Karin Kockum

MD, PhD
Department of Diagnostics and Intervention, Diagnostic Radiology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Consultant Radiologist and Head of Research, Ostersund Hospital, Sweden
Board member of the Hydrocephalus Society

Karin Kockum graduated from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in 2008, and continued her medical training in Östersund, Sweden. Along with residency in diagnostic radiology she completed her PhD studies in 2020, defending her thesis on imaging in idiopatphic normal pressure hydrocephalus. The thesis named “Imaging in idopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: The value of structured radiological evaluation” focuses on the development of iNPH Radscale, a scale for objective evaluation of the radiological signs of iNPH. She currently combines clinical work in the Radiological Department with a position as Head of Research continuing to further validate the iNPH Radscale to facilitate clinical use. Since 2022 Karin is on the Board of Directors of the Hydrocephalus Society as Imaging representative.