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Richard van Hillegersberg

Full Professor

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Biography

Richard van Hillegersberg attended medical school in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 1993 he received his PhD with honor at the Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. From 1994-2000, he was trained in General Surgery in Rotterdam. From 2001-2002 he was fellow of Surgical Oncology in the Academic Medical Center and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Netherlands Cancer Center Amsterdam. Since 2003 he is appointed as staff surgeon at the University Medical Center Utrecht. From 2009 he is a full professor of gastrointestinal oncology. Research is focused on Upper GI minimally invasive and robotic surgery, surgical imaging and genetic profiling. He has authored over 15 chapters in textbooks concerning robotic forgut surgery and over 500 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. From 2018 he is chairman of the Educational committee of the European Society for Diseases for the Esophagus (ESDE) and member of the education committee of ISDE, he is associate editor of Diseases of the Esophagus and Digestive Surgery, founder and chairman of the Upper GI International Robotic Association (UGIRA).

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Upper GI

Research aim

Our research concentrates on surgical treatment of esophageal and gastric cancer, addressing diagnostics, surgical techniques, postoperative recovery, and prognostic outcomes. By interdisciplinary collaboration we strive to enhance patient care.

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Recent publications

Clinical practice guidelines for esophagogastric junction cancer Yuko Kitagawa, Satoru Matsuda, Takuji Gotoda, Ken Kato, Bas Wijnhoven, Florian Lordick, Pradeep Bhandari, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yasuhiro Kodera, Masanori Terashima, Kei Muro, Hiroya Takeuchi, Paul F. Mansfield, Yukinori Kurokawa, Jimmy So, Stefan Paul Mönig, Kohei Shitara, Sun Young Rha, Yelena Janjigian, Daisuke Takahari, Ian Chau, Prateek Sharma, Jiafu Ji, Giovanni de Manzoni, Magnus Nilsson, Paulo Kassab, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Elizabeth Catherine Smyth, Sylvie Lorenzen, Yuichiro Doki, Simon Law, Do Youn Oh, Khek Yu Ho, Tomoyuki Koike, Lin Shen, Richard van Hillegersberg, Hisato Kawakami, Rui Hua Xu, Zev Wainberg, Naohisa Yahagi, Yeong Yeh Lee, Rajvinder Singh, Min Hee Ryu, Ryu Ishihara, Zili Xiao, Chika Kusano, Heike Irmgard Grabsch, Hiroki Hara, Ken Ichi Mukaisho, Tomoki Makino, Mitsuro Kanda, Eisuke Booka, Sho Suzuki, Waku Hatta, Motohiko Kato, Akira Maekawa, Akihito Kawazoe, Shun Yamamoto, Izuma Nakayama, Yukiya Narita, Han Kwang Yang, Masahiro Yoshida, Takeshi Sano
Gastric Cancer, 2024, vol. 27, p.401-425
Management of locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and oesophagogastric junction Teus J Weijs, Hanneke W M van Laarhoven, Bas P L Wijnhoven, Jelle P Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg
The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2024, vol. 9, p.103-104
Predictors of anastomotic leak and conduit necrosis after oesophagectomy E. A. Griffiths, J. M. Halle-Smith, S. K. Kamarajah, R. P.T. Evans, D. Nepogodiev, J. Hodson, J. Bundred, I. Gockel, J. A. Gossage, A. Isik, J. H. Kauppila, B. Kidane, H. A. Mahendran, I. Negoi, K. E. Okonta, R. H. Sayyed, R. van Hillegersberg, R. Vohra, B. P.L. Wijnhoven, P. Singh, E. A. Griffiths, D. Alderson, J. Bundred, J. Gossage, B. Jefferies, S. McKay, I. Mohamed, K. Siaw- Acheampong, R. Vohra, K. Wanigasooriya, T. Whitehouse, A. Gjata, J. I. Moreno, F. R. Takeda, R. Guevara Castro, A. Bekele, M. Read, R. Matthijsen, J. P. Ruurda, P. C. van der Sluis, M. de Maat, E. T. Martínez, R. Yildirim, V. Wong, M. Cox, S. Mehta, S. Kumar, Gijs van Boxel, A. Athanasiou, A. Singh, , , , , ,
European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2024, vol. 50
Western European Variation in the Organization of Esophageal Cancer Surgical Care Maurits R. Visser, Daan M. Voeten, Suzanne S. Gisbertz, Jelle P. Ruurda, Michael P. Achiam, Magnus Nilsson, Sheraz R. Markar, Manuel Pera, Riccardo Rosati, Guillaume Piessen, Philippe Nafteux, Christian A. Gutschow, Peter P. Grimminger, Jari V. Räsänen, John V. Reynolds, Hans Olaf Johannessen, Pedro Vieira, Michael Weitzendorfer, Aristotelis Kechagias, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, Richard van Hillegersberg
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, 2024, vol. 37
European clinical practice guidelines for the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of oligometastatic esophagogastric cancer (OMEC-4) Tiuri E Kroese, Sebastiaan Bronzwaer, Peter S N van Rossum, Sebastian F Schoppman, Pieter R A J Deseyne, Eric van Cutsem, Karin Haustermans, Philippe Nafteux, Melissa Thomas, Radka Obermannova, Hanna R Mortensen, Marianne Nordsmark, Per Pfeiffer, Anneli Elme, Antoine Adenis, Guillaume Piessen, Christiane J Bruns, Florian Lordick, Ines Gockel, Markus Moehler, Cihan Gani, Theodore Liakakos, John V Reynolds, Alessio G Morganti, Riccardo Rosati, Carlo Castoro, Francesco Cellini, Domenico D'Ugo, Franco Roviello, Maria Bencivenga, Giovanni de Manzoni, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen, Maarten C C M Hulshoff, Jolanda van Dieren, Marieke Vollebergh, Johanna W van Sandick, Paul Jeene, Christel Muijs, Marije Slingerland, Francine E M Voncken, Henk Hartgrink, Geert-Jan Creemers, Maurice J C van der Sangen, Grard A P Nieuwenhuijzen, Maaike Berbee, Marcel Verheij, Nadia Haj Mohammad, Stella Mook, Jelle P Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg,
European Journal of Cancer, 2024, vol. 204
Outcomes after gastrectomy according to the Gastrectomy Complications Consensus Group (GCCG) in the Dutch Upper GI Cancer Audit (DUCA) Dutch Leiden, Daan M Voeten, Cancer Amsterdam, Jelle P Ruurda, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen, Richard van Hillegersberg,
Gastric Cancer, 2024, vol. 27, p.1124-1135

External positions

member - advisor - Dutch Guidelines Oesophageal Cancer (FMS)

Associate editor - paper editor - Digestive Surgery

member board and educational committee - management - The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus

Associate editor - paper editor - Diseases of the Esophagus

member board and educational committee - management - European Society Diseases of the Esopghagus (ESDE)

Onderwijs robotchirurgie - Slokdarmchirurgie, robotchirurgie - Intuitive Surgical

editorial board - chirurgische oncologie - Springer Healthcare Benelux

Proctor - training van chirurgen in robot chirurgie - Intuitive Surgical

member scientific committee - management - United European Gastroenterology (UEG)

board member - chirurgische oncologie - DICA

Bestuur - Penningmeester - Stichting Chirurgische Oncologie

member - management - European Digestive Surgery

member board - advisor - Dutch Upper GI Cancer Audit (DUCA)