Arash Afshari, medical schools: University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Vanderbilt University, USA. MD in 2000

Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine: 2008

PhD, University of Copenhagen: 2010

Scandinavian fellow-ship in paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care finalized: 2010

Board certified paediatric anaesthesiologist and peds intensivist currently working at department of paediatric and obstetric anesthesiology at Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.Head of research at the same department and associate research professor. 

Worked at various hospitals in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Geneva University hospital, Switzerland ( PICU & NICU).

Former chair of the ESAIC guideline committee and current senior methodologist at ESAIC, involved in multiple international guidelines. Has a Phd in evidence based medicine and epidemiology from University of Copenhagen. Affiliated with Copenhagen Trial Unit; Cochrane Anaesthesia and Cochrane Critical Care groups. 

Areas of research are: paediatric anaesthesia, transfusion medicine, neurocognitive research in paediatrics, airway management and methodology (systematic reviews and guidelines).