Chairman
Orthopaedics Leiden University Medical Center
Rob Nelissen is professor and chairman department Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). Title doctorate thesis (1995): ‘Fundamental aspects of the clinical evaluation of total joint prosthesis’. After his orthopaedic training (Leiden), he finished a Total Joint Fellowship in the USA (1993). 2005 Professor Experimental Orthopaedics. 2006 Chairman and professor Orthopaedics LUMC. 2016 Medical Delta Professor at Delft University of Technology. He was (vice)president of the Netherlands Orthopaedic Association (NOV) (2014 - 2018). He is the co-founder (2007), former chairman of the Dutch Arthroplasty Register (LROI) which is the third largest implant registry worldwide (> 1 million implants, completeness 99%). The LROI is a quality and traceability Register of implant surgery and patient outcome. Currently he is chairing the registration council of LROI. He is Secretary General of EFORT, co-chairman / co-founder of N.O.R.E. (Network Orthopaedic Registries of Europe).
Since 2019 he is observer CIE workgroup of MDCG (Medical Device Coordination Group) DG SANTE European Commission. Chairman Expert Panel Orthopaedics Trauma Rehabilitation Rheumatology under the MDR (EU commission, EMA).
His research relates to “optimising clinical outcome” and “prediction modelling of outcome”. The latter relates both to fundamental research as well as healthcare evaluation research. He published about 500 peer-reviewed articles, with focus on healthcare evaluation and prognostic modelling and optimizing outcome in arthroplasty patients. He successfully supervised over 60 PhD students.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
16:30 – 18:30 CEST