Dr. Claus Brøckner Nielsen

Biography

Dr. Claus Brøckner Nielsen graduated as an MD from Aarhus University in 1990, earned a Ph.D. in 1995,
and specialized in cardiology by 2003. He obtained a Master of Public
Management in 2005. Before becoming chairman of cardiovascular medicine,
he was an active researcher with 34 peer-reviewed articles and 46 scientific
contributions.

He is currently Chief Medical Officer at Regional Hospital Central Jutland,
Denmark from October 2018, and from August 2015 to October 2018, he was
CMO for five hospitals in northern Denmark. He chaired the cardiology
department at Aarhus University Hospital from 2006 to 2015 and the
cardiovascular medicine department at Odense University Hospital from 2005.
Claus Brøckner Nielsen has been involved in numerous professional and
political committees, actively teaching management, healthcare, and
organizational changes. He is a former Captain in the Royal Danish Air Force
and received a service medal from Queen Margrethe II in 2010.