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=== HIV/AIDS impact on Brostrøm ===
Brostrom spoke in an interview in 2020 about how the HIV and AIDS global epidemic affected his youth: "HIV and AIDS is the disease I myself grew up with. Both as a young gay man and as a young medical student." Brostrøm described how the disease came as a shock and put a damper on the free and uninhibited sexuality that had taken hold in the gay community throughout the 1960s and 70s. Brostrøm said, "In 1992 I was in the US as part of (medical) school, and from that period I remember it very clearly. There was a lot of debate and the disease was shrouded in taboo. There were religious and conservative groups who called HIV and AIDS God's punishment on homosexuals. At that time I saw young beautiful men lying dead. People like myself."

== Memberships, chairmanships and organizational work ==
Brostrøm has been chairman and board member of a number of organizations. List:

=== Danish ===
Member of the Board of the Danish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
2001–2003: President of the Danish Association of Young Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (FYGO).
2008–2011: President of the Danish FIGO-foundation.
2018–2022: Member of the Board of the Danish Health Fund.

==== Governmental ====
2014–present: Chair of the National Task force on Cancer and Heart Disease.
2014–present: Chair of the National Task force on Mental health.
2015–present: Advisory role to Cabinet and Parliament.
2015–present: Executive officer in the Ministry of Health.

=== International ===
2001–2002: Member of the Executive Committee of the European Network of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ENTOG)
2003–2005: President of the European Network of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ENTOG).
2003–2006: board member of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG).
2008–2011: Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Urogynaecology Association (IUGA).
2008–2011: President of the Nordic Urogynaecology Association (NUGA).
2010–2012: Secretary general of the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA).
2012–2015: Member of the Health Security Committee (HSC) of the European Union

==== World Health Organization ====
2017–2018: Member of the Standing Committee of the European Regional Committee (SCRC) of the WHO.
2018: Vice-chair of the WHO World Health Assembly Committee A
2018–2019: Vice-chair of the Standing Committee of the European Regional Committee (SCRC) of the WHO.
2019–2020: Chair of the Standing Committee of the European Regional Committee (SCRC) of the WHO.
2019–2020: Deputy Executive president of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe.
2021–2024: Member of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.

== Awards and honours ==

=== National ===
 Denmark:
 Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (2018)

== Selected works and publications ==

=== Journals ===
Brostrøm, Søren (2003). "Motor Evoked Potentials from the Pelvic Floor". Neurourology and Urodynamics. 22 (7): 620–637. doi:10.1002/nau.10151. PMID 14595605. S2CID 9427779.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren; Jennum, Poul; Lose, Gunnar (2003). "Motor evoked potentials from the striated urethral sphincter: A comparison of concentric needle and surface electrodes". Neurourology and Urodynamics. 22 (2): 123–129. doi:10.1002/nau.10030. ISSN 0733-2467. PMID 12579629. S2CID 19880017.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren; Jennum, Poul; Lose, Gunnar (2003). "Motor evoked potentials from the striated urethral sphincter and puborectal muscle: Normative values". Neurourology and Urodynamics. 22 (4): 306–313. doi:10.1002/nau.10077. ISSN 1520-6777. PMID 12808705. S2CID 2471980.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren; Jennum, Poul; Lose, Gunnar (2003). "Motor evoked potentials from the striated urethral sphincter and puborectal muscle: reproducibility of latencies". Clinical Neurophysiology. 114 (10): 1891–1895. doi:10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00199-8. ISSN 1388-2457. PMID 14499750. S2CID 24909746.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren; Frederiksen, J. L.; Jennum, P.; Lose, G. (2003). "Motor evoked potentials from the pelvic floor in patients with multiple sclerosis". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 74 (4): 498–500. doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.4.498. ISSN 0022-3050. PMC 1738390. PMID 12640072.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren (2005). "European trainees cooperate to harmonise and improve the quality of training in OB/GYN". European Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 1 (1): 57–58. doi:10.1007/s11296-004-0001-2. ISSN 1613-3412. S2CID 68229375.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren; Lose, Gunnar (2008). "Pelvic floor muscle training in the prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence in women – what is the evidence?". Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 87 (4): 384–402. doi:10.1080/00016340801938806. ISSN 1600-0412. PMID 18382863.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren (2008–2010). "Which nonsurgical options are effective for the treatment of female urinary incontinence?". Nature Clinical Practice Urology. 5 (10): 532–533. doi:10.1038/ncpuro1197. ISSN 1743-4289. PMID 18728631. S2CID 42368096.  Wikidata ()
Brostrøm, Søren (2019). "Improving care for patients with functional disorders in Denmark". Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 116: 22–24. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.11.003. ISSN 0022-3999. PMID 30654989. S2CID 58551967.  Wikidata ()
Guldberg, Rikke; Brostrøm, Søren; Hansen, Jesper Kjær; Kærlev, Linda; Gradel, Kim Oren; Nørgård, Bente Mertz; Kesmodel, Ulrik Schiøler (2013). "The Danish Urogynaecological Database: establishment, completeness and validity". International Urogynecology Journal. 24 (6): 983–990. doi:10.1007/s00192-012-1968-8. ISSN 1433-3023. PMID 23073539. S2CID 434294.  Wikidata ()
Guldberg, Rikke; Kesmodel, Ulrik Schiøler; Brostrøm, Søren; Kærlev, Linda; Hansen, Jesper Kjær; Hallas, Jesper; Nørgård, Bente Mertz (2014). "Use of antibiotics for urinary tract infection in women undergoing surgery for urinary incontinence: a cohort study". BMJ Open. 4 (2) e004051. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004051. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 3918979. PMID 24496697.  Wikidata ()
Due, Ulla; Brostrøm, Søren; Lose, Gunnar (1 April 2016). "Lifestyle advice with or without pelvic floor muscle training for pelvic organ prolapse: a randomized controlled trial". International Urogynecology Journal. 27 (4): 555–563. doi:10.1007/s00192-015-2852-0. ISSN 1433-3023. PMID 26439114. S2CID 20986824.  Wikidata ()
Due, Ulla; Brostrøm, Søren; Lose, Gunnar (2016). "The 12-month effects of structured lifestyle advice and pelvic floor muscle training for pelvic organ prolapse". Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 95 (7): 811–819. doi:10.1111/aogs.12884. ISSN 1600-0412. PMID 26910261.  Wikidata ()

=== Books ===
Subjektivt & objektivt: anamnese, undersøgelse og journal [Subjective & objective: anamnesis, examination and journal]. Søren Brostrøm, Niels, f. Saxtrup, Lotte Clevin (3 ed.). Copengagen: Munksgaard Danmark. 2011. ISBN 978-87-628-1012-9. OCLC 769811356.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: others (link)

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