Motivation letter Oslo, May 27th, 2021 Dear ESGO colleagues, I am writing to express my great interest in running for ESGO council. As an active member of the society for many years, I have enjoyed taking part in various meetings and educational activities both in-person and online, benefiting from the hard work and dedication of the ESGO leadership. To be a part of this leadership team would be very rewarding and a great honor. I currently have the privilege of holding the position of social media editor for the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. In this role I have worked closely with editor in chief, Pedro Ramirez, and learned a great deal from him regarding academic leadership. I have initiated a virtual journal club, mentored editorial fellows and been able to grow the journals social media followers on Twitter from ca 100 to more than 3000 in two years. Through this experience I have also very much enjoyed collaborating with the ESGO office, and my fellow associate editors from ESGO. As a gynecologic oncologist at the Norwegian Radiumhospital my main focus is surgical treatment of gynecologic malignancies, both robotic surgery and radical cytoreductive procedures. Since my return from fellowship at MSKCC in 2015 I have taken on the lead of our Endometrial cancer and gyn sarcoma team, have been responsible for organizing the annual Tropé meeting on updates and controversies in gynecologic oncology with professor emeritus Claes Tropé, and more recently initiated a course in ovarian cancer surgery, this year in conjunction with ESGO. Thank you for the opportunity to apply for ESGO council. Sincerely, Ane Gerda Z Eriksson 1 May 2021 CURRICULUM VITAE ANE GERDA ZAHL ERIKSSON MD, PhD [email protected] +47 48 23 06 60 CURRENT EMPLOYMENT 2015-ongoing Senior Consultant Department of Gynecologic Cancer, Division of Cancer Medicine Oslo University Hospital (OUH), Oslo, Norway POST GRADUATE TRAINING 2013-2015 Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery New York, NY 2010-2013 Resident, OUH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Ullevål and The Norwegian Radium Hospital Oslo, Norway 2004-2010 Resident, Ringerike Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Surgery Hønefoss, Norway 2003-2004 Intern, Ringerike Medical Center Family Medicine Hønefoss, Norway 2002-2003 Intern, Ringerike Hospital Department of General Surgery and Department of Internal Medicine Hønefoss, Norway EDUCATION 2018 PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 2016-2017 Global Clinical Scholars Research Training (GCSRT) Program Harvard Medical School 1996-2002 M.D., Medical University of Warsaw, English Division, Warsaw, Poland LICENSURE 2013 Certified Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2004 Norwegian Medical License CERTIFICATION 2012 ECFMG Certificate 2011 Good Clinical Practice (continuously updated) PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2020-ongoing Chair, Surgery Group, Nordic Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2019 Work group, ESGO Quality Indicators in Cervical Cancer Surgery 2018-ongoing Ad Hoc member of Clinical Trials Unit, Nordic Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2018-ongoing Social media editor, International Journal of Gynecological Cancer 2018-ongoing Editorial board, International Journal of Gynecological Cancer 2018-2021 Vice-chair, Educational committee, International Gynecologic Cancer Society 2017-ongoing Vice-chair, Norwegian Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2016-2019 International committee, Society of Gynecologic Oncology INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 2017-ongoing Chair, Endometrial cancer and Gynecologic sarcoma group, Dept of Gyn Onc, OUH 2017-2019 Research council, Dept of Gyn Onc, OUH 2 May 2021 FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS Main supervisor for PhD candidate (2020-2024) SENSOR study, SLN in intermediate and high-risk Endometrial Cancer OUH. Sister Institution Network Fund (SINF) grant for collaborative project on Endometrial Cancer w MDAnderson Cancer Center 2019-2021. CLINICAL TRIAL SUB-INVESTIGATOR Desktop, MILO, Imagyn, Fandango, Prima, Shape, Oreo, Opinion, Avelumab, Millenium, SENTICOL III ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2019 Advanced Course in Cytoreductive Surgery for Ovarian Cancer, Course Director, Norway 2019 Trope meeting, Course Director Updates and Controversies in Gynecologic Oncology, Norway 2018 Trope meeting, Course Director Updates and Controversies in Gynecologic Oncology, Norway 2018 Shingo Fuji Yong Doctors Summit, Course Director International Gynecologic Cancer Society, Japan 2017 Trope-Kolstad meeting, Course Director Updates and Controversies in Gynecologic Oncology, Norway 2016 Shingo Fuji Yong Doctors Summit, Course Director International Gynecologic Cancer Society, Portugal 2016 Trope-Kolstad meeting, Course Director Updates and Controversies in Gynecologic Oncology, Norway 3 May 2021 .