1997 …2024

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Personal profile

Biography

Ruud Pijnappel studied Medicine at the University of Amsterdam. He did his residency in Radiology with the OLVG, Amsterdam. After finalizing his PhD thesis on the diagnosis of nonpalpable breast lesions (2002, Utrecht), he held several positions with the Breast Radiology department of the Martini hospital (Groningen) and the Dutch Reference Centre for Screening (LCRB, Nijmegen). From 2011 to 2015 he was president of the Dutch College of Breast Imaging (DCBI). In 2012 he joined the Radiology staff of the UMC Utrecht; in 2015 he was appointed both Professor of Breast Radiology at the UMC Utrecht, and CEO of the Dutch Expert Centre for Screening.

Side activities

CEO Dutch Expert Centre for Screening, LRCB*

Member of scientific advisory board Borstkanker Vereniging Nederland (BVN)*

Member of the working group on The Dutch Guideline for Screening on Breast Cancer*

President of the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI)*

Member of Program Committee Breast cancer Screening, Center for Population Screening of National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven*

Member of the National Evaluation Team Breast Cancer Screening (LETB)*

Consultant for Hologic (2022 only)

*: unpaid

Keywords

  • RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
  • R Medicine (General)
  • Breast imaging
  • Breast intervention
  • Screening

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