{{short description|Swedish surfactant scientist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} '''Tore Curstedt''' (born 1946 in Piteå) is a Swedish physician. Curstedt is primarily known for the development of the synthetic lung surfactant known as Curosurf along with Bengt Robertson.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Speer |first1=Christian P. |last2=Halliday |first2=Henry L. |title=Tore Curstedt - The Basic Science Creator of Porcine Surfactant |journal=Neonatology |date=2014 |volume=106 |issue=3 |pages=242–244 |doi=10.1159/000365128|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="news">{{cite news |last1=Heijbel |first1=Matts |last2=Betteridge |first2=Neil |title=Tore Curstedt's Curosurf helped millions of preterm babies |url=https://news.ki.se/tore-curstedts-curosurf-helped-millions-of-preterm-babies |access-date=27 December 2023 |agency=News from Karolinska Institutet |publisher=Karolinska Institutet |date=9 June 2016}}</ref>
==Life== Curstedt is married to Sol-Britt Curstedt, who is also a physician. The couple have two adult children and five grandchildren.<ref name="news"/>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Pioneers of surfactant research}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curstedt, Tore}} Category:1946 births Category:Karolinska Institute alumni Category:Living people {{Sweden-med-bio-stub}}