Joakim Crona is a resident in clinical oncology and associate professor in molecular oncology at Uppsala Academic Hospital, Sweden. He’s had a particular interest for neuroendocrine tumors since more than eight years. This included successfully defending his thesis covering genetics of neuroendocrine tumors, as well as working as a physician at the clinic of endocrine oncology. Joakim has just returned from a short term fellowship at the Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma Program, US National Institutes of Health. He plans a future career in the field of endocrine oncology that will unite clinical science with molecular biology, aiming at improving treatment of patients with these rare diseases.

Dr Joakim Crona has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Novartis.