Pieter Sonneveld#
| Membership Number: | 7623 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0808-2237 |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Senior Advisor Erasmus MC
- 2018 - 2020 Head, Department of Radiation Oncology Erasmus MC
- 2015 - present President European Myeloma Network
- 2013 - 2022 Chairman Erasmus MC Cancer Institute
- 2013 - 2018 Chairman Division of General Oncology/Hematology/Radiotherapy “Daniel den Hoed”
- 2011 - 2018 Head, Department of Hematology Erasmus MC
- 2004 Full Professor of Hematology, Faculty of Medicine of the Erasmus University Rotterdam
- 1998 - 2011 Deputy Head, Dept of Hematology Erasmus MC
- 1986 - 1998 Senior staff member Dept Hematology, University Hospital Erasmus University Rotterdam
- 1982 - 1986 Senior staff member Radiobiological Institute TNO, Rijswijk and Resident Internal Medicine, University Hospital Rotterdam
- 1980 - 1982 Fogarty Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA
- 1977 - 1980 Junior staff member Radiobiological Institute TNO, Rijswijk (Head: Prof.Dr. D.W. van Bekkum)
Fields of Scholarship
- Clinical research in hemato-oncology
- Clinical hematology
- Clinical trials in leukemia and multiple myeloma
- Organization of large, international clinical trials and registrational studies
- Specific area of expertise
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Michael Morley Award for Research in Multiple Myeloma (UK Myeloma Forum)
- 2008 Nordic Myeloma Study Group Award Lecture
- 2015 Robert A Kyle Award for life-time achievements in multiple myeloma (USA)
- 2015 Thomson Reuters Award “Highly cited researcher” (International)
- 2019 Tobias Wald Award, University of Hamburg (Germany)
- 2022 Waldenström Lifetime Achievement Award (USA)
- 2025 Otto Kahler Myeloma Award (CZ Republic)



