Anders Ostrem

After high school in Norway, Anders Ostrem did his medical training at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin from 1980 to 1986. On return to Norway he started in general practice and finished his specialist training in general practice in 1997.

Since 1989 he has been working as a partner at Gransdalen Health Centre in Oslo.

Since 1998 he has been a member of the Norwegian College of General Practitioners reference group for asthma and COPD. In 2000 he was a founding member of "Lunger i Praksis" - Norwegian network of general practitioners with interest in lung disease.

"Lunger i Praksis" was also one of the founding members of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) in 2000. From 2002 Anders was the Vice-president and from 2004-2006 he was the President of IPCRG. He was the Chair of the Organising Committee for the 3rd IPCRG World Conference. It was held in Oslo in June 2006 with 430 participants from 28 nations.

His main interest in research is within pulmonary medicine in general practice. Especially how care is delivered to patients and how the use of computer based follow-up can improve care. He has also participated in developing the first smoking cessation guidelines for primary care in Norway and is now actively involved in their implementation.