Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences
Dean of the College of Medicine
Qatar University
Dr. Egon Toft is the Vice President and Founding Dean of the College of Medicine at Qatar University. He brings to Qatar University valuable experience in the establishment and leadership of institutions of medical education. He was the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Aalborg University in Denmark from 2010 to 2014, and an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Medicine from 2006 to 2010.
In these roles, he was responsible for educational programs in Medicine (MD), Industrial Medicine, Sports Science, Master of Science in Health Technology, Public Health and the research fields related to these programs at Aalborg University and Aalborg University Hospital. Almost all of these programs were developed under his leadership, and all are accredited. Additionally, a successful PhD program in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology was established under his deanship. Dr. Toft is experienced in designing and implementing problem-based learning in Bachelor and Master Programs.
A cardiologist by training (MD 1984 from Aarhus University/Dr Med.Sci. 1995 from University of Copenhagen), he was a Consultant in the Department of Cardiology at Aalborg University Hospital from 1996 to 2007, as well as Adjunct Professor (2004-2007) and later Professor in Clinical Electrophysiology (2007-2014). Dr. Toft is the author and coauthor of more than 100 peer reviewed papers, and an avid inventor (co-inventor on 7 patents) and entrepreneur (founder/co-founder of 4 biotechnology enterprises).