Sverre Olaf Lie

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rdf:langString Sverre Olaf Lie (born 27 February 1938, Oslo) is a Norwegian pediatrician. He was head of the Pediatric Research Institute at University of Oslo from 1975 till 1989 and chairman and professor at the department of pediatrics at the National Hospital of Norway, Rikshospitalet from 1989 till 2006. He finished medical school (MD) in 1965 at University of Oslo and one year later in 1965 received his PhD in molecular genetics. He established a mother and child health station in Jordan after the June war in 1967 and supervising this activity till 1975. Member of an advisory board to Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) from 1973 to 1978. Visiting scientist, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1971-72 (with professor Victor A. McKusick). He was recognized as a specialist in paediatrics in 1973 and specialist in medical genetics in 1975. He was one of the founders of The Nordic Society for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (NOPHO). He currently works as a senior advisor to the prime minister of Norway in the field of maternal, newborn and child health from 2006 till present. He has published more than 200 articles in journals and books and is co-author of several books.