Ola Didrik Saugstad Scientist

Ola Didrik Saugstad (born 5 March 1947) is a Norwegian pediatrician and neonatologist, who is internationally recognized for his research on resuscitation of newborn children. Since 1991, he has been Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oslo and Director of the Department of Pediatric Research at The National Hospital.In 2010, international guidelines for newborn resuscitation were amended, based on the research of Saugstad and his colleagues, to recommend the use of air in place of pure oxygen, a discovery that is estimated to save the lives of 200,000 newborn children each year. According to NRK, Saugstad is "the most internationally recognized and most widely cited Norwegian pediatrician of all times."