Peter Siersema#
| Membership Number: | 6151 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6940-8499 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present Professor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy with focus on Innovation and Sustainability, Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 2023 - present Chief, Clinical Research Bureau, Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 2019 - 2023 Chief, Endoscopy Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
- 2016 - present Professor of Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
- 2016 Visiting Professor, Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- 2016 Honorary Professor, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
- 2007 - 2015 Professor of Gastroenterology, University Medical Center Utrecht
- 2003 - 2007 Chief, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam
- 2002 - 2003 Visiting Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, USA
- 2001 - 2007 Associate Professor, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam
- 1995 - 2001 Assistant Professor, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam
Fields of Scholarship
- Advanced endoscopic imaging and treatment
- Palliation of strictures in the GI tract
- Diagnosis and treatment of esophageal and gastric cancer
- Screening for esophageal cancer
- Innovations in gastrointestinal endoscopy
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Ludwig Demling medal of excellence in endoscopy (Erlangen, Germany)
- 2017 Max Siurala lecturer, Finnish Society for Gastroenterology (Helsinki, Finland)
- 2016 Honorary Membership of the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy
- 2016 Adolph Kussmaul lecture on Endoscopic Innovations (Washington DC, USA)
- 2014 Honorary International Membership of the Society of GI Endoscopy of India (SGEI)
- 2014 Endoscopy Foundation Lecture, British Society of Gastroenterology (Manchester, UK)
- 2013 Herbert Bruce Lecturer in Therapeutic Endoscopy 2013, St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto, Canada)
- 2012 Jane and Brian Crowley International Lecturer in Advanced Endoscopy 2012, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, USA)
- 2010 Outstanding Manuscript Award for best publication in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in 2009
- 2010 American College of Gastroenterology International Award, American College of Gastroenterology (Washington DC, USA)
- 1984 European Union Exchange Fellowship
