Karl-Erik Andersson, MD, PhD, is Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Urology at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He also holds appointments in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Molecular Medicine, at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has Swedish Specialist Degrees in Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, and a PhD in Pharmacology, from the University of Lund, Sweden. From 1978 to 2006 he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Lund, and from 1993 to 2000 he was Vice Dean of the Medical Faculty at the University of Lund. Dr Andersson has received several awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology. Dr Andersson is a member of many international societies including the American Urological Association, the European Association of Urology and the International Society for Sexual Medicine. He has served on both national and international committees related to his expertise in basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology and has also served on NIH study sections in the NIDDK. He has chaired working groups for the International Consultation of Urogenital Diseases, supported by the World Health Organization. He also serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Urology, European Urology, and Neurourology and Urodynamics, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Urotoday International Journal. Dr Andersson has authored more than 800 articles in peer-reviewed international journals. His current research interests include clinical and basic physiology and pharmacology of the urogenital tract and regenerative medicine.