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 (238)
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
Frederiks Charlotte N., van Munster Sanne N., Weusten Bas L.A.M. Mar 2022, In: Annals of Esophagus. 5
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.