Prof. dr. Bart van Hoek, M.D., Ph.D., was trained as internist and hepatologist in University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, the Netherlands, and as gastroenterologist and hepatologist (GIH) in the Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, U.S.A. and Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands, with liver disease (hepatology) as main area of interest. From 1993-2023 he worked in the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands as gastroenterologist and hepatologist (in 2009 he became professor of hepatology at Leiden University). As medical director he led the liver transplantation program he had helped set up 30 years earlier and was member of the management team of the transplant department. He trained GIH specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistant, medical and biomedical students. He is still connected to the LUMC for liver and transplant research with his PhD students. He (co) authored many scientific publications and PhD theses, and was a board member of several scientific societies and organizations in the field of gastroenterology, hepatology and transplantation (like Eurotransplant and Dutch Liver-patient Organization), and advised patient organizations in these fields. He advocates active patient participation in care, care organization and research.
Specialization/areas of interest
Gastroenterology and especially Hepatology (Liver disease)
Languages
English, German, French, Norwegian (basic), Spanish (basic)
Work experience
Since 2023 emeritus professor of Hepatology, Leiden University and LUMC, Leiden, NL
2009-2023 full professor of Hepatology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
1993-2023 Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Medical Director of the Liver Transplant program, and since 2016 member of management team of the transplant department, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands
1991-1992 internist-hepatologist (liver specialist) and in training as gastroenterologist, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands
1990-1991 Hepatology fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, U.S.A.
1989-1990 Surgery Research fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, U.S.A.
1988-1989 internist-hepatologist and researcher, Dept. of Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, the Netherlands
Education
1991-1992 Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands (registration as Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist 1997)
1989-1991 fellowships in hepatology/lievr transplantation and surgery research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, U.S.A.
1987 U.S.A. physician exam (M.D.)(visa qualifying exam, VQE of ECFMG)(London, U.K.)
1986-1989 Ph.D. thesis research, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, NL (1989 Ph.D.) including laboratory experience in Kings College Hospital (London, U.K.) and Joh Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany)
1982-1988 training as internist, subspecialy liver disease (hepatology), Groningen University Medical Center ( UMCG), Groningen, the Netherlands (registered as internist 1982)
1974-1982 medical school and internships, Groningen University and Univeristy Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Nethelands (1982 M.D.)
Extracurricular positions/memberships
-Guiding Ph.D. students at LUMC and Leiden University (liver and transplant research)
-Opponens for Ph.D. defense in Leiden and elsewhere (liver disease and transplantation)
-Editor of scientific journal (Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology)
-Reviewer for scientific journals, mainly in the field of liver disease and transplantation
-Editor of abstract journal (Kompakt MDL) in the Netherlands
-Member of Dutch and International Auto-immune Hepatitis (AIH) group and of the Delphi consensus group on guidelines for AIH-primary biliary cholangitis variant syndrome
-Member of Lid van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gastro-Enterologie (NVGE), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Hepatologie (NVH), Nederlandse Vereniging van MDL-artsen (NVMDL), Nederlandse Transplantatie Vereniging (NTV), European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL), American Association for Study of the Liver Disease (AASLD), International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), European Liver and Intestinal Transplant Association (ELITA), European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT), Adviseur voor de Chris Gips Foundation
Thesis
Clinical monitoring of ‘autoimmune’ chronic active hepatitis. A histological, biochemical and immunological study (Groningen 1989).
Publications
His list of scientific publications can be accessed at: https://www.universiteitleiden… (since 2000).
All publications can also be found on PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), Orcid (https://orcid.org) and ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net).
Main topics of his research are: liver transplantation, cirrhosis and complications, auto-immune hepatitis and variants, chronic liver disease and hepatitis C.
Some selected articles are:
-Annals Intern Med 2023;176:174-181; -J Hepatol 2024;80(4):576-585; -N Engl J Med 2011;364(25):2417-28; Lancet Infect Dis 2016;16(6):685-697. -Gastroenterology 2014;147(2):443-52. -Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022;20(8):1776-1783. -Gut 1995;36(1):110-6. -J Hepatol 1999;30(4):699-705. -Hepatology 2010;52(3):1100-10. – Br J Surg 2010;97(5):744-53. – N Engl J Med 2021;384(15):1391-1401. – J Hepatol 2021;74(2):475-476. – Am J Transplant 2021;21(1):229-240. -Ann Intern Med 2023;176(2):174-181.
Bart van Hoek was editor and co-author of the Dutch hepatology textbook Leverziekten (Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, Houten, 2009) (with Janssen HLA and Drenth JPH) and wrote chapters in several other books (one of the first was Organ Transplantation, Long-Term Results (ed. Paul L.C. & Solez K.; Marcel Dekker Inc, New York, Basel, Hong Kong, 1992). He also wrote chapters for many books of the Boerhaave Courses (Leiden, Netherlands) and for several editions of the Dutch Liver Week. He was and is active as reviewer for many scientific medical journals and form 1994-2009 was member of the editorial board of the journal Liver Transplantation. Since 2021 he is member of the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology.
