prof. dr. J.A.M. (Clark) Zeebregts

Personal record

Name                       Clark J. Zeebregts                                                        

Degrees                   MD, PhD

Institution               Department of Surgery

                                 Division of Vascular Surgery

                                 University Medical Center Groningen

                                 P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB  Groningen

                                 The Netherlands

Telephone (work)   +31-50-3613382

Fax                           +31-50-3611745

E-mails                    c.j.a.m.zeebregts@umcg.nl

                                 czeebregts@hotmail.com

Nationality              Dutch

Linked In                  https://www.linkedin.com/in/clark-zeebregts-30459012

BIG registration nr  59040371301

 

 

Current appointments

 

2017 – 2022           Head Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery

                                 UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands

2010 – Current       Professor of Vascular Surgery

Chair: Development, imaging and treatment of vascular wall damage, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands

2004 – Current       Consultant Vascular Surgeon

                                 UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands

  

Management and organizational positions

2024 – Current         ESVS Councillor, Council World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS)

 

2020 – 2022             Coordinator taskforce vascular surgery North Netherlands during  covid-19 pandemic

 

2019 – Current         Executive Committee Board member

European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery (ESCVS) 

 

2019                         President

68^th International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery

 

2018 – Current         Advisor and member Scientific Board (Chair since 2021)

European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery (ESCVS)

 

2014 – 2017            Dutch Councillor, Council European Society for Vascular and

                                 Endovascular Surgery (ESVS)

 

2012 – 2018             (Co)Director Vascular Ageing Programme, Guide, Graduate School

                                 Medical Sciences

                                 University of Groningen

 

2011 – Current         Principal Investigator, Graduate School Medical Sciences

                                 University of Groningen

 

2010 – 2018             Organizer (bi)annual Regional Symposium Endovascular Surgery

                                 North Netherlands

 

2008 – 2012             Board member and Secretary

                                 Dutch Society for Vascular Surgery

 

2008 – 2010             Vice Residence Program Director

                                 UMCG, Department of Surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

2007 – 2018             (Co)Director Cardiovascular Imaging Group Groningen

                                 UMCG, Department of Surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

2006 – 2008             Member Patient satisfaction and performance indicators Committee  UMCG, Department of Surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

2006 – 2008            Member DBC taskforce

                                 Dutch Society for Vascular Surgery

 

2004 – Current       Host post-academic courses in vascular anastomosing and

                                 endovascular techniques

                                 UMCG, Department of Surgery, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

1992 – 1993            Commander Medical Care Group

                                 Dutch Army, Detmers base Eefde (Zutphen)

 

 

Education and training

 

2010                         Management and leadership course

                                 UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

2003 – 2004            General Surgeon, Vascular Surgeon in Training

                                 UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

1997 – 2003            Resident General Surgery

                                 UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands

                                 Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

 

1984 – 1992            Medical School (MD)

                                 Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

 

 

Memberships and learned societies

 

2018 – Current         European Society of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery

2008 – Current         European Society for Molecular Imaging

2008 – Current         Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe

2007 – Current         Dutch Society for Vascular Medicine

2006 – 2017             International Society for Vascular Surgery

1999 – Current         European Society for Vascular Surgery

1999 – Current         Dutch Society for Vascular Surgery

1996 – Current         Dutch Society for Surgery

 

 

Specialty interests

 

Applied endovascular techniques (fenestrated/branched and thoracic stent grafting)

Carotid surgery (including initiator of Carotid Stenting Program)

Vascular prosthetic graft infections

Translational research after atherosclerotic plaque morphology

New molecular imaging techniques

 

 Scientific output

 

2023                        Peer reviewed scientific articles:

                                 Scopus Hits 457, PubMed Hits 446, Web of Science Hits 440

                                 H-index 50, 9770 citations

 

                                 Promotor:         Alumni PhD Students 25 (+ current 14)

2013 – Current         Editorial Board Member Journal of Endovascular Therapy

2020 – Current         Assistant Editor Journal of Endovascular Therapy

 

2004                         Ph.D. thesis: Non-penetrating clips for vascular anastomosis

                                 University of Groningen, ISBN 90-367-2023-0

Invited speaker /faculty on various major annual vascular surgery congresses, reviewer various scientific journals, member many assessment committees for PhD defences and (inter)national grant proposals, as well as appointment advisory committees.