In 1992 he was hired as professor of neurology at the University of Oslo and chief physician in the department of neuroradiology, Ullevål University Hospital. He left in 1999 to become medical director in the private medical company Capio Diagnostikk. He returned to the University of Oslo as a professor of radiology and neuroradiology in 2002.[1] He retired in 2013, at the age of 67. In 2014 he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav.[2][3]