About the course directors
A/PROF. ARJAN BREDENOORD
Amsterdam Medical Center
Prof. Albert J (Arjan) Bredenoord graduated in Medicine from Antwerp University, Belgium. He worked as a research fellow on projects on upper GI physiology at Utrecht University, where he obtained his PhD. He performed his clinical GI training in Utrecht, London and Amsterdam.
Currently, he works as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Amsterdam Medical Center and he is a professor of Neurogastroenterology and Motility at the University of Amsterdam. His primary research focus is on esophageal physiology and pathophysiology, on which he has published over 250 papers and book chapters. He is a pioneer in impedance monitoring and high-resolution manometry and founding member of the HRM consensus group and president of EUREOS, the European EoE Network.
RN. Jac. Oors
Amsterdam Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jac. Oors, RN, started as a nurse on a surgical ward at the University hospital in Utrecht ending as head nurse of the surgical Medium Care Unit. After that he was appointed as head of the Motility Center. Nowadays he is Chief Nurse Technician of the GI Motility lab at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers. Approx. 600 patients annual undergo diagnostic investigations within the unit. Next to that he is involved in research projects on reflux and dysphagia . More than 10 years now he is involved in teaching programs. He is co-author of over 35 peer-reviewed published articles.