We congratulate David Freiholtz, who was awarded the Viking Olov Björk Prize for Best Academic Dissertation in thoracic surgery at the Thoracic Meeting in Lund on 5 November 2026. David's thesis, "Ascending aortic aneurysm : implications of aortic valve phenotype", was supervised by Hanna Björck at the Department of Medicine, with Anton Gisterå, Christian Olsson and Anders Franco-Cereceda as co-supervisors.
Thesis
Freiholtz, David (2026). Ascending aortic aneurysm : implications of aortic valve phenotype . Karolinska Institutet. Thesis. doi.org/10.69622/31819528
The Viking Olov Björk Award for Best Academic Dissertation
Inaugurated in 2019, The Swedish Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery will appoint the best academic dissertation during the preceding year (September 2024 - August 2025) with a €8 500 (SEK 100,000) personal award. The candidates for this award shall present their thesis during the annual meeting of The Swedish Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery. The board of the Association, with representation of all Swedish Cardiothoracic Surgery departments will decide on the Awardee.
