Eero Saksela

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Eero Juhani Saksela (born 6 January 1937) is a Finnish professor of medicine.

He was born in Helsinki. He became a physician and took his medical doctorate in 1962. Having been chief physician at the Helsinki University Central Hospital, he was a professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Helsinki from 1981 to 2001. [1]

Saksela was awarded the Matti Äyräpää Prize in 1983. [1] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. [2]

He is the father of Kalle Saksela.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Saksela, Eero". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Utenlandske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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