BME 2014 Biomedical Engineering International Conference, Hong Kong

Prof Dr Ir Rudolf M Verdaasdonk is professor of Physics and Medical Technology and head of the department of Physics and Medical Technology at the VU university medical center in Amsterdam since 2009. He is also staff member of the Biophotonics & Medical Imaging group and lecturer at the dept of Physics at the VU University.

 

He received his MSc in Applied Physics at the Technical University Eindhoven in 1985 and his PhD in Medicine at the University Medical Center Utrecht in 1990.

 

He research interest and expertise started with medical laser applications and expanded to a broad range of surgical equipment and imaging modalities. He has developed special imaging techniques for diagnostics and to study the interaction of equipment with the patient in view of safety, treatment quality and development of new applications. His advanced imaging facilities are being used for testing medical equipment of international companies. He is working in close collaboration with the clinical professionals and has practical experience in the OR assisting in surgery with complex technologies. He is active in patient safety, innovation and valorisation of new medical technology with several patents and devices being commercialized. He authored over 150 papers, proceedings and book chapters.