Panu Kiviranta

Panu Kiviranta completed his M.D. degree at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, in 2008. He defended his Ph.D. thesis on diagnostics of early cartilage degeneration at the University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, and received his Ph.D. degree in 2009. He has worked as a researcher at the University of Kuopio and Kuopio University Hospital since 2003. He also worked as a resident in Kuopio University Hospital in 2008 and 2009. Currently, he is a doctor in specific training in general medical practice at Kuopio Health Center, Kuopio, Finland. Dr. Kiviranta is a member of the Finnish Medical Association and the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim.