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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

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 (248)

Adherence to guideline recommendations for Barrett's esophagus (BE) surveillance endoscopies:Effects of dedicated BE endoscopy lists

Beaufort I N, Milne A N, Alderlieste Y A, Baars J E, Bos P R, Burger J P W, van Heel N C M, Ledeboer M, Lieverse R J, van de Meeberg P C, Meeuse J J, Naber A H J, Pullens H J M, Scheffer R C H, Sikkema M, Verbeek R E, Verhagen M A M T, van de Vrie W, Willems M, Weusten B L A M Oct 2023, In: Endoscopy international open. 11 , p. E952-E962

Optimal timing of simethicone administration prior to upper endoscopy:A multicenter, single-blind, randomized controlled trial

Beaufort I N, Verbeek R E, Bosman J H, Al-Toma A, Bogte A, Alvarez Herrero L, Weusten B L A M Oct 2023, In: Endoscopy international open. 11 , p. E992-E1000

Challenges During Esophagectomy in Presence of Thoracic Anatomical Anomalies:A Report of Three Cases

Den Boer Robin, Fourie Lana, Weusten Bas, Moons Leon, Bleys Ronald, Cuesta Miguel, Ruurda Jelle, van Hillegersberg Richard Aug 2023, In: Anticancer Research. 43 , p. 3553-3561 9 p.

Adequacy of endoscopic recognition and surveillance of gastric intestinal metaplasia and atrophic gastritis:A multicentre retrospective study in low incidence countries

Honing Judith, Keith Tan W, Dieninyte Egle, O'Donovan Maria, Brosens Lodewijk, Weusten Bas, di Pietro Massimiliano Jun 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18

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.

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. May 2023, In: Annals of surgical oncology. 30 , p. 2743-2752 10 p.

ASO Author Reflections: Sentinel Node Navigated Surgery as a New Treatment Strategy for High-Risk T1 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Frederiks Charlotte N, Weusten Bas L A M 4 Apr 2023, In: Annals of Surgical Oncology. 30 , p. 4012-4013 2 p.

Feasibility and Safety of Tailored Lymphadenectomy Using Sentinel Node-Navigated Surgery in Patients with High-Risk T1 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Frederiks Charlotte N, Overwater Anouk, Bergman Jacques J G H M, Pouw Roos E, de Keizer Bart, Bennink Roel J, Brosens Lodewijk A A, Meijer Sybren L, van Hillegersberg Richard, van Berge Henegouwen Mark I, Ruurda Jelle P, Gisbertz Suzanne S, Weusten Bas L A M 23 Mar 2023, In: Annals of Surgical Oncology. 30 , p. 4002-4011 10 p.

Pelvic insufficiency fractures and pelvic bone metastases after neoadjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy for rectal cancer

Rijpma-Jacobs Lotte, van der Vlies Ellen, Meek David B., Bollen Thomas L., Siersema Peter D., Weusten Bas L.A.M., Intven Martijn, van Lelyveld Niels, Los Maartje 2023, In: Acta Oncologica. 62 , p. 1295-1300 6 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

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