This document provides a curriculum vitae for Ralph Arnold Olof Sorbris, MD, PhD that includes biographical information, education history, work experience, publications, memberships, and language skills. Some key details include: - Date and place of birth as 19 March 1944 in Lund, Sweden - Education includes an MD and PhD from the University of Lund in Sweden from 1973-1981 - Over 30 years of experience as a consultant general surgeon and chairman/medical director in Sweden and Saudi Arabia - Over 45 publications in medical and surgical journals - Memberships in international surgery and breast surgery organizations - Fluent in English, French, German and native Swedish

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Ralph Arnold Olof Sorbris, MD, PhD
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 March 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lund, Sweden
ADDRESS: 1208 Vista Jardin, San Clemente 92673
California, U.S.A.
Tel: (1-949) 361-5736
Mobile: (1-949) 322-6742
e-mail sorbris@cox.net and sorbris@hotmail.com
PASSPORT: 45798566, issued in Sweden 10DEC 04, Expires 10
Dec 14
GREEN CARD: INS A# 055-827-074 Expires 01/14/13
MARITAL STATUS:Single
EDUCATION:
1965: Matriculation examination, Malmo, Sweden
1973: Examination of Medical School
University of Lund, Sweden
1975: M.D., University of Lund, Sweden
1981: Ph.D., University of Lund, Sweden
1982: Swedish Board Certified Surgeon
1989-1990: Qualified Leadership Course For Chairmen In
Southern Sweden Hospitals, November 1989 - May
1990

2. 1991: The Dutch Red Cross Training Course For Future
International Delegates, Hague, Netherlands
1994: Course On Vertical Mammoplasty, Brussels, Hopital
Universitaire Brugmann
1995: The Postgraduate Course In Endocrine and Breast
Surgery, Scandinavian Surgical Society, Reykjavik,
Iceland
2003: Basic Life Support Provider Program, American Heart
Association
2004 ACLS, California
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Speak and write English, French and German apart from my native language
Swedish.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1975-1981
Department of Surgery Consultant General Surgeon
University Hospital S-221 85
Lund, Sweden
1982-1996 Consultant General Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Landskrona Hospital
University Hospital Lund
S-26124 Landskrona, Sweden
Ship’s Surgeon
Pearl of Scandinavia 1986 and 1987
Ocean Princess 1989
Lady Moura 1993 and 1995
Island Escape 2004
Vision of the Seas 2005 and 2006
Island Escape 2005
Grandeur of the Seas 2006

3. 1987-1996 Chairman/Medical Director
Landskrona Hospital
University Hospital Lund
S-26124 Landskrona, Sweden
1990 War and General Surgeon
(July-October) Swedish Red Cross
Cambodia
1991-1992 War and General Surgeon
(Dec 1991-Aug 1992) International Red Cross
Committee of the Red Cross in Cambodia
1996-2004 Consultant General Surgeon
Department of Surgery (MBC 40)
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(Assigned at the Satellite Clinic Al-Yamamah)
* Coordinator, Weekly Breast Tumor Conference
1996-2000 Chairman, Quality Assurance Subcommittee
Section of General Surgery
1996-2000 Coordinator, M & M Weekly Conference/Meeting
Section of General Surgery
1996-2000 Clinical Nutrition Committee, KFSH & RC
2000 Participating in the KFSH&RC process of achieving
Joint Commission International Accreditation
as rehearsal interviews
Participating in the Preparation Committee for the
second accreditation of the Joint Commission of
International Accreditation.
Appointment as Performance Improvement Director,
Department of Surgery
Participated in the MCO delegation to the European
Institute of Oncology, Milan and the University
Hospital Lund, Lund

4. Member of the Search Committee for a New
Chairman
Of Anesthesia.
2002- Tissue Committee, KFSH & RC
2002- Patient Education Committee, KFSH & RC
2002 Appointed Performance Improvement Director
2003 Organised with MCO a Breast Cancer Meeting with
Prof Veronesi and Prof. Ullrich on the occasion of The
2003 King Faisal Medical Award.
2003 Participate with MCO and Dr Osama Al Malik in the
planning of a Breast Care Center at KFSH&RC
2003 Instrumental in creating contacts between The
University of Lund and KFSH&RC
MEMBERSHIPS:
International Society of Surgery
Breast Surgery International
The American Society of Breast Surgeons
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Taurocholate Metabolism in Patients with Small Intestinal Stagnant Loops,
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 9, 575-585, 1974, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Arnesjo B, Stahl E and Kock NG.
2. Doctor’s Delay, Svensk Kirurgi, 33(1), 158-159, 1976, Swedish Society of
Surgeons Annual Meeting 1976, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Bengmark S
and Petersson GB.
3. The Costs for Elective Biliary Surgery 1955, 1965 and 1975, Svensk Kirurgi,
34, (2) 65-66, 1977, Swedish Society of Surgeons Annual Meeting 1977,
Sorbris R in collaboration with Lindgren B, Petersson BG and Bengmark S.

5. 4. Dry-Freezed Bile – A New Administration Form for Patients with Biliary Stasis,
XII:th Scandinavian Conference on Gastroenterology 1978, Sorbris R in
collaboration with Nilsson NO, Olsson SA and Petersson BG.
5. Retinal Binding Protein and Dark Adaptation after Long Term Fasting, XII:th
Scandinavian Conference on Gastroenterology 1978, p. 79. Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Johansson BG, Krakau T, Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson
BG.
6. Fasting as a Treatment for Obesity, XII:th Scandinavian Conference on
Gastroenterology 1978, p 78. Sorbris R. in collaboration with Aly KO, Nilsson-
Ehle P, Petersson BG and Ockerman PA.
7. Changes in Adipose Tissue Metabolism in Patients After Rapid Weight
Reduction, XII:th Scandinavian Conference on Gastroenterology 1978, p. 77,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson BG.
8. The Clinical Value of Routine Preoperative Cholangiography, Svensk Kirurgi,
36 (2), 117-118, 1978, Swedish Society of Surgeons Annual Meeting 1978,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Holmin T, Jonsson B, Lindgren G, Olsson SA
and Petersson BG.
9. The Etiology and Treatment of Obesity (Fetma – Uppkomst och behandling),
Ronden, 24-16, pp. 14, 1978, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Nilsson-Ehle P,
Petersson BG.
10. Changes in the Costs of Elective Cholecystectomies, 1955-1965-1975,
Annals of Surgery, 189(4), 447-454, 1979, Sorbris R. in collaboration with
Bengmark S, Lindgren B and Petersson
11. Differences in Heat Production between Adipocytes from Obese and Normal
Weight Individuals, Febs Letters, 101(2), 411-414, 1979, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Monti M, Nilsson-Ehle P and Wadso I.
12. Gastroplasty – A Surgical Alternative in the Treatment of Severe obesity,
Svensk Kirurgi, 37(2), 81-82, 1979, Swedish Society of Surgeons Annual
Meeting 1979, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Olsson SA and Petersson BG.
13. The Cost Development for Elective Inguinal Hernia Operations. Svensk
Kirurgi, 37 (2), 23, 1979, Swedish Society of Surgeons Annual Meeting 1979,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Olsson SA and Petersson BG.
14. Stapling Instruments, Lakartidnigen, 77(38), 3247-3250, 1980, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Broome A.

6. 15. Fasting – An Alternative Treatment for Morbid Adiposity Opuscula Medica,
25(2), 56 1980, Swedish Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 1978,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson BG.
16. Prediction of Weight Loss During Conservative Treatment of Obesity,
Opuscula Medica, 25(4), 144-145, 1980, Swedish Society of
Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 1979, Sorbris R. in collaboration with
Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson BG.
17. Differences in Metabolic Efficiency an Etiologic Factor in Obesity, Opuscula
Medica, 25(4), 145, 1980, Swedish Society of Gastroenterology Annual
Meeting 1979, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Monti M and Nilsson-Ehle P.
18. Prophylactic Short Term Treatment wit Doxyclycline in Colorectal Surgery,
Svensk Kirurgi 38(1), 53, 1980, Swedish Society of Surgeons Annual Meeting
1980, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Fredlund P, Goransson G, Olsson SA
and Petersson BG.
19. Effects of Weight Reduction on Lipoproteins and Adipose Tissue Metabolism
in Obese, Alimentazione Nutrizione Metabolismo, 1, 329, 1980, Third
International Congress on Obesity, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Nilsson-
Ehle P and Petersson BG.
20. Heat Production in Human Adipocytes, Alimentazione Nutrizione
Metabolismo, 1, 329, 1980, Third International Congress on Obesity, Sorbris
R. in collaboration with Monti M, Nilsson-Ehle P and Wadso I.
21. The Variability of Weight Reduction During Fasting: Predictive Value of
Hormone Measurements, Alimentazione Nutrizione Metabolismo, 1, 367,
1980, Third International Congress on Obesity, Sorbris R. in collaboration with
Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson BG.
22. Microcalorimetric Measurements of Heat Production in Isolated Adipocytes,
Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Investigations, 40, 581-587, 1980,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Monti M, Nilsson-Ehle P. and Wadso I.
23. Selective or Routine Intraoperative Cholangiography: A Cost Effectiveness
Analysis, World Journal of Surgery, 4, 315-322, 1980, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Bengmark S, Holmin T, Jonsson B, Lindgren B, Olsson SA
and Petersson BG.
24. Lipid Transport Before and After Weight Reduction by Gastroplasty and

7. Fasting – A Comparison, International Journal of Obesity, 5, 541, 1971, Third
International Congress on Obesity, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Olsson SA,
Petersson BG and Nilsson-Ehle P.
25. Effects of Weight Reduction on Plasma Lipoproteins and Adipose Tissue
Metabolism in Obese Subjects, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 11,
491-498, 1981, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson
BG.
26. Prediction of Weight Reduction During Conservative Treatment of Obesity, In
Recent Advances in Clinical Nutrition: 1. Editor Howard AN, and Baird I
McLean, Libbey J and Co Ltd., London, 1981, pp. 210-211, Sorbris in
collaboration with Nilsson-Ehle P.
27. Economic Aspects of Gallstone Disease and Its Management in The Biliary
Tract, Editor L. Blumgart, Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1982, pp. 270-281,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Bengmark S and Lindgren B.
28. Treatment of Obesity by Gastroplasty, Lakartidningen, 79 (1-2), 35-38, 1982,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Olsson SA, Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson BG.
29. Heat Production in Adipocytes from Obese Subjects Before and After Weight
Reduction, Metabolism, 9, 973-978, 1982, Sorbris R. in collaboration with
Monti M, Nilsson-Ehle P and Wadso I.
30. The Variability of Weight Reduction During Fasting: Predictive Value of
Thyroid Hormone Measurements International Journal of Obesity, 6, 101-111,
1982, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson BG.
31. Vegetarian Fasting of Obese Patients: A Clinical and Biochemical Evaluation,
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 17, 417-424, 1982, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Aly KO, Nilsson-Ehle P, Petersson BG and Ockerman PA.
32. Preoperative Intravenous Cholangiography or Preoperative Cholangiography
in Elective Cholecystectomies, Svensk Kirurgi, 40, 1982, Swedish Society of
Surgeons Annual Meeting 1982, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Alinder G,
Herlin P, Holmin T, Nilsson U and Lunderqvist A.
33. Adipocyte Heat Production in Spontaneous Experimental Obesity,
International Conference on the Adipocyte and Obesity, Toronto 1982,
Abstract No. 65, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Hustvedt BE, Nilsson-Ehle P
and Nordin G.
34. Two Years Follow-Up after Gastroplasty, Svensk Kirurgi, 40, 107, 1982,
Swedish Society of Surgeons Annual Meeting 1982, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Nilsson-Ehle P, Olsson SA and Petersson BG.

8. 35. An Account System Based on Individual Patient Costs for Inpatient Surgical
Treatment, Svensk Kirurgi, 40, 109, 1982, Swedish Society of Surgeons
Annual Meeting 1982, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Agardin P, Eckervall G,
Fex A and Lindgren B.
36. Changes in The Hospital Costs of Appendectomies 1955-1965-1975, The
American Journal of Surgery, 146, 342-345, 1983, Sorbris R. in collaboration
with Arnbjornsson, Bengmark S, Lindgren B and Petersson BG.
37. Effects of Weight Reduction after Gastroplasty on Glucose and Lipid
Metabolism, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 40, 1273-1280, 1984,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Olsson SA, Petersson BG and Nilsson-Ehle, P.
38. Mammoplasty – Clinical Results and Long Term Social and Psychological
Effects, Svensk Kirurgi, 1984, Swedish Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual
Meeting 1984, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Daneilsson A, Montgomery A
and Kugelberg C.
39. Gastroplasty as a Treatment for Massive Obesity – A Clinical and Biochemical
Evaluation, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 20, 215-221, 1985,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Olsson SA, Nilsson-Ehle P and Petersson BG.
40. How to Change Physicians’ Practice Patterns. Strategies in Lund, Sweden In
Health Cost Management and Medical Practice Patterns, Ballinger Book,
Editor: Molly Apple Levin, 1985, pp. 209-217, Sorbris R. in collaboration with
Bengmark S and Lindgren B.
41. Gastrointestinal Transit Time and Plasma Lipoproteins after Treatment with
Two Different Dietary Fibers, Abstract Book, The Nordic Gastroenterology
Meeting, Linkoping 1985, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Ivarsson H, Nilsson-
Ehle P and Kugelberg C.
42. Adipocyte Heat Production Before and After Weight Reduction by
Gastroplasty, International Journal of Obesity, 10, 99-105, 1986, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Olsson SA, Monti M and Nilsson-Ehle P.
43. Weight Maintenance after Fasting: A Look At Psychological and Somatic
Parameters, The Journal of Obesity and Weight Regulation, Vol. 5, 3, 166-
180, 1986, Sorbris R. in collaboration with Ryden O.
44. Total Metabolic Activity of Gluteal Adipocytes Before and After Gastroplasty, In
Clinical Nutrition, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1986, pp. 185-197. In
collaboration with Olsson SA, Monti M and Nilsson-Ehle P.
45. Metabolic Effects of Weight Reduction after Gastroplasty, In Clinical Nutrition,

9. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1986, pp. 189-193, Sorbris R. in
collaboration with Olsson SA and Nilsson-Ehle P
46. Cognitive Style and Defense in Three Groups of Women with Body
Dissatisfaction, (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Reduction
Mammoplasty) Psychological Research Bulletin, Lund University, 28, 1, 1988,
Sorbris R. in collaboration with Hansson SB and Johnsson P.
47. External Medical Revision of All Surgical Clinics in the Country of Varmland
Sweden, Landstinget I Varmland, pp. 1-23, April 1994, Sorbris R. in
collaboration wit Raf L and Martinsson L.
48. Augmentation Mammoplasty After Psychiatric Consultation. Swedish Society
of Surgeons Annual Meeting, November 1996. Sorbris R. in collaboration with
Alwmark A. and Reid J.
49. Unique Chance to Study Advanced Breast Cancer. Lakartidningen 1997;
94(20): 1913-1914. Sorbris R in collaboration with Ezzat A, Ingemansson S,
Sjoklint O and Al-Sobhi S.
50. Improved Survival with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal
Cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine 1997; 336(14): 980-
987.Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial –Participating Investigator.
51. Primary Chemotherapy with Taxol (T) and Cisplatinum (P) in Locally
Advanced Breast Cancer (LABC). National Cancer Institute Tanta Cancer
Centre – M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre International Conference. Breast and
Colorectal Cancer: Environment, Prevention and Treatment, 1998. Sorbris R,
in collaboration with Ezzat A, Rahal M, Berry J, Ranginwala M, Rostom A and
Bazarbashi S.
52. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia: A Call for
Improvement. Annals of Saudi Medicine, 18(6); 1998. Al Jiffry B, Ezzat A,
Hildell J, Kfouri H, Rostom A, Sjoklint O, Al Sobhi SS, Sorbris R, Stuart R and
Ingemansson S.
53. Positron Emission Tomography in Breast Cancer: A Clinico-Pathological
Correlation of Results. In collaboration with Rostom AY, Pow J, Kandil A,
Ezzat A, Bakheet S, El-Khowosky F, El-Hussainy G, Sjoklint O. British Journal
of Radiology, 72(1999) 1064-1068 November 1999 Issue.
54. Nodules Fasciitis, A Case Report in Collaboration with Tulbah A, Baslaim M.
Al Malik O, Al Dayel F, The Breast Journal, Volume 9. Number 3, 2003, 223-

10. 225
55. Decreased Axillary Lymph Node Retrieval After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
in Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer in collaboration with
Baslaim M, Al Malik O, Al Sobhi S, Ezzeldin I, Ezzat A, Ajarin D, Tulbah A.
Abstract, The 7th
Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease,
Florida, 2002.
56. Decreased Axillary Lymph Node Retrieval After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
in Patients With Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. In collaboration with
Baslaim M, Al Malik O, Al Sobhi S, Ezzeldin I, Ezzat A, Ajarin D, Tulbah A.
Abstract, the American Society of Breast Surgeons, 2002.
57. Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia – Changing Trends 1992-1995 in collaboration
with Raja M, Baslaim M, Ezzat A in Manuscript 2001.
58. HER-2/New Overexpression Does Not Predict Response to Neoadjuvant
Chemotherapy or Prognosticate Survival in Patients with Locally Advanced
Breast Cancer. In collaboration with Tulbah A, Ibrahim E., Ezzat A, Ajarin D,
Rahal M, Weshi A. Medical Oncology, vol. 19, no. 1, 15-23, 2002
59. Decreased Axillary Lymph Node Retrieval in Patients After Neoadjuvant
Chemotherapy. In collaboration with Baslaim M, Al Malik O, Al Sobhi S,
Ezzeldin I, Ezzat A, Ajarin D, Tulbah A. The American Journal of Surgery.
184(2002), 299-301
60. Phase II study of neoadjuvant paclitaxel and cisplatin for operable and locally
advanced breast cancer: analysis of 126 patients. In collaboration with Ezzat
AA, Ibrahim EM, Ajarim DS, Rahal MM, Raja MA, Tulbah AM, Al-Malik OA, Al-
Shabanah M. British Journal of Cancer 90: 968-974, 2004
61. Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia Before and After
Outreach Activities. In collaboration with Bin Yousef HM, Al-Malik O, Kandil A,
Chaudhary MA. World Journal of Surgery 2004. In Press.

11. CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND LECTURES
1. Surgical Diseases during Pregnancy, Residents Seminar – Department of
OB/Gyne, PGC Auditorium, KFSH&RC, Saudi Arabia, 23 April 2000.
2. Wound Closure Techniques and Suture Material, Residents Seminar –
Department of OB/Gyne, PGC Auditorium, KFSH&RC, Saudi Arabia 30
April 2000
3. The 26th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
(ASCO) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 20-27 May 2000
4. Breast Cancer Workshop in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, 25 October 2000
5. Participated as External Examiner in General Surgery at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons in Karachi, Pakistan, 13-17 November 2000
6. 23rd
Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio Marriot
River Centre, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 5-12 December 2000
7. Mini Symposium on Breast Disease, King Faisal Specialist Hospital &
Research Centre, 3 May 2001
8. Grand Round 23 May 2001 ‘National Strategies to Improve the
Management of Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia’

12. 9. Arranged together with Dr Osama Al-Malik two workshops 8 October
2003 to honor the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques Donation for a
Breast Care Center at KFSH&RC. Trends and Innovations in Breast Cancer.
Workshop 1: Breast Cancer A Scientific Meeting. Workshop 2 under the
patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Aljohara Al Ibrahim: The Susan
Komen Foundation. Breast Public Awareness Program.
10. Grand Round 16 March 2004, Family Health, KFSH&RC, Update on
Breast Cancer a KFSH&RC
11. Breast Awareness Program at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research
Centre June 2001.
12. 1st
Annual Surgical Research Day, October 31, 2002, KFSH & RC.
13. Breast Diseases, Symposium, Jeddah, 22-23 January 2002.
14. The 7th
Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease, 14-17
February 2002, Florida, USA
15. The American Society of Breast Surgeons, Meeting, 24-28 April 2002,
Boston, USA
16. The American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting, 30 April – 4 May
2003, Atlanta, USA
17. The American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting, 31 March - 4 April
2004, Las Vegas, Nevada

13. Udated 2004-08-11