Dr. Mattias Larsson is a pediatrician, Medical Director of FMP and associated professor at Karolinska Institutet and honorary professor at Hanoi Medical University with special interest in infectious diseases with over two decades of experience in both Sweden and Vietnam. 

He first arrived in Vietnam in 1997 to conduct research on child infections and antibiotic use and resistance. After completing his medical degree at Uppsala University and successfully defending his PhD in 2003 at Karolinska Institutet, Dr. Mattias divided his time between Sweden, where he worked as a physician in pediatrics and infectious diseases, and Vietnam, where he focused on medical training and research in developing countries.

Dr. Mattias’s academic background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Uppsala University and a Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD) from Karolinska Institutet in International Health. Fluent in English, Swedish, German, Vietnamese, and conversational in Spanish, he brings a global perspective to his practice.

At Family Medical Practice, Dr. Mattias is dedicated to advancing diagnostic care and treatment, striving to implement the best international evidence-based standards in his work with patients.

• Associate Professor in Global Health at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Doctor in Medical Sciences (PhD), Karolinska Institutet, International Health.
• Licensed Physician through The National Board of Health and Welfare, Swedish ministry of Health and Social Affairs.
• University Medical Degree (MD), Uppsala University, Faculty of Medicine, 2003.
• Bachelor degree “Brain activity during conditioned fear - a positron emission topography study”, Uppsala University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology

2018 - present:  Pediatrician, Medical Director, Family Medical Practice, Hanoi
2017:  Physician Emergency care at Karolinska Huddinge University Hospital and Björkhagens family medicine clinic, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 - 2016:  Physician Pediatrics (ST läkare), Gävle Hospital, Sweden
2014 - 2015:  Infection Control Officer, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency  (MSB), Ebola Response, Liberia
2014:  Physician Pediatrics, Martina Pediatric Hospital
2012 - 2014:  Physician Pediatrics (ST läkare), Karolinska University Hospital, Astrid Lindgrens Pediatric Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden including Neonatal Unit, Danderyds Hospital
2011:  Emergency Room Clinician - Gävle Hospital
2010:  Clinical Expert, Clinton Foundation Vietnam, Pediatric HIV
2009 - 2010:  Consultant & Senior Advisor for HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment, USAID Vietnam
2008:  Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Infectious disease unit
2007:  Primary Health Care Svensk Närsjukvård AB
2006:  Primary Health Care Clinic Kronan, Sundbyberg, Stockholm
2006:  Psychiatry, Löwenströmska Sjukhuset, Karolinska University Hospital and St. Görans Hospital, Stockholm .
2005 - 2006:  Karolinska University Hospital, Surgery and Psychiatric emergency room and wards
2004 - 2005:  International SOS clinic, Hanoi, Vietnam 
2003 - 2004:  Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Medicine emergency room and wards.