Professional background and international contributions
Trine Henriksen
Here is an overview of my professional background and international engagement in plastic surgery.
Education
Medical Doctor, University of Odense
PhD degree at the faculty of medicine, University of Copenhagen.Title of the thesis: “Cosmetic and reconstructive breast implantation. Establishment of a nationwide registry and prospective evaluation of local complications”.
Permission to practice independently
Board certification in plastic surgery
Further education
2002 International Epidemiology Institute, Maryland, USA, scientific work, 3 weeks
2009 Surgical rotation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, 4 weeks.
2014 Visiting Dr. Andrew Salzberg, New York Group for Plastic Surgery, observing breast reconstruction and corrections at Hudson Valley Hospital Center & St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1 week
Resume
Senior consultant, Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns, Rigshospitalet – University Hospital of Copenhagen
Consultant at Dept. Of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns, Rigshospitalet – University Hospital of Copenhagen
Senior resident at final year of residency program, Roskilde University hospital
Senior resident, Dept. Plastic surgery, Breast surgery and Burs, Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen University Hospital Copenhagen
Common trunk in surgery (part of residency program), University Hosp. Glostrup
Common trunk in orthopedic surg (part of residency program), Univ. Hosp Roskilde
Residency, Depart. plastic surgery, University Hospital Herlev
Residency, Depart. general surgery, Univ. Hosp. Roskilde
Residency in plastic surgery, dept. plastic surgery., Univ. Hosp. Roskilde
Intern, general practice in Greve
Intern, Department of orthopedics, University Hospital Roskilde
Advisor/consultant at DPB – adjacent to the clinical course:
Administrator of the Danish Registry for DPB – adjacent to the clinical course
Founder and administrator of the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast (DPB)- and research fellow/PhD student at the Institute of Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society
Research fellow, Institute of Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society
Intern, dept. of intern medicin, Svendborg Hospital
Resident, Dept. of thoracic & vascular surgery, Odense University Hospital
Student locum tenancy, Dept. of thoracic & vascular surg., Odense Univ. Hospital, Odense
Selected courses and workshops
European Committee on Quality Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery conference I San Francisco: Invited to Round table meeting and presentation of the design of a nationwide implant registry, 1999
De to Direktiver om Medicinsk Udstyr: En fortolkning af kravene i Direktiv 93/42/EØF om medicinsk udstyr & Direktiv 98/79/EF om medicinsk udstyr til in vitro-diagnostik. Dansk Godkendelse af Medicinsk Udstyr, bemyndiget organ nr. 0543, Charlottenlund, 1999
Managing Patients with Breast Implant Problems v/V.L.Young, Instructional course, San Francisco, 1999
Annual Update on Breast Reconstruction v/G. Patrick Maxwell, Instruct. course, San Francisco,1999
Augmentation, Reduction, Mastectomy and Reconstruction v/J.C. Grotting, & JC.Sampaio Goes, Instructional Course, San Francisco, 1999
Wound Healing Update v/Julio Hochberg and others, Instructional Course, San Francisco, 1999
Advanced course in microsurgery, Sundhedsstyrelsen & Dansk Mikrokirurgisk Selskab, Århus 2010
Breast Reconstruction, LifeCell Bioskills Lab, , Bristol University, Bristol 2010
Kursus i lapkirurgi, Klinik for plastikkirurgi, brystkirurgi og brandsårsbehandling, Panum 2011
Scandinavian Course in Malformations, Nordisk plastikkirurgisk forening, Gøteborg 2011
The 3rd scientific meeting for Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery (ORBS), Nottingham 2011
The Beautiful Breast? The second annual meeting of Interventional Oncology Society, Bruxelles 2012
Reconstructive plastic surgery, trauma and wounds. Nordisk plastikkirurgisk forening, Helsinki 2012
Nordic course in Plastic Reconstruction in cancer treatment: Lægers videre- og efteruddannelse, Oslo 2012
Barcelona Breast Meeting, Redefining breast surgery: Sharing experience and building knowledge, Barcelona 2013
Mentor Breast team workshop, Mentor, Ljubliana, Slovenien, 2013
Surgeons Forum, Barcelona 2013
Oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery of the breast. The seventh European Conference. Milano December 2013
Advanced Course in Breast Reshaping, Quiron hospital, Madrid, November 2013
Centrofacial rejuvenation, a two-days workshop on Macs-lift, microfat, SNIF, Nanofat Grafting and Groton Oil Peeling, Ghent 2014
Advanced course in implant surgery by Per Heden, Stockholm 2014
Cutting Edge, NY 2014
Beauty through Science, Stockholm 2015
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery World Congress & Masterclass in BBL, Kyoto 2016
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery World Congress & Masterclass in BBL, Miami 2018
Beauty Through Science, Stockholm 2019
The Aston Baker Cutting Edge Aesthetic surgery symposium, New York 2019
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery World Congress & Masterclass in high def bodycontouring, Masterclass in secondary breast cases, Vienna 2021
Teaching and lectures
Invited lecturer at the Scandinavian Association of Plastic Surgeon’s Course in Aesthetic Surgery. Charlottenlund, Danmark 2003 Presentation and multiple choice examination .
Invited lecturer at the Grand Rounds of the Harvard Plastic Surgery Residency Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston 2009,
Invited lecturer, Division rounds at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston 2009.
Lecturer. Medical doctors and nurses at public and private clinics of plastic surgery in Denmark. Lectures regarding registration, quality assessment and documentation. Status of breast implants and risk of complications. 2001-2004
Invited speaker, faculty member, Post-graduate course LifeCell Bioskills Lab, Newcastle 2013. Præsentation Techniques for One-stage breast reconstruction with ADM-assisted breast implantation
External lecturer for medical students at the Copenhagen University 2012-2014
Clinical associate professor at Copenhagen University, 2014-2015
Invited lecturer at the Nordic Course of Aesthetic Surgery, Århus 2016. Lectures regarding breast augmentation, reduction, breast lift, composite breast augmentation and augmentation of the ptotic breast
Invited lecturer at the Nordic Training Course. Reconstructive plastic Surgery ” Aesthetic Surgery Course IV Copenhagen 2020. Lectures regarding Science of beauty, breast reduction techniques, mastopexy and mastopexy-augmentation, treatment of tuberous breasts, and lipofilling for breast augmentation.
Academic presentation
Invited to present Danish experiences at a meeting with FDA and implant manufacturers regarding international quality assurance regarding breast implants (by Bruce Cunningham), New York 2001
Speaker, chairman & member of discussion panel at consensus conferences and meetings in the European Committee on Quality Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery (Now IQUAM) in the period 1999, 2002,2004.
Chairman. Consensus conference of the International. Committee on Quality Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery (IQUAM). Regensburg 2006
Several presentations regarding establishment of the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast, quality assessment and research in cosmetic, corrective and reconstructive breast implantation, Biannual meeting of the Danish Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (DSPR) presentations in 1999-2005
Speaker, State Serum Institute, Copenhagen 1999. Silicone implants, infection & biofilm
Presentation and study tour at Mc Ghan manufacturer, Dublin 1999;
Presentation. The European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic SurgeryESPRAS) conference. Rome 2001;
Invited speaker at the Nordic technical committee on surgical devises and biological safety. Malmoe, Sverige 2001.
Speaker. . Annual meeting of the Danish Society of Surgery 2001
Speaker, Institute of Epidemiol. Cancer Research, Danish Cancer Society 2004Implants and cancer
Speaker. The European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic SurgeryESPRAS) conference. Wienna 2005:
Invited keynote speaker. The 14th International Congress of the international Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS 2007). Berlin 2007
Invited keynote speaker. 40-Years Jubilee meeting of department of plastic surgery, Odense University Hospital and Annual Meeting of the Danish Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Odense 2007, Odense 2007
Invited keynote speaker & chairman (faculty member) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast Conference, Warszawa 2008.
Speaker, Division rounds at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Boston 2009
Invited speaker, 10-Years Jubilee Symposium for the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast, Copenhagen 2010
Speaker, Nordisk Plastikkirurgisk Forenings XXXIII Kongres Reykjavik, Island 2010.
Invited presentation by Henrik Kehlet atDepartment of pain treatment Rigshospitalet 2013. Research opportunities based on the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast. The value of prospectively collected pre-, peri and postoperative data on 18,000 women
Invited speaker. the 3rd nORBS (Nordic group of oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgeons) meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland 2014. The Danish Experience of Risk-reducing surgery.
Invited speaker. AAEF Rome 2015. DTI vs 2-stage benefits & challenges in risk reducing surgery
Releases
Henriksen TF, Thuesen B. A nationwide registry for plastic surgery of the breast. Ugeskr Læger 2001;163(12)1692
Henriksen TF, Olsen JH. The Danish Registry for PlasticSurgery of the Breast. Status report 2002. Not peerreviewed
Kjøller K, Hölmich LR, Jacobsen PH, Friis S, Fryzek J, McLaughlin JK, Lipworth L, Henriksen TF, Jørgensen S, Bittmann S, Olsen JH. Epidemiological investigation of local complications after cosmetic breast implant surgery inDenmark. Ann Plast Surg 2002;48:229
Henriksen TF, Hölmich LR, Friis S, McLaughlin JK, Fryzek JP, Høyer AP, Kjøller K, Olsen JH. The Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast. Experiences of establishing a nationwide registry for prospective follow-up, quality assessment and investigation of plastic surgery of the breast. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003;111:2182
Kjøller K, Hölmich LR, Fryzek JP, Jacobsen PH, Friis S, McLaughlin JK, Lipworth L, Henriksen TF, Jørgensen S, Bittmann S, Olsen JH. Characteristics of women with cosmetic breast implants compared with women with other types of cosmetic surgery and population-based controls in Denmark. Ann Plast Surg 2003;50:6
Henriksen TF, Hölmich LR, Fryzek JP, Friis S, McLaughlin JK, Høyer AP, Kjøller K, Olsen JH. Incidence and severity of short-term complications following cosmetic breast implantation. Ann Plast Surg 2003;51:531
Henriksen TF, Olsen JH. The Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast. Status report 2003. Not peer-reviewed
Kjøller K, Hölmich LR, Fryzek JP, Jacobsen PH, Friis S, McLaughlin JK, Lipworth L, Henriksen TF, Høier-Madsen M, Wiik A, Olsen JH. Self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among Danish women with silicone breast implants. Ann plast Surg 2004;52:1
Som medlem af EQUAM executive committee. EQUAM consensus declarations in 2002 og 2004, Groningen 2002 og 2004
Henriksen TF, Fryzek JP, Hölmich LR, McLaughlin JK, Kjøller K, Høyer AP, Olsen JH, Friis S. Surgical intervention and capsular contracture after breast augmentation: A prospective study of risk factors. Ann Plast Surg 2005;54:343
Henriksen TF, Fryzek JP, Hölmich LR, McLaughlin JK, Krag C, Karlsen R, Kjøller K, Olsen JH, Friis S. Reconstructive breast implantation after mastectomy for breast cancer: clinical outcomes in a nationwide, prospective cohort study. Arch Surg 2005;140:1152
Friis S, Hölmich LR, McLaughlin JK, Kjøller K, Fryzek JP, Henriksen TF, Olsen JH. Cancer risk among Danish women with cosmetic breast implants. Int J Cancer 2006;118(4):998
Fryzek JP, Hölmich L, McLaughlin JK, Lipworth L, Tarone RE, Henriksen T, Kjøller K, Friis S. A nationwide study of connective tissue disease and other rheumatic conditions among Danish women with Long-term cosmetic breast implantation. Ann Epidemiol 2007 May;17(5):374.Epub 2007 feb 26
Hölmich LR, Dring M, Henriksen TF, Krag C, Tange UB, Kj¯ller K, McLaughlin JK, Olsen JH, Friis S. Delayed Breast Reconstruction With Implants After Invasive Breast Cancer Does Not Impair Prognosis. Annals of Plastic Surgery ï Volume 61, Number 1, July 2008
Hvilsom G, Hölmich LR, Henriksen TF, Lipworth L, McLaughlin JK, Friis S. Local complications after cosmetic breast augmentation: Results from the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Sep;124(3):919-25
Henriksen TF, Løvenwald JB, Matzen SH. Paraffin oil injection in bodybuilders calls for preventive action. Danish medical bulletin, 2010 Jan; 172(3):219-20
Hvilsom GB, Hölmich LR, Henriksen TF, Lipworth L, McLaughlin JK, Friis S. Local complications after cosmetic breast augmentation: results from the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast. Plast Surg Nurs. 2010, Jul-Sep;30(3):172-9
Hvilsom GB, Friis S, Frederiksen K, Steding-Jessen M, Lipworth L,McLaughlin JK, Henriksen TF, Elberg JJ,Damsgaard TE, Hölmich LR. The clinical course of immediate breast implant reconstruction: A 10-year prospective study. Acta Oncologica 2011 May 23 (Epub ahead of print)
Hvilsom GB, Hölmich LR, Steding-Jessen M, Frederiksen K, Henriksen TF, Lipworth L, McLaughlin JK, Elberg JJ, Damsgaard TE, Friis S. Delayed breast implant reconstruction; Is radiation therapy associated with reoperations and capsular contracture? Annals of Plastic Surgery 2011, May 2 (Epup ahead of print)
Hvilsom GB, Hölmich LR, Steding-Jessen M, Frederiksen K, Henriksen TF, Lipworth L, McLaughlin JK, Elberg JJ, Damsgaard TE, Friis S. Delayed breast implant reconstruction: A 10-year prospective study. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2011 Nov;64(11):1466-74
Ghulam El-Charnoubi W, Henriksen TF, Elberg JJ. Cutaneous Silicone Granuloma Mimicking Breast Cancer after Ruptured Breast Implant. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2012 Jan vol. 2011, Article ID 129138, doi:10.1155/2011/129138
Uldall W, Henriksen TF, Vejborg I. Ekstensiv silikonelÊkage fra brystimplantat. Månedens billede. Ugeskr for lÊger 2012 April;174(18):1244
Breiting L, Henriksen TF, Gramkow C, Kalialis LV, Høyer AP. A prospective study of short- and long-term cosmetic outcome after reduction mammaplasty from three different perspectives: the patient, a department surgeon, and an independent private practitioner in plastic surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Aug;130(2):273-81. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182589bbf
Rasmussen BS, Henriksen TF, Kølle SF, Schmidt G. Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus. Report from 30 years of experience in a single department. Ann Plast Surg, 2013 Jul 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Winge R, Henriksen TF, Printzlau A, Hölmich L. Plastikkirurgi efter stort vægttab. Statusartikel. Ugeskrift for læger 2013, June 10 . [Epub ahead of print)
Klit A, Henriksen TF, Siersen HE, Elberg JJ, Christiansen P, Kroman N. Onkoplastisk brystkirurgi i Danmark. Statusartikel. Ugeskrift for læger 2013, Nov; 175(48A) [Epub ahead of print]
I.F. Paulsen, R. Bredgaard, B. Hesse, T. Steiniche, T.F. Henriksen. Acquired cutis laxa: Diagnostic and therapeutic consideration. JPRAS 2014 Oct; 67( 10),: e242–e243
Klit A, Henriksen TF, Siersen HE, Elberg JJ, Christiansen P, Kroman N. Onkoplastisk kirurgi 27 okt. 2014 I : Ugeskrift for læger [online]. 176, 44, s. V06130376.
Klit A, Tvedskov TF, Kroman N, Elberg JJ, Ejlertsen B, Henriksen TF. Oncoplastic breast surgery does not delay the onset of adjuvant chemotherapy: a population-based study. Acta oncologica 2017 May 6:56(5): 719-723. Epub 2017 Feb 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2017.1281437
Al-Sari N, Suvitaival T, Mattila I, Ali A, Ahonen L, Trost K, Henriksen TF, Pociot F, Dragsted LO, Legido-Quigley C. Lipidomics of human adipose tissue reveals diversity between body areas. PLoS One 2020 16;15(6):e0228521. Epub 2020 Jun 16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228521
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