Willem Pieter De Boode MD, PhD

Willem de Boode obtained his medical degree at the Free University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Since 1999 he is member of staff of the Department of Neonatology of the Radboudumc Amalia Children’s Hospital in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, where he was trained in Paediatrics and Neonatology. His areas of interest are neonatal haemodynamics, extracorporeal life support, acid-base balance (Stewart approach), neonatal surgery, and neonatal intensive care transport.

The focus of his research is on Advanced Haemodynamic Monitoring. He is involved in both experimental and clinical research. In 2010 he defended his thesis, entitled “Neonatal hemodynamic monitoring. Validation in an experimental animal model”.

Willem de Boode is founder and chairman of the “Dutch Working Group on Neonatal Haemodynamics”, council member of the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) and secretary of the Section “Circulation, Oxygen Transport and Haematology” of the ESPR.