Ruud Pijnappel

Full Professor

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Biography

Ruud Pijnappel studied Medicine at the University of Amsterdam. He did his residency in Radiology with the OLVG, Amsterdam. After finalizing his PhD thesis on the diagnosis of nonpalpable breast lesions (2002, Utrecht), he held several positions with the Breast Radiology department of the Martini hospital (Groningen) and the Dutch Reference Centre for Screening (LCRB, Nijmegen). From 2011 to 2015 he was president of the Dutch College of Breast Imaging (DCBI). In 2012 he joined the Radiology staff of the UMC Utrecht; in 2015 he was appointed both Professor of Breast Radiology at the UMC Utrecht, and CEO of the Dutch Expert Centre for Screening.

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rpijnap2@umcutrecht.nl

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The Screening Tomosynthesis Trial with Advanced Reader Methods (STREAM) Lindy Kregting, Daan van den Oever, Lian Pennings, Ruud Pijnappel, Nicolien van Ravesteyn, Ellen Verschuur, Marja van Oirsouw, Loes Dunning, Hans ‘t Mannetje, Ruben van Engen, Adriana Bluekens, Maartje Smid-Geirnaerdt, Cary van Landsveld-Verhoeven, Nehmat Houssami, Ioannis Sechopoulos, Mireille Broeders
European Radiology, 2025, vol. 35, p.3979-3986

Multireader Diagnostic Accuracy of Abbreviated Breast MRI for Screening Women with Extremely Dense Breasts Sophie E L van Grinsven, Ritse M Mann, Evelyn M Monninkhof, Katya Duvivier, Mathijn D F de Jong, Petra K de Koekkoek-Doll, Claudette E Loo, Ruud M Pijnappel, Rogier van der Sluijs, Jeroen Veltman, Carla H van Gils, Wouter B Veldhuis,
Radiology, 2025, vol. 315

Awareness of Breast Cancer Risk Factors in Women with vs. Without High Breast Density Jan Endrikat, Gilda Schmidt, Bhagyashree Oak, Viplav Shukla, Prakirti Nangia, Nicolas Schleyer, John Crocker, Ruud Pijnapppel
Patient Preference and Adherence, 2024, vol. 18, p.1577-1588

Misdiagnosis in breast imaging Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, Fleur Kilburn-Toppin, Alexandra Athanasiou, Gabor Forrai, Miruna Ispas, Mihai Lesaru, Elisabetta Giannotti, Katja Pinker-Domenig, Chantal Van Ongeval, Fiona J. Gilbert, Ritse M. Mann, Federica Pediconi, Sophia Zackrisson, Tamar Sella, Francesco Sardanelli, Rudd Pijnappel, Eva M. Fallenberg, Christiane K. Kuhl, Thomas Helbich, Michael Fuchsjäger, Fiona J. Gilbert, Paola Clauser, Julia Camps Herrero, Pascal Baltzer,
European Radiology, 2024, vol. 35, p.2387-2396

Pain Experience and Image Quality with Curved versus Standard Compression for Breast Cancer Screening Mammography Daniëlle van der Waal, Cary van Landsveld-Verhoeven, Eric Tetteroo, Ruben E. van Engen, Ioannis Sechopoulos, Ruud M. Pijnappel, Mireille J.M. Broeders
Radiology, 2024, vol. 312

ESR Essentials Alexandra Athanasiou, Linda Appelman, Ruud M. Pijnappel, Fiona J. Gilbert, Federica Pediconi, Ritse Mann
European Radiology, 2024, vol. 35, p.723–732