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  • Lars Backlund, med dr och distriktsläkare, Centrum för Allmänmedicin, Karolinska institutet

Tidigare sakkunniga

  • Terje Johannessen, professor i allmänmedicin, Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim
  • Kurt Østhuus Krogh, specialist i barnsjukdomar, Barne- og ungdomsklinikken, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim (rev. 2011)