Are you allowed to ask "why?" Through examples from the medical field, Dr. Erney Mattsson gives us an illustrative two-step dance lesson highlighting the importance of knowledge: How do we use existing knowledge today? And are we challenging this knowledge to ensure progress?

Surgeon, inventor, poet, tango dancer, teacher and lifelong learner, this man defies easy categorization. Meet Erney Mattsson. Erney is a Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Consultant in Vascular Surgery at St.Olavs Hospital, Trondheim. He represents Norway in the European Society of Vascular Surgery and leads the national research initiatives from the Norwegian Society of Vascular Surgery. His personal research focuses on vascular wall biology, aortic aneurysms and a new training concept increasing the energy production from mitochondria in vascular patients.

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