title: Eero Saksela
text: # Eero Saksela
  
  Eero Juhani Saksela (born 6 January 1937) is a Finnish professor of medicine.
  
  He was born in Helsinki. He became a physician and took his medical doctorate in 1962. Having been chief physician at the Helsinki University Central Hospital, he was a professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Helsinki from 1981 to 2001.
  
  Saksela was awarded the Matti Äyräpää Prize in 1983. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
  
  He is the father of Kalle Saksela.
  
  