Consultant
Edwin J.R. van Beek, MD, PhD
Department of Radiology
Main Specialization:
- Cardio-Thoracic Radiology
Expertise in:
- CT angiography (including cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, aorta diseases)
- Thoracic CT (lung diseases, including COPD, asthma, interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer)
- Thoracic CT interventions (biopsy, radio-frequency ablation)
- Thoracic MRI (focused on novel technologies, including MR angiography and hyperpolarized 3-Helium MRI)
- Computer applications for quantitative imaging (airways, coronary arteries)
- Computer assisted diagnosis (lung nodule detection).
Consultant for:
- Cardiac Imaging (heart and cardiovascular diseases)
- Lung Imaging (airways diseases, emphysema, lung cancer)
- PET-CT imaging (oncology)
Consulting experience:
- Cardiovascular CT, pulmonary vascular diseases (PE, pulmonary hypertension), lung cancer, COPD, CT-guided interventions, computer assisted diagnosis.
Medical education:
- Medical School: Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Graduate School: Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands(PhD in Medicine); University of Sheffield, U.K. (Masters of Education)
- Residencies: Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Surgical Resident, Traumatology and Hepatobiliary Surgery); Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Radiology)
Board certifications:
Current position at CCOM:
- Professor, Division of Diagnostic Radiology – Chest, Department of Radiology
- Secondary appointments: Professor, Department of Medicine; Professor, College of Engineering, Department of Bio-Medical Engineering
Member since:
