Speakers

Ricardo Budde is a Full professor of Cardiovascular Radiology at Erasmus MC Rotterdam and heads the PCCT group. His research interests include advanced non-invasive imaging in ischemic heart disease and endocarditis and has a focus on PCCT in particular. He has (co-) authored over 290 peer reviewed publications. He is a member of the Executive Boards of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology, the Cardiovascular Institute at Erasmus MC, and the Cardiovascular Section of the Dutch Society of Radiology. He has given >150 invited lectures at international meetings and is course-director of the annual Hands-on Cardiac CT course at Erasmus MC.

Edwin Oei is Professor of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Erasmus MC Rotterdam. He is the section chief of musculoskeletal radiology and the principal investigator of the Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging Research Erasmus MC (ADMIRE) lab. His research focuses on imaging of common musculoskeletal disorders, such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, sports injuries and trauma, with advanced techniques such as PCCT.

Marcel Dijkshoorn is a specialized CT radiographer with >20 years experience. He has a vast knowledge about the technical and practical aspects of CT acquisition in general and cardiac CT in particular. In Erasmus MC, Marcel is a key person in CT acquisition protocol development. Over the years, he has trained many CT technicians both nationally and internationally.

Marcel van Straten studied Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology. His PhD project at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam focused on the application of image registration techniques in spiral CT. After that he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Medical Physics of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He worked on the optimization and dosimetric aspects of CT. In 2008 he joined the Department of Radiology of Erasmus MC. As a medical physicist and assistant professor, he focuses on the standardization and optimization of image quality in x-ray computed tomography based on the laws of physics and driven by technological innovations.

Aad van der Lugt leads the Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine at Erasmus MC. His research interests focus on diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disease and acute stroke in particular. He was co-founder and director of the Erasmus MC Stroke Centrum and principal investigator of the Mr. Clean study. Before he was appointed head of the department in 2022, he led the PCCT team at Erasmus MC.

Dr. Koen Nieman is a Professor of Medicine and of Radiology at Stanford University and serves as the Section Chief of Cardiac Imaging within the division of Cardiovascular Medicine. After completing his MD, PhD and cardiology training in the Netherlands, he joined the faculty at Erasmus MC and served as scientific director of advanced cardiac imaging, cardiac CT core laboratory director, and medical co-director of the intensive cardiac care unit. Dr. Nieman led several international imaging studies and randomized controlled trials on the role of cardiac CT in patients with stable angina and acute chest pain. After joining Stanford in 2016, he continued his research on the development, validation and clinical implementation of advanced imaging techniques, with current interests in myocardial perfusion imaging, CT-FFR and computer-augmented image interpretations.

Jonathan is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London and an Honorary Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He is the President-Elect of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging, and has authored >180 peer reviewed publications, including guidelines on the use of CT in TAVI planning, and the use of CT-FFR. He sits on the executive committee of the BSCI, guideline committee of the SCCT, the scientific committee of the ESCR, and Diagnostic Advisory Committee of NICE.

Ricardo Budde
Edwin Oei
Marcel Dijkshoorn
Marcel van Straten
Thom van der Laan
Maaike van der Woude