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prof. dr. G.J. (Gert Jan) de Borst

prof. dr. G.J. (Gert Jan) de Borst

Full Professor
prof. dr. G.J. (Gert Jan) de Borst
  • Department of Vascular Surgery

Biography

Biography

Gert Jan de Borst was born in Utrecht , the Netherlands on December 14th, 1970. Following medical school at the University of Utrecht he obtained his medical degree at the University of Utrecht in 1996 and graduated in September 1999. Subsequently he became a research fellow at the Department of Vascular Surgery of the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht where he participated in a substudy of the Dutch Bypass Oral anticoagulant or aspirin study (BOA trial). In the same period he performed animal experiments on endovascular venous valve transplantation.

In 2001 he started his residency in general surgery at the department of Surgery (Prof dr IHM Borel Rinkes). Between January 2007 and December 2009 he did a fellowship in Vascular Surgery  (Prof dr FL Moll). Within this timeframe he finished his PhD on carotid artery revascularization in August 2007.

Since april 2009 he works as a vascular surgeon at the department of Vascular Surgery of the UMC Utrecht. He is actively involved in the training of surgical residents (co-supervisor) and training of vascular fellows (supervisor). His area of main clinical and research interest is cerebrovascular pathology. As a result, most of his research activities focus on carotid artery revascularization. In February 2015 he had 161 Pubmed registered publications, and in may 2015 he will be co-promotor for the eighth PhD student defending her thesis. 

Besides, he is the director of the vascular animal experimental laboratory in Utrecht. He is associate editor of the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and editor of the Journal of Endovascular Therapy and Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. Furthermore, he is regular reviewer for the most relevant journals in his field of expertise (JAMA, Stroke, Journal of Neurology, Journal of Vascular Surgery, etc). Since 2012 he is secretary of the Dutch Association of Vascular Surgeons.

He is married with three kids and lives in Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

Side Activities

2014 - present                         Editorial board Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
2012 - present                         Associate editor European Journal Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
2011 - present                         Editorial Board International Journal of Angiology
2009 - present                         Editorial Board Journal of Endovascular Therapy
2009 - 2013                            Editorial Board Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Heelkunde
2008                                       Director of Cerebrovascular Surgical Programme UMC Utrecht
2008                                       Director of Animal Vascular Research programme

Fellowship and Awards

NVVG-MSD prijs 2013

FP 7 Health Grant

Research Output (473)

A research agenda for selective screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Poorthuis Michiel H F, Kappelle L Jaap, de Borst Gert J 1 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Cardiology. 370 , p. 421-422 2 p.

Current treatment strategies for primary upper extremity deep venous thrombosis; a retrospective observational multicenter case series

de Kleijn R J C M F, Schropp L, Westerink J, Nijkeuter M, van Laanen J, Teijink J, Ünlu C, Vos A W F, van Hattum E S, Petri B J, de Borst G J 22 Dec 2022, In: Frontiers in surgery. 9

Carotid tortuosity is associated with extracranial carotid artery aneurysms

van Laarhoven Constance J.H.C.M., Willemsen Saskia I., Klaassen Jurre, de Vries Evelien E., van der Vliet Quirine M.J., Hazenberg Constantijn E.V.B., Bots Michiel L., de Borst Gert J. Nov 2022, In: Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 12 , p. 5018-5029 12 p.

Leisure-time and occupational physical activity and health outcomes in cardiovascular disease

Bonekamp Nadia E, Visseren Frank L J, Ruigrok Ynte, Cramer Maarten J M, de Borst Gert Jan, May Anne M, Koopal Charlotte, 21 Oct 2022, In: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 109 , p. 686-694 9 p.

A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

Yengo Loïc, Vedantam Sailaja, Marouli Eirini, Sidorenko Julia, Bartell Eric, Sakaue Saori, Graff Marielisa, Eliasen Anders U, Jiang Yunxuan, Raghavan Sridharan, Miao Jenkai, Arias Joshua D, Graham Sarah E, Mukamel Ronen E, Spracklen Cassandra N, Yin Xianyong, Chen Shyh-Huei, Ferreira Teresa, Highland Heather H, Ji Yingjie, Karaderi Tugce, Lin Kuang, Lüll Kreete, Malden Deborah E, Medina-Gomez Carolina, Machado Moara, Moore Amy, Rüeger Sina, Sim Xueling, Vrieze Scott, Ahluwalia Tarunveer S, Akiyama Masato, Allison Matthew A, Alvarez Marcus, Andersen Mette K, Ani Alireza, Appadurai Vivek, Arbeeva Liubov, Bhaskar Seema, Bielak Lawrence F, Bollepalli Sailalitha, Bonnycastle Lori L, Bork-Jensen Jette, van der Laan Sander W, van Setten Jessica, Asselbergs Folkert W, de Borst Gert J, de Kleijn Dominique P V, Kraaijeveld Adriaan, van der Harst Pim, Oct 2022, In: Nature. 610 , p. 704-712 9 p.

Post-thrombotic syndrome after upper extremity deep vein thrombosis:An international Delphi consensus study

de Kleijn Robert J C M F, Schropp Ludo, van Hattum Eline S, Ünlu Çagdas, Middeldorp Saskia, Nijkeuter Mathilde, Westerink Jan, Petri Bart-Jeroen, de Borst Gert J 20 Aug 2022, In: Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH. 20 , p. 1880-1886 7 p.

A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids

Ramdas Shweta, Judd Jonathan, Graham Sarah E, Kanoni Stavroula, Wang Yuxuan, Surakka Ida, Wenz Brandon, Clarke Shoa L, Chesi Alessandra, Wells Andrew, Bhatti Konain Fatima, Vedantam Sailaja, Winkler Thomas W, Locke Adam E, Marouli Eirini, Zajac Greg J M, Wu Kuan-Han H, Ntalla Ioanna, Hui Qin, Klarin Derek, Hilliard Austin T, Wang Zeyuan, Xue Chao, Thorleifsson Gudmar, Helgadottir Anna, Gudbjartsson Daniel F, Holm Hilma, Olafsson Isleifur, Hwang Mi Yeong, Han Sohee, Akiyama Masato, Sakaue Saori, Terao Chikashi, Kanai Masahiro, Zhou Wei, Brumpton Ben M, Rasheed Humaira, Havulinna Aki S, Hemerich Daiane, van der Laan Sander W, van Setten Jessica, de Kleijn Dominique, de Borst Gert J, Asselbergs Folkert W, Kraaijeveld Adriaan O, Beulens Joline W J, Pasterkamp Gerard, Hoefer Imo E, van der Harst Pim, Holmes Michael V, 4 Aug 2022, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 109 , p. 1366-1387 22 p.

Antitrombotica ter preventie van cardiovasculaire complicaties:De voor- en nadelen van ‘dual pathway inhibition’

Nugteren Michael J., de Borst Gert J., van den Broek Wout W.A., Ten Berg Jur M., Kappelle L. Jaap, Ünlü Çağdaş 22 Jun 2022, In: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 166 , p. 1-8

Treatment of arterial calcification in patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia with etidronate:protocol of an investigator-initiated multicenter, double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial

Hoogervorst R, van Overhagen H, de Jong P A, Spiering W, de Borst G J, Veger H T C, Mairuhu A T A, Mali W P T M 6 Jun 2022, In: CVIR endovascular. 5 , p. 1-4

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