prof. dr. B.L.A.M. (Bas) Weusten
prof. dr. B.L.A.M. (Bas) Weusten
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Research Programs
Biography
Biography
Bas L.A.M. Weusten (1967) is professor at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has as graduated from medical school at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He has written his PhD thesis on gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal perception from 1992 to 1995. After his traineeship in gastroenterology he became a staff member at St Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands in 2002.
In 2011 he became professor of Innovative GI Endoscopy at the University Medical Center in Amsterdam. In 2017 he moved to Utrecht, where he became appointed as professor of GI Endoscopy at the University Medical Center Utrecht. He chaired the Dutch society for gastrointestinal endoscopy for many years.
His main focus in both clinical work and research is on endoscopic management of early neoplasia of the upper GI tract. He leads the endoscopic esophageal research group in the RAKU (Regionaal Acedemisch Kanker Centrum) collaboration. He has been involved in several national and international guidelines, and chaired the ESGE Position Statement on the Endoscopic Management of Barrett’s Esophagus.
Side Activities
2009-2010: Member Dutch Guideline Committee Gastric Cancer
2010-2018: Chair section Digestive Endoscopy NVGE
2012-2020: Member Scientific Advisary board St Antonius Research Fund
2014-2015: Member Dutch Guideline Committee Barrett’s Oeosophagus
2016-2017: Chair ESGE Positition Statement on Barrett’s Oesophagus
2016-2019: Member ESGE (European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) Research Upper-GI Working group
2016-2018: Member ESGE (European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) WG QIC Performance measures upper GI endoscopy
2017-2018: Member ESGE European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) curriculum WG on ESD
2017-2020: Member ESGE (European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) Guideline Committee
2018-2019: Member UEG (United European Gastroenterology) guideline on Achalasia
2018-2020: Chair ESGE (European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) position statement on endoscopic management of GI motility disorders
2019-2021: Member Medical Advisary Board ECM Therapeutics
2019-2022: Member organizing committee ESGE-days 2020-2021
2021: Member of DSMB of SPHINX-study
3 Feb 2022: speekers fee Pentax Medical (lecture on cryoablation therapy for Barrett's related neoplasia)
28 April 2022: speekers fee Pentax Medical (satellite symposium on EGSE days)
31 May 2022: speekers fee Pentax Medical for lecture on training day for sales representatives
2022: Concultancy Pentax Medical
2022: Chair ESGE (European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) guideline (revision) on Barrett's esophagus
2022: Chair ESGE (European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) curriculum working group on esophageal cancer
Reviewer for several international journals
Research Output (231)
Zwager L W, Moons L M G, Farina Sarasqueta A, Laclé M M, Albers S C, Hompes R, Peeters K C M J, Bekkering F C, Boonstra J J, Ter Borg F, Bos P R, Bulte G J, Gielisse E A R, Hazen W L, Ten Hove W R, Houben M H M G, Mundt M W, Nagengast W B, Perk L E, Quispel R, Rietdijk S T, Rando Munoz F J, de Ridder R J J, Schwartz M P, Schreuder R M, Seerden T C J, van der Sluis H, van der Spek B W, Straathof J W A, Terhaar Sive Droste J S, Vlug M S, van de Vrie W, Weusten B L A M, de Wijkerslooth T D, Wolters H J, Fockens P, Dekker E, Bastiaansen B A J, 13 Dec 2022, In: BMC Gastroenterology. 22 , p. 1-12
Nieuwenhuis Esther A., Van Munster Sanne N., Curvers Wouter L., Weusten Bas L.A.M., Alvarez Herrero Lorenza, Bogte Auke, Alkhalaf Alaa, Schenk B. Ed, Koch Arjun D., Spaander Manon C.W., Tang Thjon J., Nagengast Wouter B., Westerhof Jessie, Houben Martin H.M.G., Bergman Jacques J.G.H.M., Schoon Erik J., Pouw Roos E. 1 Oct 2022, In: Endoscopy. 54
Nieuwenhuis Esther A, van Munster Sanne N, Meijer Sybren L, Brosens Lodewijk A A, Jansen Marnix, Weusten Bas L A M, Herrero Lorenza Alvarez, Alkhalaf Alaa, Schenk Ed, Schoon Erik J, Curvers Wouter L, Koch Arjun D, van de Ven Steffi E M, Verheij Eva P D, Nagengast Wouter B, Westerhof Jessie, Houben Martin H M G, Tang Thjon, Bergman Jacques J G H M, Pouw Roos E, 11 Mar 2022, In: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 96 , p. 237-247.e3
Overwater Anouk, Rueb Kuna, Elias Sjoerd G, de Bree Remco, Weusten Bas L A M 25 Feb 2022, In: American Journal of Gastroenterology. 117 , p. 794-797 4 p.
Nieuwenhuis Esther, van Munster Sanne, Curvers Wouter L, Weusten Bas L A M, Alvarez Herrero Lorenza, Bogte Auke, Alkhalaf Alaa, Schenk B E, Koch Arjun Dave, Spaander Manon C W, Tang Thjon J, Nagengast Wouter B, Westerhof Jessie, Houben Martin H M G, Bergman Jacques Jghm, Schoon Erik J, Pouw Roos E 28 Jan 2022, In: Endoscopy. 54 , p. 936-944 9 p.
van Munster Sanne N., Nieuwenhuis Esther, Bisschops Raf, Willekens Hilde, Weusten Bas L.A.M., Herrero Lorenza Alvarez, Bogte Auke, Alkhalaf Alaa, Schenk Ed B.E., Schoon Erik J., Curvers Wouter, Koch Arjun D., de Jonge Pieter Jan F., Tang Tjon J., Nagengast Wouter B., Westerhof Jessie, Houben Martin H.M.G., Bergman Jacques J.G.H.M., Pouw Roos E. 2022, In: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 20 , p. 2495-2504.e5
Knabe Mate, Beyna Torsten, Rösch Thomas, Bergman Jacques, Manner Hendrik, May Andrea, Schachschal Guido, Neuhaus Horst, Kandler Jennis, Weusten Bas, Pech Oliver, Faiss Siegbert, Anders Mario, Vieth Michael, Sehner Susanne, Bisschops Raf, Bhandari Pradeep, Ell Christian, Ehlken Hanno 30 Nov 2021, In: American Journal of Gastroenterology. 117 , p. 110-119 10 p.
Busslinger Georg A, de Barbanson Buys, Oka Rurika, Weusten Bas L A, de Maat Michiel, van Hillegersberg Richard, Brosens Lodewijk A A, van Boxtel Ruben, van Oudenaarden Alexander, Clevers Hans 23 Nov 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118 , p. 1-12
van de Ven Steffi E M, Suzuki Lucia, Gotink Annieke W, Ten Kate Fiebo J C, Nieboer Daan, Weusten Bas L A M, Brosens Lodewijk A A, van Hillegersberg Richard, Alvarez Herrero Lorenza, Seldenrijk Cees A, Alkhalaf Alaa, Moll Freek C P, Curvers Wouter, van Lijnschoten Ineke G, Tang Thjon J, van der Valk Hans, Nagengast Wouter B, Kats-Ugurlu Gursah, Plukker John T M, Houben Martin H M G, van der Laan Jaap S, Pouw Roos E, Bergman Jacques J G H M, Meijer Sybren L, van Berge Henegouwen Mark I, Wijnhoven Bas P L, de Jonge Pieter J F, Doukas Michael, Bruno Marco J, Biermann Katharina, Koch Arjun D 5 Oct 2021, In: United European Gastroenterology Journal. 9 , p. 1066-1073 8 p.
van Munster Sanne, Verheij Eva, Nieuwenhuis Esther, Offerhaus G J A, Meijer Sybren, Brosens Lodewijk A A, Weusten Bas L A M, Alkhalaf Alaa, Schenk B E, Schoon Erik J, Curvers Wouter L, van TIlburg Laurelle, van de Ven Steffi Elisabeth Maria, Tang Thjon J, Nagengast Wouter B, Houben Martin H M G, Seldenrijk C A, Bergman Jacques Jghm, Koch Arjun Dave, Pouw Roos E 30 Sep 2021, In: Endoscopy. 54 , p. 531-541 11 p.