Peter Jeppesen

Employment

1. From Jan 2025Ophthalmologist, Aarhus Eye Clinic
2. 2022–2024Locum ophthalmologist, Aarhus Eye Clinic
3. 2016–2024Ophthalmologist, Vendsyssel Øjenklinik
4. 2015–Expert adviser in ophthalmology, Danish Patient Safety Authority
5. 2010–2015Consultant, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus Hospital
6. 2007–2010Senior registrar, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus Hospital
7. 2007Registrar, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus Hospital
8. 2006Registrar, Department of Ophthalmology, Holstebro Central Hospital
9. 2005Registrar, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus Hospital
10. 2004–2019Consultant ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic, Brædstrup Hospital
11. 2003Junior doctor in ophthalmology (training post)
12. 2003–Senior researcher, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus Kommunehospital
13. 2002Introductory post, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus Kommunehospital
14. 1999–2001Research fellow and PhD student, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus Kommunehospital
15. 1998Junior doctor in general practice, Mårslet Lægehus
16. 1998House officer, Department of Internal Medicine, Silkeborg Central Hospital
17. 1997House officer, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Silkeborg Central Hospital
18. 1997Junior doctor, Department of Surgery, Horsens Hospital

Education and courses

1. 2022Course for training supervisors, PLO, North Denmark Region
2. 2012–2018Master of Public Governance (MPG), Copenhagen Business School
3. 2013–2015EULDP, European Leadership Development Programme
4. 2014Two-week Clinical Observership, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, USA
5. 2011Course for consultants responsible for training, Postgraduate Training Region North
6. 2011“Doctor and Leader” leadership course, Danish Medical Association
7. 2011Verisyse course in iris-claw lenses, Uppsala, Sweden
8. 2008Vitreoretinal course, Birmingham, England
9. 2007Vitreoretinal Update Meeting, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, USA
10. 2007Specialist in ophthalmology
11. 2007Phaco 2 course, Uppsala, Sweden
12. 2004Course for supervisors, Aarhus County
13. 2003Two-week Clinical Observership, Retina Section, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, USA
14. 2002PhD in health sciences, Aarhus University
15. 1997MD (cand.med.), Aarhus University
16. 1991–1997Medical studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University
17. 1989–1991Medical studies, Faculty of Medicine, Odense University
18. 1988–1989National service with the Queen’s Life Regiment. Regional spokesperson and member of the executive committee for conscripts
19. 1987Upper secondary school leaving examination, Aarhus Katedralskole

Organisational work and appointments

1. 2026–Member of the national board, Øjenforeningen (Danish Association of the Visually Impaired)
2. 2021–Chairman, Danish Ophthalmologists’ Organisation
3. 2020–2023Chairman of the expert committee, Værn om Synet
4. 2017–2021Vice-chairman, Danish Ophthalmologists’ Organisation
5. 2015–2017Board member, Danish Ophthalmologists’ Organisation
6. 2012–2014President, Scandinavian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
7. 2011–2012Board member, Scandinavian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
8. 2011–2015Member of the local board of Værn om Synet
9. 2011–2015Head of operations, anterior segment section, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital
10. 2011Committee work on quality assurance for the Danish Health Authority
11. 2009–2014Consultant responsible for medical training, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital
12. 2009–2010Member of the expert panel of Øjenfonden (the Danish Eye Foundation)
13. 2007–2009Assistant rota planner, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital
14. 2006–2015Associate Editor, Acta Ophthalmologica
15. 2005Organiser of Journal Club, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital
16. 2000Chairman of the PhD Association at Aarhus University
17. 1999Board member, PhD Association at Aarhus University

Teaching

1. 2011Lecturer in continuing education for pharmacy technicians
2. 2009–2015Clinical associate professor of ophthalmology, Aarhus University
3. 2008–2011Lecturer on a postgraduate course for trauma nurses
4. 2008–2010Advice column editor, Sund Nu magazine
5. 2008Speaker at meetings organised by the Danish Optometrists’ Association
6. 2007Lecturer on the A-course in general practice, ophthalmology
7. 2006–2008Lecturer on the A-course in ophthalmology, physiology and pharmacology
8. 2000–2005Instructor at the clinical skills laboratory, Aarhus University
9. 1996Lecturer in medical secretary training, Sønderborg Business College
10. 1995–2000Lecturer in medical secretary training, Aarhus Business College

Research and supervision

1. 2011–2012Supervisor for medical student Jens Jacob Nørby, research methodology project
2. 2011–2012Supervisor for medical student Morten Høgild Pedersen, research methodology project
3. 2008–2009Supervisor for research-year student Peter Skov Jensen
4. 2004–2005Supervisor for research-year student Javad Sanye-Hajari
5. 2003–2004Supervisor for research-year student Christian Frederiksen
6. 2002–2003Supervisor for research-year student Pernille Axel Gregersen
7. 2002PhD defence: “Physiological Functions and Pharmacological Characteristics of Porcine Retinal Arterioles”
8. 1999–2002PhD student, Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital
9. 1995Diploma thesis defence: “Effects of selected peptides, eicosanoids and serotonin on isolated porcine coronary arteries, and the pharmacodynamic effects of amlodipine on isolated guinea-pig hearts”
10. 1994–1995Diploma student, Department of Pharmacology, Aarhus University

Publications

1. Jeppesen P. Physiological functions and pharmacological characteristics of porcine retinal arterioles. PhD thesis, Aarhus University, 2002.
2. Jeppesen P, Bruun J, Nielsen-Kudsk F. Amlodipine dynamic effects and myocardial pharmacokinetics in the isolated and perfused guinea-pig heart. Pharmacol Toxicol. 1998;82(5):250–256.
3. Jeppesen P, Aalkjær C, Bek T. Bradykinin relaxation in small porcine retinal arterioles. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002;43(6):1891–6.
4. Jeppesen P, Aalkjær C, Bek T. Adenosine relaxation in small retinal arterioles requires functional Na-K pumps and K_ATP channels. Curr Eye Res. 2002;25(1):23–28.
5. Hessellund A, Jeppesen P, Aalkjær C, Bek T. Characterization of vasomotion in porcine retinal arterioles. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2003;81(3):278–282.
6. Jeppesen P, Aalkjær C, Bek T. Myogenic response in isolated porcine retinal arterioles. Curr Eye Res. 2003;27(4):217–222.
7. Jeppesen P, Hessellund A. Lægers videnskabelige produktion i årene efter erhvervelse af ph.d.-graden [Doctors’ scientific output in the years after obtaining a PhD]. Ugeskr Læger. 2004;(6).
8. Jeppesen P, Bek T. The occurrence and causes of registered blindness in diabetes patients in Aarhus County, Denmark. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2004;82(5):526–30.
9. Jeppesen P, Gregersen P, Bek T. The age-dependent decrease in the myogenic response of retinal arterioles as studied with the Retinal Vessel Analyzer. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2004;242(11):914–9.
10. Frederiksen CA, Jeppesen P, Knudsen ST, Poulsen PL, Mogensen CE, Bek T. The blood pressure-induced diameter response of retinal arterioles decreases with increasing diabetic maculopathy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006;244(10):1255–61.
11. Jeppesen P, Bek T. Impaired retinal autoregulation in small retinal arterioles before and after focal laser treatment for diabetic maculopathy. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006;90(2):198–201.
12. Jeppesen P, Sanye-Hajari J, Bek T. Increased blood pressure induces a diameter response of retinal arterioles that increases with decreasing arteriolar diameter. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007;48(1):328–31.
13. Jeppesen P, Knudsen ST, Poulsen PL, Mogensen CE, Schmitz O, Bek T. Response of retinal arteriole diameter to increased blood pressure during acute hyperglycaemia. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2007;85(3):280–6.
14. Knudsen ST, Jeppesen P, Poulsen PL, Andersen NH, Bek T, Schmitz O, Mogensen CE, Rasmussen LM. Plasma concentrations of osteoprotegerin during normo- and hyperglycaemic clamping. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2007;67(2):135–42.
15. Bek T, Hajari J, Jeppesen P. Interaction between flicker-induced vasodilatation and pressure autoregulation in early retinopathy of type 2 diabetes. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2008;246(5):763–9.
16. Knudsen ST, Jeppesen P, Frederiksen CA, Andersen NH, Bek T, Ingerslev J, Mogensen CE, Poulsen PL. Endothelial dysfunction, ambulatory pulse pressure and albuminuria are associated in Type 2 diabetic subjects. Diabet Med. 2007;24(8):911–5.
17. Garhofer G, Bek T, Boehm AG, Gherghel D, Grunwald J, Jeppesen P, Kergoat H, Kotliar K, Lanzl I, Lovasik JV, Nagel E, Vilser W, Orgul S, Schmetterer L. Use of the retinal vessel analyzer in ocular blood flow research. Acta Ophthalmol. 2010;88(7):717–22.
18. Mehlsen J, Jeppesen P, Erlandsen M, Poulsen PL, Bek T. Lack of effect of short-term treatment with Amlodipine and Lisinopril on retinal autoregulation in normotensive patients with type 1 diabetes and mild diabetic retinopathy. Acta Ophthalmol. 2011.
19. Skov Jensen P, Jeppesen P, Bek T. Differential diameter responses in macular and peripheral retinal arterioles may contribute to the regional distribution of diabetic retinopathy lesions. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2011;249(3):407–12.
20. Olsen T, Jeppesen P. The incidence of retinal detachment after cataract surgery. Open Ophthalmol J. 2012;6:79–82.
21. Pedersen L, Jeppesen P, Knudsen ST, Poulsen PL, Bek T. Improvement of mild retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients correlates with narrowing of retinal arterioles. A prospective observational study. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2014;252(10):1561–7.
22. Jeppesen P, Knudsen ST, Poulsen PL, Hessellund A, Schmitz O, Bek T. Acute hyperinsulinemia increases the contraction of retinal arterioles induced by elevated blood pressure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013;305(11):H1600–4.
23. Olsen T, Jeppesen P. Re: Bjerrum et al.: Risk of pseudophakic retinal detachment in 202 226 patients using the fellow nonoperated eye as reference (Ophthalmology 2013;120:2573–9). Ophthalmology. 2014.
24. Bek T, Jeppesen P, Kanters JK. Spontaneous high frequency diameter oscillations of larger retinal arterioles are reduced in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013;54(1):636–40.
25. Laursen JV, Jeppesen P, Olsen T. Precision of 5 different keratometry devices. Int Ophthalmol. 2016;36(1):17–20.
26. Pedersen MH, Olsen T, Jeppesen P. [Toric intraocular lenses correct astigmatism in connection with surgery for cataract]. Ugeskr Læger. 2016;178(17).
27. Olsen T, Jeppesen P. Ray-tracing analysis of the corneal power from Scheimpflug data. J Refract Surg. 2018;34(1):45–50.
28. Dalby RB, Eskildsen SF, Videbech P, Frandsen J, Mouridsen K, Sørensen L, Jeppesen P, Bek T, Rosenberg R, Østergaard L. Oxygenation differs among white matter hyperintensities, intersected fiber tracts and unaffected white matter. Brain Commun. 2019;1(1).

Other publications

• Steering committee for DiaBase (Andersen N, Ivarsen AR, Jeppesen P, Andresen J, Hajari JN, Laugesen CS, Skov J, Bek T et al.). Dansk Kvalitetsdatabase for diabetisk retinopati: Succes med screeningsintervaller [Danish quality database for diabetic retinopathy: success with screening intervals]. Ugeskr Læger. 2025 (Quality improvement).