Chair of Department of Surgical Oncology
The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands
Geerard Beets is Professor in Surgical Oncology and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam. He has an academic affiliation with Maastricht University in the Netherlands, where he previously worked as Director of the Oncology Center. His clinical field of expertise is colorectal cancer, with multidisciplinary research focused on rectal cancer: MR imaging of rectal cancer, outcome research and organ preserving treatment of rectal cancer. This resulted in many papers, PhD theses and invited lectures. Geerard Beets is a board member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, faculty member of national and international colorectal and oncological societies, and member of the editorial team of several colorectal and oncological journals.
Web of Science Nov 2022: number of publications: 345, Hirsch factor: 59