Søren Brostrøm
Søren Brostrøm | |
|---|---|
| Director General of the Danish Health Authority | |
| In office 8 October 2015 – 1 August 2023 | |
| Deputy | Helene Bilsted Probst |
| Preceded by | Else Smith |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Egebart |
| Member of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization | |
| Assumed office 28 May 2021 | |
| Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the European Regional Committee of the WHO | |
| In office September 2019 – September 2020 | |
| Deputy Executive President of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe | |
| In office September 2019 – September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Baskozos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1965 Aarhus, Denmark |
| Residence(s) | Østerbro, Copenhagen |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Business School |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Obstetrics & Gynecology, Urogynecology |
| Institutions | Danish Health Authority, Herlev Hospital, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences |
Søren Brostrøm (born 4 June 1965) is a Danish physician-scientist specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology. He was the Director general of the Danish Health Authority between 2015 and 2023, and has been a senior adviser to the Director-General of the WHO in charge of organizational change, since 2023.
Brostrøm has previously been a member (from 2017), Vice-chair (from 2018), and Chair (from 2019), of the Standing Committee of the European Regional Committee (SCRC), as well as (ex officio) Deputy Executive president of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (69th session; 2019–2020). He held these posts during the COVID-19 pandemic, and as chairperson he led the committee's crisis management and response.
Before becoming director general in 2015, Brostrøm served, from September 2011, as the Director of the Department of Hospitals and Emergency management, also at the Danish Health Authority. Brostrøm worked as a chief physician at Herlev Hospital and as an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, before joining the Danish Health Authority.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Brostrøm became a prominent public figure in Denmark, where he played a key role in the Danish response to COVID-19, which has been described as "one of the most successful in Europe." In Denmark, he became widely known as the "corona general", and was especially praised for his "directness and clarity with which he speaks" and his reliance on facts and logic.