Vonk Noordegraaf
Dept. of Pulmonology
Vrije University
Netherlands
Biography
Prof. Dr. Vonk Noordegraaf obtained his medical degree with honours from the Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, in 1995. Between 1995 and 1997 he studied for his PhD, exploring the function of the right ventricle in COPD-related Pulmonary Hypertension.
Research Interest
He spent 1 year as a post-doc at Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia, USA, where he was dedicated to the research of the pulmonary circulation in ARDS. After completing a 6-year fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Dr Vonk Noordegraaf joined the division of Pulmonary Sciences at the University in 2003, where he remains to the present day. Since 2010 he is appointed professor of medicine pulmonary medicine. Since 2014 he is member of the directorate of ICaR-VU.