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Loek Leenen

Full Professor

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Biography

Luke PH Leenen (1957) graduated from medical school of the Radboud University in Nijmegen in 1982. From 1980 until 1985 he was a research fellow in the anatomical department of the Radboud University. He earned his PhD (1985) in basic neuroanatomical research on an electron microscopical analysis of the pyramidal tract of the rat.

From 1985 until 1988 he trained as a surgical resident at the Radboud University Hospital Nijmegen (Program director: Prof de Boer, later Prof Goris). He continued (1988-1991) his training in the Elisabeth Hospital Tilburg (Prof van Vroonhoven, later Prof vd Werken). After completion of his residency he visited Prof Waneboo in Providence for a oncology fellowship, followed by a AO fellowship in Chur (CH) with Prof Ruedi. From 1992 on he was staff surgeon at the Canisius Hospital Nijmegen responsible for Trauma and was appointed director of the Emergency Department.

From June 1993 he returned to Tilburg as a staff surgeon responsible for Trauma and Intensive Care.
He went to Utrecht in 1999 as a staff surgeon for Trauma and Intensive Care. He is the director for Surgical Intensive Care (until 2005), Emergency Department (until 2012) and the Major Incident Hospital (Calamiteitenhospitaal) (until 2021). In 2000 he was appointed professor of “Integral quality management in hospitals”. In 2002 he was appointed Professor of Trauma, Intensive Care and Acute Care Surgery.

He holds the position as chair of the trauma department and is the medical manager of the Traumacenter and local trauma registry.

Recent publications

Clinical outcomes and end-of-life treatment in 596 patients with isolated traumatic brain injury Menco J.S. Niemeyer, Denise Jochems, Jan C. Van Ditshuizen, Janneke de Kanter, Lotte Cremers, Martijn van Hattem, Dennis Den Hartog, Roderick Marijn Houwert, Luke P.H. Leenen, Karlijn J.P. van Wessem
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2024, vol. 50, p.1249-1259
What trauma patients need Falco Hietbrink, Shahin Mohseni, Diego Mariani, Päl Aksel Naess, Cristina Rey-Valcárcel, Alan Biloslavo, Gary A. Bass, Susan I. Brundage, Henrique Alexandrino, Ruben Peralta, Luke P.H. Leenen, Tina Gaarder,
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2024, vol. 50, p.627-634
Nonoperative treatment of multiple rib fractures, the results to beat Felix Peuker, Ruben J. Hoepelman, Frank J.P. Beeres, Zsolt J. Balogh, Reinier B. Beks, Arthur A.R. Sweet, Frank F.A. Ijpma, Koen W.W. Lansink, Bas Van Wageningen, Tjarda N. Tromp, Fabrizio Minervini, Nicole M. Van Veelen, Jochem M. Hoogendoorn, Mirjam B. De Jong, Mark C.P.M. Van Baal, Luke P.H. Leenen, Rolf H.H. Groenwold, R. Marijn Houwert
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2024, vol. 96, p.769-776
Concepts, utilization, and perspectives on the Dutch Nationwide Trauma registry R. J. Hoepelman, M. L.S. Driessen, M. A.C. de Jongh, R. M. Houwert, I. Marzi, F. Lecky, R. Lefering, B. J.M. van de Wall, F. J.P. Beeres, M. G.W. Dijkgraaf, R. H.H. Groenwold, L. P.H. Leenen
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023, vol. 49, p.1619-1626
Psychiatric comorbidity and trauma Maximilian Arthur Meyer, Tijmen van den Bosch, Zita Millenaar, Marilyn Heng, Loek Leenen, Falco Hietbrink, Roderick Marijn Houwert, Marjan Kromkamp, Stijn Diederik Nelen
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023, vol. 50, p.439-446
The value of chest radiography after chest tube removal in nonventilated trauma patients Arthur A R Sweet, Tim Kobes, Roderick M Houwert, Luke P H Leenen, Pim A de Jong, Wouter B Veldhuis, Frank F A IJpma, Mark C P M van Baal
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 2023, vol. 96, p.623-627

Fellowships & Awards

2023: Honorary member of the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

2022: Otmar Trentz lecture

2021: Honorary fellow of the American College of Surgeons

2020: Gold medal of the Dutch Association of Surgeons