Lars-Egil Reine Hammersbøen graduated as a Medical Doctor in 2016 from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. After successfully completing his internship at Akershus University Hospital in 2018, he worked as an internal medicine resident before joining the research group in 2020.

Hammersbøen’s research focuses on the development of novel methods to evaluate cardiac function, particularly through non-invasive pressure-volume (PV) analysis based on three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography and myocardial strain analysis using speckle-tracking. He has recently validated and published as first author a novel method for non-invasive PV loop analysis using 3D echocardiography in JASE (Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography), and published a first-author paper on left atrial function in cardiac resynchronization therapy in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, accompanied by an editorial.

In 2024, Hammersbøen was selected to present at the prestigious Charles T. Dotter Memorial Session at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Chicago, where he presented his validation of non-invasive left ventricular efficiency estimation using PV analysis derived from 3D echocardiography and estimated pressure curves. For this work, he received the Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award, established by one of the founders of the AHA to recognize excellence in cardiovascular research worldwide.

In 2023, he was awarded first prize for best abstract at the Annual Norwegian Symposium on Heart Research for the study “Non-invasive pressure-volume analysis by three-dimensional echocardiography: a novel method for left ventricular stroke work and efficiency estimation.” He has also been nominated twice for the Young Investigator Award in Basic Sciences at the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging—first in Barcelona (2022) and again at EuroEcho in Berlin (2024).

In addition to these recognitions, Hammersbøen has presented numerous abstracts at national and international congresses and meetings. He has been invited twice to present at the Annual Meeting on Myocardial Function Imaging in Leuven, Belgium, a specialized forum featuring world-leading experts and emerging research in cardiac mechanics. Most recently, he was invited to give two presentations at the 30th World Congress of Echocardiography and Allied Techniques in Istanbul, Türkiye, where he presented his novel findings on left atrial mechanics in CRT and non-invasive estimation of cardiac efficiency using PV loop methodology, among leading international experts in cardiology.

His broader academic interests lie at the intersection of clinical cardiology, cardiovascular imaging, and physiological modeling, with a long-term vision of integrating non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring into routine care and wearable devices.