Eigil Samset
General Manager at University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolEigil Samset is a seasoned healthcare technology leader with 25 years' experience and 19 years in industry roles, currently serving as General Manager for the cardiology care area at GE HealthCare where he leads global strategy, product development and commercial activation of integrated cardiology solutions. He blends clinical insight, technical depth (PhD in MRI-guided intervention) and business acumen to drive product innovation and expansion into high-growth adjacencies, with a track record spanning ultrasound R&D, AI-enabled cardiology platforms and clinical research partnerships. A hands-on academic as Professor II at the University of Oslo, he continues to supervise PhD work linking computational mathematics to cardiac imaging—bridging cutting-edge research and product delivery. Known for empowering teams through purpose, autonomy and psychological safety, he focuses on outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease while scaling complex programs across functions and geographies. An uncommon strength is his history of cross-domain leadership from simulation and visualization in oil & gas to medical imaging, giving him a rare systems perspective on product and technology roadmaps.
18 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, MRI-guided Intervention, PhD, MRI-guided Intervention at University of OsloExecutive Master of Management, Innovation, finance and influence, Executive Master of Management, Innovation, finance and influence at Handelshøyskolen BINorwegian University of Science and Technology
Github Skills (12)
ultrasound9
robust8
volume-rendering7
dicom6
imaging6
cluster-computing2
vtk2
python2
computed-tomography1
visualization1
dataflow-programming1
image-processing1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
MedicalUltrasound/Image3dAPI
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
Interface for loading 3D ultrasound data
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 9 months
volume-renderingultrasoundimagingdicom
BRAINSia/Slicer
Jun 2007 - Dec 2007
Multi-platform, free open source software for visualization and image computing.
Contributions:3 commits in 6 months
pythoncomputed-tomographycluster-computingregistrationdataflow-programming
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