Our team
Endeavor Team Leaders
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Prof. Dr. Sheila Krishnadath
Gastroenterologist at the university hospital of Antwerp and principal investigator at the University of Antwerp.
Prof. Dr. Magnus Nilsson
Professor of surgery and head of the Division of Surgery and Oncology at CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet and senior consultant surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm.
Prof. Dr. Silvio Danese
Director of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit at the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Professor of Gastroenterology at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele.
Prof. Jacintha O’Sullivan
Professor in Translational Oncology and Education Director for the Trinity St. James’s Cancer Institute, Department of Surgery, Trinity College Dublin.
Prof. Dr. Hans Neubauer
Professor for Translational Research in Gynecology at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and biologist at the University Clinic of Düsseldorf (UKD).
Prof. Dr. Nikolas Stoecklein
Professor for Experimental Surgical Oncology at the Medical Faculty and University Hospital of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU).
Prof. Dr. Guillaume Piessen
Professor of surgery and head of department of digestive and oncological surgery of Lille University hospital.
Prof. Dr. Veerle Coupé
Professor of medical decision making in cancer care and prevention at Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC).
Prof. Dr. Ines Gockel
Chair and Head of Visceral Surgery at Leipzig University Hospital.
Kristi Kruusmaa
Chief Scientific Officer at Universal Diagnostics S.A., Spain.
Sanne Hoefnagel, MD
PhD researcher at the Adacemic Medical Center of Amsterdam UMC.
Our team
Endeavor Team Members
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Prof. Dr. Michael Patrick Achiam
Consultant at the Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, and Professor of Surgery at Rigshospitalet and Department of Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen University.
Dr. Rui Neves
Molecular biologist, Research Associate and Independent Consultant at the University of Düsseldorf.
Dr. René Thieme
Laboratory Manager (Visceral Surgery Research Laboratory) at Leipzig University.
Dr. Federica Ungaro
Head of Experimental Gastroenterology Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan.
Dr. Marjolein Greuter
Assistant Professor at Amsterdam UMC, specialised in research on the (cost)effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening.
Prof. Dr. Stefan Van Dongen
Biologist and biostatistician at the University of Antwerp.
Dr. Elisabeth Macken
Gastroenterologist at the University Hospital in Antwerp.
Prof. Dr. Guido Van Hal
Professor and research leader at the Research Group on ‘Social Epidemiology and Health Policy’ in the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health at the University of Antwerp.
Nastaran Riahi
Cancer Researcher at Universal Diagnostics S.A., Spain.
Prof. Dr. Riccardo Rosati
Head of Gastroenterological Surgery and of the Week Surgery Unit at the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan.
Prof. Dr. Heiko De Schepper
Assistant professor at the University of Antwerp, neurogastroenterologist, proctologist and pelvic floor specialist.
Dr. Edi Viale
Gastroenterologist in the Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy at the IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan.
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Hoffmeister
Senior physician at the Medical Clinic II Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonology at Leipzig University Hospital.
Prof. Dr. Pernilla Lagergren
Research group leader of the group Surgical Care Science at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
Dr. Francesco Vito Mandarino
Gastroenterologist at the San Raffaele Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, in Milan.
Dr. Edoardo Vespa
Gastroenterologist at the Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan.
Prof. Dr. Francisco Baldaque Silva
Gastroenterologist at Hospital CUF Trinade, Porto and Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
Prof. Dr. Ann Driessen
Deputy head of pathological anatomy at Antwerp University Hospital.
Dr. Daniel Doerr
Bioinformatics scientist at the Institute for Med.ical Biometry and Bioinformatics at the University Hospital of Düsseldorf.
Dr. Fredrik Klevebro
Specialist physician and acting Head of Section at the Oesophagus/Gastric Unit at Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden.
Dr. Henrik Maltzman
Gastroenterologist and endoscopist at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm.
Dr. Thomas Botelberge
Gastroenterologist and interventional endoscopist at Sint-Augustinus Hospital, Antwerp (ZAS).
Dr. Patrick Sven Plum
Senior Physician, Research Group Leader and Surgeon Scientist at the Department of Visceral, Transplant, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig.
Dr. Dominiek De Wulf
Invasive endoscopist at AZ Delta, Roeselare and the University Hospital of Leuven.
Dr. David Tate
Interventional Endoscopist and Gastroenterologist at the University Hospital of Gent.
Dr. Michiel De Maat
Surgeon at the University Hospital in Antwerp, specialized in Gastro-intestinal Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Translational Science, Tumor Epigenetics, Biomarkers
Prof. Dr. Pieter De Wint
Gastroenterologist at the digestive center at Maria Middelares General Hospital in Gent and consultant gastroenterology and hepatology at the University Hospital in Antwerp.
Dr. Souad Bouhadan
PhD student at the Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases of Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
Masami Omae, MD
Gastroenterologist at the University Hospital in Antwerp.
Monica Sudarsanam, MD
PhD student at the University Clinic of Düsseldorf focused on the genomic analysis of Single circulating tumor cells.
Our team
Central contacts
Ms Luka Van der Veken
Study coordinator at the University Hospital of Antwerp.
Mr Toon Mertens
Study coordinator at the University Hospital of Antwerp.