Professor in Orthopedic Surgery at Örebro University Hospital.

He got his training at the Karolinska Institute (KI) and has previously been professor at KI and head of the joint reconstruction unit at the Department of Orthopaedic surgery at the Karoliska University Hospital for 10 years before moving to Örebro.

In Örebro he will be responsible for building the research unit at the department of Orthopaedic Surgery. “My initial focus will be development of advanced technical tools for increased accuracy during joint replacement, and the coming month we will perform the first hip replacements with a new navigation system that looks very promising”, says Per Wretenberg. He is also responsible for the orthopaedic education.