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  • Cecilia Mattsson, docent och överläkare, Endokrinsektionen, Medicinkliniken, Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Umeå

Tidigare sakkunniga

  • John Cooper, specialist i allmänmedicin och invärtes medicin, Medicinsk avdelning, Centralsjukhuset i Rogaland, Stavanger
  • Stein Vaaler, överläkare med. dr., Center för Klinisk Epidemiologi, Rikshospitalet, Universitetet i Oslo