Marco Bruno - Biography#
Prof. dr. Marco J. Bruno (1963) is a full professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and chief of the department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His clinical and research activities focus on gastrointestinal oncology, hepato-pancreato-biliary diseases and interventional endoscopy. He is (co)-author of over 500 peer reviewed articles in high-ranking journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Gastroenterology, Gut, Endoscopy and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He is the initiator and leading author of international guidelines on chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cyst surveillance, and pancreatic cancer surveillance in high-risk individual with a hereditary predisposition.
He is council member end treasurer of the European Association of Gastroenterology, Endoscopy & Nutrition (EAGEN); council member of the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Study Group; member of the Scientific Committee of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG); past council member of UEG; and past chairman of the Education Committee of UEG and the Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group.
Erasmus University Medical Center and department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology:
The Erasmus Medical Center is a large tertiary care 1320 bed academic hospital located in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology employs 20 staff members covering all the relevant GI & H specialty areas including hepatology (hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver transplantation), advanced endoscopy, GI oncology (esophageal, stomach, pancreas and colon), and inflammatory bowel disease & intestinal ischemia. The department has 21 fellows in training to become gastroenterologists and 2 foreign fellows for advanced endoscopy training. The department has its own dedicated laboratory facilities for translational and basic research. In total 50+ PhD students are working to complete their PhD thesis on various clinical, translational and basic research topics covering the various focus areas of the department.
