon mobilization). I do perform perioperative Radiofrequency Ablations (RF), peroperative ultra sound, FAST ultrasound in trauma situations as well laparoscopic ultrasound. I also perform endoscopies; mainly gastroscopies, but also colonoscopies. I am also familial with minor surgical procedures, proctology and treatment of varicose veins. In 1999, I did a clinical rotation for 3 months with the trauma team at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. I have worked several years in large university hospitals in Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark that provide level 1 trauma care with anywhere from 700 000 to 5 million people in the catchment area.
After I became a specialist, I worked 4.5 years in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the Sahlgrenska Transplant Institute as a staff surgeon with abdominal transplantation, access and HB surgery. 2009-2011, I did a 2-rota UEMS accredited fellowship in HPB and Liver transplantation at UMCG, Groningen, Holland (the only institution in Europe offering an American type of fellowship of this kind at that time). Thereafter I have worked as a consultant surgeon with focus on mainly HPB surgery, especially liver. Mainly because of increasing centralization in Denmark of upper GI cancer surgery and few available positions in Scandinavia in HPB surgery together with lower salary in such positions, I started to work in private practice 2016 as a freelance consultant surgeon in Denmark and Sweden. I returned to the public healthcare sector in 2018 and currently I work in a larger county hospital in Sweden with 300 000 people in the catchment area (for some functions 800 000-900 000) as a senior consultant with mainly elective gallbladder, hernia surgery, endoscopies, emergency surgery and trauma also covering on calls 1-2 times/week. Moreover, I am acting head for the section of Emergency& Trauma surgery involving planning of the daily activities, writing guidelines, organizing M&M, supervising residents and staff surgeons in clinical work, educating nurses and interacting with other departments etc. I also have some clinical research projects ongoing. Moreover, I work part time as a subcontractor and organizational expert in the healthcare/provider care area.
On a personal level I am positive, respectful, have a strong work ethics and like to take on new challenges in life. In my spare time I go to the gym, play tennis, like to sail and ski during the winters. I speak English fluently as well as German, Czech and the Scandinavian languages Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. I can also speak some Dutch on conversational level as well as some minimal French.
I am registered in the DHA registry since 2021 no in the DHA registry is 50273786). I would be happy to provide OR lists, other documents and references on demand.
Yours truly,
Daniel Lukes
MD, PhD, FEBS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Address: Västra Ringstad, Stora Gärdet 1
66592, Kil
Sweden
Cell: +46706682835