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prof. dr. B.L.A.M. (Bas) Weusten

prof. dr. B.L.A.M. (Bas) Weusten

Full Professor
prof. dr. B.L.A.M. (Bas) Weusten
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Research Programs

Strategic Program Cancer

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 (238)

ASO Visual Abstract:Safety and Feasibility of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE) with Three-Field Lymphadenectomy and Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Resectable Esophageal Cancer and Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis

van der Horst S., Weijs T. J., Braunius W. W., Mook S., Mohammed N. Haj, Brosens L., van Rossum P. S.N., Weusten B. L.A.M., Ruurda J. P., van Hillegersberg R. 1 May 2023, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 30 , p. 2755-2756 2 p.

Long-term oncological outcomes of endoscopic full-thickness resection after previous incomplete resection of low-risk T1 CRC (LOCAL-study):study protocol of a national prospective cohort study

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

Erratum:Impact of expert center endoscopic assessment of confirmed low grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus diagnosed in community hospitals (Endoscopy DOI: 10.1055/a-1754-7309)

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

Comparison of focal cryoballoon ablation with 10- and 8-second doses for treatment of Barrett's esophagus–related neoplasia:results from a prospective European multicenter study (with video)

Frederiks Charlotte N, Overwater Anouk, Herrero Lorenza Alvarez, Alkhalaf Alaa, Schenk Boudewijn E, Repici Alessandro, Bergman Jacques J G H M, Pouw Roos E, Bisschops Raf, Haidry Rehan J, Beyna Torsten, Neuhaus Horst, Weusten Bas L A M 17 Jun 2022, In: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 96 , p. 743-751.e4

Preoperative biliary drainage in severely jaundiced patients with pancreatic head cancer:A retrospective cohort study

van Gils Luuk, Verbeek Romy, Wellerdieck Nienke, Bollen Thomas, van Leeuwen Maarten, Schwartz Matthijs, Vleggaar Frank, Molenaar I Q Quintus, van Santvoort Hjalmar, van Hooft Janine, Verdonk Robert, Weusten Bas, 13 Jun 2022, In: International Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association.. 24 , p. 1888-1897 10 p.

Endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial gastrointestinal lesions:European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline - Update 2022

Pimentel-Nunes Pedro, Libânio Diogo, Bastiaansen Barbara A J, Bhandari Pradeep, Bisschops Raf, Bourke Michael J, Esposito Gianluca, Lemmers Arnaud, Maselli Roberta, Messmann Helmut, Pech Oliver, Pioche Mathieu, Vieth Michael, Weusten Bas L A M, van Hooft Jeanin E, Deprez Pierre H, Dinis-Ribeiro Mario Jun 2022, In: Endoscopy. 54 , p. 591-622 32 p.

Analysis of metastases rates during follow-up after endoscopic resection of early "high-risk" esophageal adenocarcinoma

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

Goals of endoscopic eradication therapy in Barrett’s esophagus:a narrative review

Frederiks Charlotte N., van Munster Sanne N., Weusten Bas L.A.M. Mar 2022, In: Annals of Esophagus. 5

Esophageal second primary tumors in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma:incidence, risk factors and overall survival

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.

Impact of expert center endoscopic assessment of confirmed low grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus diagnosed in community hospitals

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.

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