Uffe Ravnskov's Page

Current Organization/Hospital

Retired

Profession

Physician interested in Cardiology

Title of your Job

Independent researcher

Clinical, Academic, Business & Research Interests in Cardiology

I have studied the scientific background of the cholesterol campaign for more than twenty years

Current Subspeciality in Cardiology

I am an expert in cholesterol and saturated fatty acids

Your other areas of Interest

glomerulonephritis

Personal Interests & Hobbies

Medical science

My Biography

Born 1934 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Graduated 1961 from the University of Copenhagen with an MD.
1961-1967 various appointments at surgical, roentgenological, neurological, pediatric and medical departments in Denmark and Sweden.
1968-79 various appointments at the Department of Nephrology, and the Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; 1975-79 as an assistant professor at the Department of Nephrology.
1973 PhD at the University of Lund. A specialist in internal medicine and nephrology.
1979-2000 a private practitioner. Since 1979 an independent researcher.
Member of International Science Oversight Board
Member of the editorial board of Cholesterol
Member of the editorial board of Journal of Lipids
Director of THINCS, The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

Education

MD, PhD, a specialist in internal medicine and nephrology

Awards & Achievements

Honoured by the Skrabanek Award 1999 given by Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland for original contributions in the field of medical scepticism.
Honoured by the 2007 Leo-Huss-Walin Prize for Independent Thinking in Natural Sciences and Medicine.

Articles Published

A selection of papers about cardiovascular subjects:


6.  Ravnskov U. Cholesterol lowering trials in coronary heart disease: frequency of citation and outcome. BMJ1992;305: 15-19.
11. Ravnskov U. Coronary atherosclerosis on angiography-progress or regress and why? Circulation 1993;88:1358-9.
18. Ravnskov U. Quotation bias in reviews of the diet-heart idea. J Clin Epidemiol 1995;48:713-719.
Ravnskov U. The questionable role of saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids in cardiovascular disease. J Clin Epidemiol 1998;51:443-460. 5:69.
29. Ravnskov U et al. Studies of dietary fat and heart disease. Science 2002; 295: 1464-5.  
Ravnskov U. Is atherosclerosis caused by high cholesterol? QJM 2002; 95: 397-403.
Ravnskov U. A hypothesis out-of-date: The diet-heart idea. J Clin Epidemiol,  2002 Nov;55(11):1057-63.33. 35.  
36.  Ravnskov U. High cholesterol may protect against infections and atherosclerosis. QJM 2003;96:927-34
42. Ravnskov U, Rosch PJ, Sutter MC, Houston MC. Should we lower cholesterol as much as possible? BMJ 2006;332:1330-1332.
47. Accurso A et al. Dietary carbohydrate restriction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal. Nutr Metabol 2008, 5:9
49.  Ravnskov U. Should medical science ignore the past? BMJ 2008;337:a1681
50.  Ravnskov U. The fallacies of the lipid hypothesis. Scand Cardiovasc J  2008;42-236-239
51.  Ravnskov U, McCully KM. Vulnerable plaque formation from obstruction of vasa vasorum by homocysteinylated and oxidized lipoprotein aggregates complexed with microbial remnants and LDL autoantibodies. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2009;39:3-16
52.  Ravnskov U. Fat and Cholesterol are GOOD for You. GB Publishing 2009.
53.  Ravnskov U. Cholesterol was healthy in the end. World Rev Nutr Diet 2009;100:90-109.54  
Ravnskov U. Is saturated fat bad In: Modern Dietary fat intakes in disease promotion. Nutr Health 2010, part 2, 109-119
56.  Ravnskov U. The doubtful associaton between blood lipid changes and progression of atherosclerosis. Int J Cardiol 2011. In press. 
57. Ravnskov U. Questionable long-term benefits in the UK ASCOT-LLA trial Eur Heart J 2011 
58. Ravnskov U. Rosch PJ, McCully KS. The statin-low cholesterol-cancer conundrum. QJM doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcr243

Professionally Interested in

just sharing cardiology knowledge

Relationship Status

Married

Personally Interested in

professional networking

My Website

www.ravnskov.nu/uffe