Dr. Henrik Hedelin
Dr. Henrik Hedelin is an orthopedic surgeon from Gothenberg, Sweden. He earned his FAWM in 2012, and has been an instructor at numerous courses for wilderness medicine providers around the world. He also enjoys many outdoor activities, such as mountaineering and sea kayaking, and feels that “wilderness medicine is the perfect merge between my professional fields of biology, medicine and guiding.” Unfortunately, as an orthopedic surgeon, his wilderness medicine skills are not used much in his day-to-day career in the hospital, but they do allow him to pursue wilderness medicine as a sidetrack. “That sidetrack does, however, contain many rewarding opportunities to both work and volunteer for various projects in austere settings around the world.”