Ketil Stordal International Celiac Disease Symposium 2026

Ketil Stordal

Ketil Størdal (b. 1966) is a full professor in pediatrics at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is also working as a consultant pediatrician at Oslo University Hospital, after specialist training in general pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology. His main research area is the epidemiology of autoimmune diseases in children, with special interest in celiac disease. Global child health is another field of interest after working with neonatal health and gastroenterology in low/middle-income countries. For several years he has been teaching at the University of Oslo, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and University of Botswana. Dr Størdal is also an emergency response unit delegate for the Red Cross. Prof Størdal is a member of ESPGHAN since 2004 and of the specialist interest group in celiac disease since 2017, currently as chair in the steering committee. He is also a member of the gastrointestinal council in ESPGHAN. He has served in the European Academy of Pediatrics as President of the Secondary and Tertiary Care Council, in the Choosing Wisely movement in EAP and in the Norwegian Medical Association, and is a past president of the Norwegian Paediatric Association.