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Principal Investigators
Specialization
Pulmonology
Name
Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD, PhD (16-09-1969)
Current position
Professor of pulmonary medicine
Bio sketch
Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD, PhD, is a pulmonologist in the division of Pulmonary
Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, a tertiary referral centre for pulmonary
arterial hypertension (PAH) in the Netherlands. Together with his colleague Anco
Boonstra, he is responsible for the medical care of patients with PAH.
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 PH.
He then 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. He has published more than 130
international peer reviewed papers.
Key Publications (5)
Vonk-Noordegraaf A.The shrinking heart in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J
Med. 2010 Jan 21;362(3):267-8.
Saouti N, Westerhof N, Helderman F, Marcus TJ, Boonstra A, Postmus PE, Vonk Noordegraaf
A. Right Ventricular Oscillatory Power is a Constant Fraction of Total Power Irrespective of
Pulmonary Artery Pressure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 (epub)
Handoko ML, de Man FS, Happé CM, Schalij I, Musters RJ, Westerhof N, Postmus PE,
Paulus WJ, van der Laarse WJ, Vonk-Noordegraaf A. Opposite effects of training in rats with
stable and progressive pulmonary hypertension. Circulation. 2009;120:42-9.
Saouti N, Westerhof N, Helderman F, Marcus JT, Stergiopulos N, Westerhof BE, Boonstra A,
Postmus PE, Vonk-Noordegraaf A.RC time constant of single lung equals that of both lungs
together: a study in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.Am J Physiol Heart Circ
Physiol. 2009;297:H2154-60.
Wong YY, Handoko ML, Mouchaers KT, de Man FS, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, van der Laarse
WJ. Reduced mechanical efficiency of rat papillary muscle related to degree of hypertrophy of
cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2010 Apr;298(4):H1190-7.
Honors
Main contributions to
congresses,
memberships of
scientific societies
2000: Jaap Swieringa Prijs (NVALT)
2008: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO): VIDI award.
2009: European Respiratory Society: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension research
award.
2009: Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW): Descartes Huygens award
Member of the European Respiratory Society
Member of the American Thoracic Society
Member of the European Society of Cardiology working group of the ‘Right ventricle’.
Member of the American Society of Physiology.
Founder and Chairman of the interdisciplinary dutch working group on pulmonary
hypertension, the Netherlands
International activities
2003: Fellow of the college of Chest Physicians of America
2010: Secretary of the Pulmonary Circulation and pulmonary vascular disease group
of the European Society of Respiratory Medicine.