Odd Höglund

Professor of small animal surgery.

Previous position: senior lecturer in translational veterinary medicine, with special responsibility for extension.

Background: I am a veterinarian, PhD (Clinical Science, Surgery) and associate professor (“Docent”) in Veterinary Science with focus on small animal surgery.

I enable and develop extension; my research and my teaching are closely linked to clinical work.

In my work I perform research in surgery and I teach surgery to veterinary students. 

My research is focused on development, tests and evaluation of innovative surgical techniques that aim to enable a quicker, easier and safer surgery with reduced risk of complications and shortened time for recovery. 

Other research areas are surgical stress and biomarkers for diagnosis of disease and follow-up of surgical treatment.

Associate professor of surgery since December 2016 (i.e. "Docent") Veterinary Science with focus on Small Animal Surgery.

Fellow of the Academy of Translational Medicine Professionals (FAcadTM) since 2018-10-01.

Senior lecturer in translational veterinary medicine since 2020-03-01.

Appointed Distinguished University Teacher at SLU 2022.

Appointed full professor small animal surgery September 2024. 

My teaching is mainly soft tissue surgery and endoscopic / minimally invasive techniques in companion animals. The clinical teaching of veterinary students comprises theoretical lectures and practical training in the clinical setting of the University animal hospital. Additionally, I supervise students for their degree projects / students degree thesis in topics that relate to surgery and surgical implants.

My research is focused on development, tests and evaluation of surgical implants that aim to enable a quicker, easier and safer surgery with reduced risk of complications and shortened time for recovery. From a material perspective, I mainly work with resorbable polymers and ceramic materials together with researchers at Uppsala University and KTH, Stockholm. Initially, a lot of the manufacturing development work of the first implant was done together with the medical device industry of Uppsala, and later on in the US and Ireland. I am involved in Uppsala's Competence Centre for Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences (3D printing).

A translational research project, SLU - UU, surgery and material sciences: evaluation of new biomaterials for spinal fusion. In collaboration with professor Franck Forterre.

Validation of VR simulator for laparoscopic canine ovariectomy, in collaboration with company Surgical Science.

Another research area is surgical stress. Objective methods are needed for evaluation of surgical techniques. All surgery triggers a stress response, which can be measured and used for comparisons. The physiological reactions and biomarkers of stress can be used for evaluation of both surgical techniques and anaesthetic protocols.

New knowledge and results of research should come into use, also outside academia. Collaboration and commercialisation are important at SLU. Through university spin-out companies, I aim to make innovative techniques available to others, protect IP rights and commercialise the innovative surgical implants that were developed and tested in our research (www.cavix.com, www.LigaTie.com).

I’ve collaborated mainly with medical device industry in both Uppsala, Ireland and the USA. I’ve completed education and training at our Business Incubator, Uppsala Innovation Centre.

Development of VR simulators for laparoscopic canine ovariectomy, in collaboration with company Surgical Science. 

I obtained my degree in veterinary medicine, SLU, Uppsala, 1995. I spent over a decade in private practice, almost exclusively companion animals, in both Sweden and England. I did my postgraduate studies 2007-2012, and defended my PhD in surgery, Faculty of veterinary medicine, SLU, in 2012.

Link to thesis: Half of the thesis concerned development of a self-locking resorbable implant, with the aim to enable quicker, easier and safer surgical ligations. The other half of the thesis was related to measurements of surgical stress for evaluation and comparisons of different surgical techniques.

Post-doc

Michael Palmer. Biomaterials researcher, funded via a U-Share grant.

Previous / completed PhDs

Karolina Engdahl: Defended PhD 2021-11-26. Epidemiology of stifle joint disease in dogs. Main supervisor was professor Ulf Emanuelson. Link thesis https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/25993/

Karolina Enlund: Defended PhD 2021-05-21. Aspects of owners' attitudes and opinions regarding canine dental care. Main supervisor was associate professor Ann Pettersson. Link thesis https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/23249/

Thanikul Srithunyarat. Defended PhD 2017-04-28. Link thesis http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/14210/

Supranee Jitpean. Defended PhD 2015-10-09. Link thesis http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/12581/ 

Östman et al, Novel Calcium Phosphate Promotes Interbody Bony Fusion in a Porcine Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Model. Spine. 

Adjunctive fixation of the humeral epicondyle in a lateral condylar fracture model: ex vivo comparison of pins and plates with a novel composite (AdhFix). Rob James Quinn, Odd V. Höglund, Daniel J. Hutchinson, Lola Opande, Edward Lim, Ulrik Birgersson, Viktor Granskog, Michael Malkoch. Veterinary Surgery 

Canine ex vivo tarsal arthrodesis: fixation by using a new bone tissue glue. Tobias Lundin, Michael Pujari-Palmer, Gustaf Svensson, Odd V. Höglund. Front. Vet. Sci., Sec. Vet Surg

Complications of canine tonsillectomy by clamping technique combined with monopolar electrosurgery – a retrospective study of 39 cases. Outi Marita Turkki, Caroline Elisabeth Bergman, Marcel H. Lee, Odd Viking Höglund https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12917-022-03342-0.pdf

Resorbable self‐locking device for canine lung lobectomy: A clinical and experimental study. Kumiko Ishigaki. Odd Viking Höglund. Kazushi Asano

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/vsu.13623   Video (open access)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/QF8DFIJVFFRG9ICUSP6U?target=10.1111/vsu.13623 

Resorbable Self-Locking Implant for Lung Lobectomy Through Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: First Live Animal Application. Rogério Luizari Guedes*, Odd Viking Höglund,* Juliana Sperotto Brum, Niklas Borg, Peterson Triches Dornbusch. *Equal contribution to this study.  http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1553350617751293

Video: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/1553350617751293

Ligation of the mesovarium in dogs with a self-locking implant of a resorbable polyglycolic based co-polymer - a study of feasibility and comparison to suture ligation Matheus Roberto da Mota Costa; André Lacerda de Abreu Oliveira, PhD; Renato Moran Ramos, PhD; Leonardo Waldstein de Moura Vidal; Niklas Borg; Odd Viking Höglund http://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-016-2042-2

Students’ perception of the use of a Laser pointer for Intraoperative Guidance in Feline Castration. J Veterinary Medical Education. Märit Badman, Katja Höglund, Odd V Höglund. http://jvme.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/jvme.0515-084R2

Online dosimetry for temoporfin-mediated interstitial photodynamic therapy using the canine prostate as model. Johannes Swartling, Odd Höglund, Kerstin Hansson, Fredrik Södersten, Johan Axelsson, Anne-Sofie Lagerstedt. J. Biomed. Opt. 21(2), 2016. http://spie.org/Publications/Journal/10.1117/1.JBO.21.2.028002

Chromogranin A and cortisol at intraoperative repeated noxious stimuli: Surgical stress in a dog model. Odd Viking Höglund, Ragnvi Hagman and Mats Stridsberg. SAGE Open Medicine 3:2015
http://smo.sagepub.com/content/3/2050312115576432.full.pdf

Increased concentrations of Serum amyloid A in dogs with sepsis caused by pyometra. Supranee Jitpean, Ann Pettersson, Odd V Höglund, Bodil Ström Holst, Ulf Olsson and Ragnvi Hagman. BMC Vet Research, 2014, 10:273
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12917-014-0273-9.pdf

Ligation of the spermatic cord in dogs with a self-locking device of a resorbable polyglycolic based co-polymer – a long-term follow-up study. Odd V. Höglund, Jessica Ingman, Fredrik Södersten, Kerstin Hansson, Niklas Borg and Anne-Sofie Lagerstedt. BMC Research Notes.2014, 7:825 http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1756-0500-7-825.pdf

Intraoperative Changes of Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Plasma Vasopressin and Urinary Noradrenalin during Elective Ovariohysterectomy in Dogs – repeatability at removal of first and second ovary. Veterinary Surgery, 43 (2014), 852-859 Odd V Höglund, Ragnvi Hagman, Kerstin Olsson, Ulf Olsson, Anne-Sofie Lagerstedt. DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2014.12264.x

Chromogranins can be measured in samples from cats and dogs. Mats Stridsberg, Ann Pettersson, Ragnvi Hagman, Christoffer Westin, Odd Höglund. BMC Research Notes.2014, 7:336 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/7/336

Research Gate    http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Odd_Hoeglund/                                                      http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Odd_Hoeglund/publications/

Google Scholar   https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=AoYn05EAAAAJ&hl=sv

LinkedIn             http://se.LinkedIn.com/pub/odd-viking-hoglund/26/344/207/  

PubMed              https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1ZAFR86-5qVA9/bibliography/public/

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0978-836X

ResearcherID        I-2492-2016 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/I-2492-2016

PUBLONS, Web of Science, Verified peer reviews  https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/455431 

Collaboration
New knowledge and results of research should come into use, also outside academia. Collaboration and commercialisation are important at SLU. Through a university spin-off company, I aim to make use of IP rights and commercialise the innovative surgical implants that were developed and tested in my research (www.LigaTie.com).

I’ve collaborated mainly with medical device industry in both Uppsala and the USA. I’ve completed education and training at our Business Incubator, Uppsala Innovation Centre.

Other

I perform reviews for a number of scientific journals.