Magnus Nilsson

Magnus Nilsson is Professor of Surgery and Head of the Division of Surgery and Oncology at CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet. He is also a senior consultant surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital.

Dr. Nilsson’s main clinical and scientific interests are gastric and oesophageal cancer with particular focus on minimally invasive surgical techniques, tailored lymphadenectomy, adjunct oncological therapies, and management of airway fistulas and other severe surgical complications.

Dr. Nilsson is the past President of the European Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, the Swedish Society of Upper Abdominal Surgery, and currently the Chairman of the Swedish National Registry for Gastric and Esophageal Cancer. He has a strong focus on multidisciplinary collaboration in cancer care and research and is a faculty member of the upper gastrointestinal group of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and a member of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) gastrointestinal group. He is also Editor-in Chief of the journal Diseases of the Esophagus.