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
2019-2022: Member Medical Advisary Board ECM Therapeutics
2019-2022: Member organizing committee ESGE-days 2020-2021
Reviewer for several international journals
Research Output (146)
Busslinger Georg A, Weusten Bas L A, Bogte Auke, Begthel Harry, Brosens Lodewijk A A, Clevers Hans 9 mrt 2021, In: Cell Reports. 34 , p. 1-23
Weusten Bas 31 jan 2021, In: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 31 , p. 155-175
Post Anouk L, de Groof Albert J, Zhang Xu U, Swager Anne-Fré, Fockens Kiki N, Pouw Roos E, Weusten Bas L A M, Faber Dirk J, de Bruin Daniel M, Bergman Jacques J G H M, van Leeuwen Ton G, Sterenborg Henricus J C M, Curvers Wouter L 31 jan 2021, In: Journal of biophotonics. 14 , p. e202000351
Frederiks Charlotte N., Canto Marcia Irene, Weusten Bas L.A.M. jan 2021, In: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America. 31 , p. 155-170 16 p.
Overwater Anouk, van Munster Sanne N., Offerhaus G. Johan A., Seldenrijk Cees A., Raicu G. Mihaela, Koch Arjun D., Bergman Jacques J.G.H.M., Pouw Roos E., Brosens Lodewijk A.A., Jansen Marnix, Weusten Bas L.A.M. 2021, In: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 94 , p. 832-842.e2
Struyvenberg M. R., de Groof A. J., Kahn A., Weusten B. L.A.M., Fleischer D. E., Ganguly E. K., Konda V. J.A., Lightdale C. J., Pleskow D. K., Sethi A., Smith M. S., Trindade A. J., Wallace M. B., Wolfsen H. C., Tearney G. J., Meijer S. L., Leggett C. L., Bergman J. J.G.H.M., Curvers W. L. 1 dec 2020, In: Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. 33 9 p.
van Munster Sanne, Pouw Roos E, Sharma Virender, Meijer Sybren, Weusten Bas L A M, Bergman Jacques Jghm 20 nov 2020, In: Endoscopy. 53 , p. 1162-1168 7 p.
Frei N F, Konté K, Duits L C, Klaver E, Ten Kate F J, Offerhaus G J, Meijer S L, Visser M, Seldenrijk C A, Schoon E J, Weusten B L A M, Schenk B E, Mallant-Hent R C, Bergman J J, Pouw R E 18 sep 2020, In: Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. 34 9 p.
Pouw Roos E., Klaver Esther, Phoa K. Nadine, van Vilsteren Frederike G., Weusten Bas L., Bisschops Raf, Schoon Erik J., Pech Oliver, Manner Hendrik, Ragunath Krish, Fernández-Sordo Jacobo Ortiz, Fullarton Grant, Di Pietro Massimiliano, Januszewicz Wladyslaw, O'Toole Dermot, Bergman Jacques J. sep 2020, In: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 92 , p. 569-574 6 p.
Gertsen Emma C, Brenkman Hylke J F, Goense Lucas, Mohammad Nadia Haj, Weusten Bas L A, van Hillegersberg Richard, Ruurda Jelle P, 21 aug 2020, In: Surgical Oncology. 35 , p. 126-131 6 p.