Bart van Hoek
Professor Gastroenterology and Hepatology, in particular hepatology
- Name
- Prof.dr. B. van Hoek
- Telephone
- +31 71 526 1852
- b.van_hoek@lumc.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6527-764X
Bart van Hoek, M.D., Ph.D. is Gastroenterologist –Hepatologist and Professor of Hepatology at Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. He is Medical Director of the Liver Transplant program -which he co-founded-and of the Hepatology Unit of the Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Currently he chairs the joint meetings of the three Dutch liver transplant centers and is the representative for the Netherlands in the European Liver and Intestinal Advisory Committee (ELIAC) of Eurotransplant.
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Hepatology
The chair on Gastroenterology and Hepatology, especially Hepatology especially concerns Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation.
Current lines of research are auto-immune liver diseases (auto-immune hepatitis, PSC, PBC and overlap syndromes), alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, liver failure, complications of cirrhosis, fibrogenesis and fibrosis and influence of stem cells, and all aspects of liver transplantation -with an accent on immunosuppression, infections, ischemia-reperfusion injury and bileduct complications. Research includes extrahepatic manifestations of liver disease (NWA).
Academic career
- 1983 – 1988 Specialization in Internal Medicine, UMC Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- 1988-1989 Internist, Dept. of Hepatology, UMC Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- 1989 PhD-Thesis University of Groningen on ‘Clinical, immunological and pathological monitoring of auto-immune chronic active hepatitis’
- 1989-1991 Fellowships in Surgery Research and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, U.S.A.
- 1991-1992 Internist/Hepatologist, training as Gastroenterologist, Maastricht UMC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
- 1993-now Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist and Internist, Medical Director of Liver Transplantation and Hepatology, Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- 2009 - now Professor of Hepatology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- 2010 April 26 oration: ‘Within and around the liver’
Professor Gastroenterology and Hepatology, in particular hepatology
- Faculteit Geneeskunde
- Divisie 2
- Maag-, Darm- en Leverziekten
Professor emeritus Gastroenterology and Hepatology, in particular hepatology
- Faculteit Geneeskunde
- Divisie 2
- Maag-, Darm- en Leverziekten
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